If there's a more appalling way to turn someone's trauma into a punchline, we haven't seen it yet.

Wildfire season has arrived! We are in a serious drought in the Southwest. According to the National Interagency Coordination Center there are 7 uncontained and 3 new wildfires on public lands on May 31, 2014. [http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_statistics.html]. Yet the Forest Service and Department of Interior agencies (including BLM and Park Service) have not gone into emergency mode to clear underbrush fuels and make fire lines—before the fires start! Wildfire prevention needs to start today!

WE WOULD LIKE THE PERFECT PUPPY STORE AT 1235 WAMPANOAG TRAIL IN THE FORBES PLAZA TO REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS

I believe animals shouldn't be mistreated. In my opinion, i believe that animals are emotionally the same as us humans. So why abuse them? Abusing them is like abusing a baby.

All creatures great and small deserve love and care.

Dog walker leaves 6 dogs to die of heat exhaustion in her truck while she goes shopping for 45 minutes. 19 dogs piled into a van to go for play time at the dog park yet the reality is that 20 minutes or more are spent picking up and dropping off dogs leaving close to 15-20 minutes of playtime at the park (I know, I've witnessed it and have pics and videos.) Owners pay by the hour to get their dog walked, or to play at the dog park. Little do they realize the truth about what their dog is doing for most of this hour and often times in a very hot car. Limiting the number of dogs a dog walker can take will create a safer and more enjoyable experience for your dog in the car and at the park. The dog walker will also be able to manage and monitor your dog, keeping her safe, and be able to pick up poop, because 6 dogs is much easier than 20. This will leave our parks safer and cleaner. Getting certified in dog safety will educate dog walkers about what to look for when a dog is afraid, anxious, happy, ill and much more. Fewer dogs will get into fights, which translates to fewer dog to dog bites, fewer people getting bitten, less trips to the vet and little to no emotional or physical trauma to you dog. Please sign and share this petition so these kinds of tragedies never happen again.

To have our prom on The Odyssey.

Taxicab Authority Investigator Joe Morgan exposed local government corruption between the Nevada Taxicab Authority and taxicab companies and now the Attorney General's Office has pressed charges on Investigator Morgan! Joe should not be facing charges for doing his job and exposing government corruption that harms the public. Joe needs your support-- please sign the petition to drop the charges against Investigator Joe Morgan! _________________________________________________________ "My husband, Joe Morgan, who is an Investigator with the Nevada Taxicab Authority, exposed corruption within the agency. The chief Investigator, Ruben Aquino, failed to disconnect a call with my husband on his cell phone. The conversation that took place between Aquino and Investigator Chris Rivers exposed corruption within the agency. Chief Aquino and Investigator Rivers discussed how the cab companies run the Taxicab Authority and how investigators can’t be heavy handed because the cab companies can’t get employees and they won’t be able to make money. You read correctly, the head law enforcement officer for the police agency that regulates the cab industry was caught discussing with another investigator that the cab companies run the police agency. Joe Morgan exposed this corruption and now he is being charged by the Attorney General’s Office, under the office of Catherine Cortez Masto. The Senior Deputy Attorney General, Jamie J. Resch, is prosecuting Joe Morgan for interception of a wire communication and surreptitious intrusion of privacy by listening device. Even though the conversation took place with cell phones, the Attorney General is arguing that this is wire communication. Their argument is since wires run to a cell tower; then a cell phone is wired communication. So according to the Attorney General’s Office logic, since wires run to a wireless router it is not wireless it is actually wired. Additionally the charge of surreptitious intrusion of privacy by listening device is used for “bugs,” devices placed in a specific location that listens to a private conversation. Again, according to the Attorney General’s Office, if someone has ever “butt dialed” or “pocket dialed” you and you listened to the conversation; you are guilty of a felony punishable by at least a year in prison. The Attorney General’s Office is using its power and unlimited tax payers’ dollars to make up bogus charges to come after and silence Joe Morgan. Joe Morgan has always enjoyed helping people. While still in high school he was a volunteer fireman and certified EMT. He is a disabled Military Veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He wanted to continue helping people and became a police officer. Joe Morgan is a father and sole provider of 4 children with his 5th due in July. He teaches and encourages his kids to do the right things. He should not be charged criminally for exposing corruption within an agency that is rotten to the core. At this point he stands to lose his veteran’s benefits he worked so hard to earn. There was a complaint filed against the Chief Aquino, and the Attorney General’s Office conveniently lost the complaint. Instead of Chief Aquino and Investigator Rivers being punished for discussing confidential information about an internal investigation; they came after my husband. Please tell the Attorney General’s Office to stop wasting tax payers’ dollars prosecuting a man who exposed corruption and fix the issues plaguing the Taxicab Authority. We need to stand up and show the Attorney General’s Office that we as Americans are sick and tired of government corruption. Let’s show we will not idly sit by and let the government whether state or federal squash hard working honest Americans into the ground when they speak up against government corruption. Please support Joe Morgan, who stood up against big government and tell the Attorney General’s Office we have had enough! Please sign this petition and stand for liberty." - Thank you, Teresa Morgan _______________________________________________________ MEDIA: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/taxicab-authority-officers-say-they-re-not-allowed-fully-enforce-law The Nevada Taxicab Authority’s officers could do a better job enforcing laws regulating the taxi industry if only they were allowed to do so, according to two authority investigators. http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/Taxicab-Authority-investigator-accused-of/ADl3AbRbHUigFdGjWAEw4Q.cspx

I am starting this petition to give awareness about the flaws within our justice system. There are a lot of women using our legal system to gain child support for personal reasons, like revenge against the fathers. Proof should have to be provided to the courts proving that the father does support the child financially. Instead what is happening is the courts are ordering the fathers to pay child support of 17% of their earnings with little to no facts supporting the mothers claim. I also believe that depending on the school the child attends, child care should be included within the support cost and not additionally. I also think the standard 17% needs to be adjusted per individual. The 17% hinders the middle class working fathers not allowing them to bond and connect with their child due to excessive working to compensate for the support being rendered to the mother. This is only further effecting the child. I just would like to restate my position with this petition which is not to disagree with financial support needing to be provided for children, but to provide awareness about the injustice in our family court justice system and a move for change within it.

The Senate Standing Committee on Governmental Organization is holding a committee hearing on AB 2174 on June 10, 2014. The staff employed at 745 Franklin Street in San Francisco were not given advance notification of the State's intent to sell our parking lots and have not been offered any cost of living increase or alternate parking arrangements. If our parking lots are sold, employee parking expenses will increase by $3,000 - $6,000 per year. We in the Employment Development Department feel very strongly that these parking lots are needed as they are an essential part of allowing state employees to continue being able to work in San Francisco and provide vital services to the people of San Francisco and the State of California.

Ban wolf hunting. Yes, I love wolves; I'm a big animal lover. Save the wolves

NPR has announced the cancellation of "Tell Me More," just days after announcing NPR's new CEO, a former MTV and E! Entertainment executive. This is the third NPR show focused on meaningful conversations about race to be cancelled in recent years. After "The Tavis Smiley Show" was cancelled, Smiley said NPR failed to "meaningfully reach out" to listeners of color. Former "News & Notes" host Ed Gordon said, "Sometimes, I feel this show is being allowed to die on the vine." The National Black Church Initiative is calling on its 15.7 million members to stop giving money to NPR until "Tell Me More" returns to the air. This show is invaluable for listeners of all races. I want to hear more of the honest conversations I can only find on Michel Martin's "Tell Me More."