Mark Gagan has always been forthright, intelligent, helpful, responsible and articulate. He epitomizes community involved policing. We are amazed that the Richmond Police Department, instead of using progressive discipline including suspension, reduction in rank or a written reprimand, would fire Captain Gagan.

This petition is to honor Senator Dianne Feinstein for being brave and releasing the Fusion GPS testimony to the American people so that we know the truth and can judge for ourselves if there was collusion between President Trump and the Russians as we have suspected all along. You are our hero.

In advance of approval by the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) for the closure of PNM's San Juan coal units 1 & 4 PNM is seeking to recoup $353 million from ratepayers for the money it planned to make on those assets. In this legislation, PNM is seeking 100% recovery for its failed assets. Here's what's wrong with PNM's bill to recoup failed assets at ratepayers expense: 1. Failed assets recovery has been awarded when there is an external cause (EPA Regulation, like the Regional Haze Rule) causing unexpected early retirement of a plant. In those instances, the PRC has held that the burden must be shared 50/50 between shareholders and ratepayers. But in the instant case, PNM is not closing San Juan because of some unanticipated cause, it is closing San Juan because: a) all the other co-owners want out; and b) PNM cannot meet its burden to show that the San Juan coal plant is cost-effective against alternative resources (wind & solar); and c) PNM's internal senior management and Board assessment is that PNM can make more money (their estimate is $532 million) closing San Juan than running it. 2. PNM is making an end run around the very regulatory body established by the Legislature to regulate the utility: the Public Regulation Commission. PNM is afraid that the PRC may award PNM nothing - zero dollars because of the reasoning behind "early” closure. San Juan will be more than 50 years old at that time, is poorly performing (only runs about 68% of the time), and is more expensive for ratepayers and more damaging to the climate and environment than alternatives. At maximum, the PRC will award PNM 50%, because that is what PRC precedent is and that is what was awarded when there was a legitimate external cause that forced early retirement. 3. This bill is premature. PNM will file its case to close San Juan in July 2018 and it is important to allow various parties used to challenge PNM to fully use the legal process (discovery) regarding replacement power, energy ownership, clean up, reparations for San Juan County residents and workers, etc. There is much to be understood and the upcoming Abandonment Case provides a critical opportunity to establish the evidentiary basis from which decisions about these issues should be determined – under the regulatory framework with all interested parties involved. 4. This bill bakes in PNM ownership of ALL replacement power resources on PNM-owned land to the detriment of a robust competitive renewable energy RFP process that could produce ten thousand new jobs in New Mexico. So this is problematic for a number of reasons: a) violates anti-trust provisions, is anti-competitive, and is inherently unfair stifling (if not killing) the market for other power producers; and b) will NOT result in the lowest cost renewable energy for consumers; and c) the reason Colorado's economy is booming is yes, of course, because of marijuana, but also because there are more than 12,000 people employed in the renewable energy market - and we have better resources than Colorado. If PNM was NOT the gatekeeper in charge of ALL renewable energy then other independent power producers would be creating jobs, thousands of jobs here and we could diversify and grow our economy. 5. The bill does not include any provisions for the compensation of workers, impacted communities, or a full accounting of the remediation and cleanup costs of the site. It allows PNM to recoup its costs but does nothing for the employees and local community members impacted by the plant closure.

I am an immigrant, a former White House aide, and a Haitian-American. Yesterday, in a moment of unbridled racism and during a meeting concerning changes in immigration policy, Trump referred to my homeland, El Salvador, and African nations as "shithole countries." Trump's recent comments just prove what we’ve already known for a long time: that the man who occupies the Oval Office is indeed a racist. Trump has always been a racist. He started his business career as a racist. He started his political career as a racist. Now, in the White House, he is using his racism to drive his policy. Will you stand with me and call on Congress to reject Trump's racism and all the policies that stem from it?

We, the people of Missouri, would like to tell the nation that we are a state that refuses to accept this kind of behavior from anyone, let alone a state politician.

Trump's comments terrified friends of mine from various backgrounds and that was the first time that I cried instead of just getting angry because of a Trump statement. Anybody who had any doubt now knows that Trump is a racist.

Take a stand against White Supremacy and Racism. Democrats are in the minority, but they can take a bold stand and send a message stating ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!

As an American, a parent, an education and a tax paying citizen, I am disgusted and saddened by the lack of character, compassion and decency of the current U.S. President.

We recently moved here from CA and were shocked by the real estate taxes. While Chicago is supposed to be “cheaper” than California, the property taxes are insane and driving people out of there homes, out of the state, and preventing businesses (I.e. Amazon) from relocating here. Our government needs to find new ways of raising funds without punishing the residents or find ways of refinancing the pension burden which is killing this city’s economic viability.

Is Trump trying to bring on end times? Why is the CDC preparing us for nuclear war? Why is Putin preparing for WWIII? It’s time someone stepped in to stop this madness. We will not go quietly into “end times”. NO NUCLEAR WAR.

Our votes and opinions have fallen on deaf ears long enough. It’s time for the people to take back the country and Elect our Presidents with A Popular Vote by The People.

The current program in place put 94 percent of the OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) off limits for drilling. That changed January 4, 2018. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke decided to open up over 90 percent of the OCS acreage and over 98 percent of undiscovered oil and gas resources. Secretary Zinke is quoted as saying “Responsibly developing our energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in a safe and well-regulated way is important to our economy and energy security, and it provides billions of dollars to fund the conservation of our coastlines, public lands and parks”. Yet this statement denies the ugly truth of offshore drilling. And that truth is this: It causes pollution, more human health issues (particularly respiratory), oil spills (of which only 10 percent has been recovered) devastates ocean life (and thus us as well) and causes more extreme weather events according to the NRDC (National Resources Defense Council). The NRDC also states that offshore drilling contradicts climate science, threatens coastal communities and directly goes against the clean energy solutions the American public favors. Instead of being concerned that “the U.S. remains a global leader in offshore energy development” as Katharine MacGregor, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management states there needs to be actual concern for the health of the American people and the earth we all share. We are sadly taking so many steps backward environmentally with the Trump administration this past year that it’s dizzying. How much more do you think our environment can take? Has the recent uptick in extreme weather taught the current administration nothing? How many more lives and homes need to be destroyed before they get the point that climate scientists might just be telling the truth? Don’t be fooled. There is no such thing as environmentally sound or safe offshore drilling. The Draft Proposed Program (DPP) includes 47 potential lease sales in 25 of the 26 planning areas-including 19 in Alaska, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, 9 in the Atlantic Region and 7 in the Pacific Region including right here in the Washigton/Oregon Area. There have been no offshore sales in our region since 1984. Help me fight to keep it that way. Let’s work together to send a strong message to this administration that we will not tolerate making our already near dire situation worse. We are ready to make positive environmental changes in solidarity not just for ourselves but for our children and future generations. Let’s be the tide of change we wish to see in this nation.