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Stop Plans to Demolish Historic Reynolds SchoolAt a public hearing on November 5, 2013, the Spencer School Board unanimously voted to demolish Reynolds School. Members of the Spencer Historic Preservation Commission had toured the building earlier in the month and sent a letter to the School Board asking that the building be restored. The Reynolds School Building was built in 1926. It is locally significant as a local example of architecture designed by the firm of Beuttler & Arnold in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth–Century Gothic Revival style. Historic buildings such as Reynolds School serve as a public and physical reminder of our city’s heritage and on-going commitment to education. Reynolds School is not only architecturally significant, but a point of pride for our community, linking generations of residents to our common value of education. Historic places are fundamental to defining the identity of our communities and should be preserved, not torn down in the name of “progress." Please join us in telling the Spencer School Board and the Spencer Historic Preservation Commission to work together to find an adaptive reuse for the building. We do not want this important building torn down!132 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Martin Arthur
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Bring the Drag Races Back Home to OrangeWe are trying to let the Orange Airport and the town of Orange know we want the Drag Races back where they started!13 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Ginger
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Fox bring Brian Griffen backBrian is a beloved character for the show.13 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Doug Laine
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Americans Say: "Create Alternatives To Ear-Piercing Backup Beeping".National Academy of Engineering cited Backup Beeping-Alarms as one of the six top noise sources people associated with behavioral and emotional consequences. This noise pollution chips away at our public health, interfering with our immune systems, learning, and sleep, boosting stress hormones, and contributing to cardiovascular maladies, even at levels too low to cause hearing damage.530 of 600 SignaturesCreated by DK Sweeney
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Change National Anthem to Work Hard Play HardTo protect the young from crimes3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Flav Rusu
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No TAX $ to UPGRADE B61 NukesI am of the generation who remember bomb drills in elementary school, when students innocently hid under their desks. Spending billions of tax dollars on Cold War era nuclear weapons in hopes of security is just as absurd, especially at a time when Congress is cutting the federal budget. Unless we change our course, nuclear weapons and their associated costs are projected to cost U.S. citizens $640 billion during the next 10 years. I'm dead tired of seeing my tax dollars, paid by the work I do everyday as a teacher, high-jacked for weapons that have the capacity to destroy - many times over - everything I love and value. NUKES ARE NUTS! Need more food for thought and action.The declassified video included with the first article is surreal reality check! http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/31/debating-nuclear-deterrence/ http://www.wand.org/2013/11/22/a-look-into-gold-plated-waste-our-briefing-on-the-hill/ http://blogs.fas.org/security/2013/09/b61-12holland/62 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Valerie "Terry" Ellis
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Preserve the character of the Admiral neighborhoodWe believe the proposed development at 3210 California Ave SW (DPD project # 3014176) is of broad public significance. As neighbors and residents of the Admiral neighborhood of West Seattle, we ask the City to uphold the intent of the NC2-40 zoning classification by allowing no more than 4-stories to be built. • The proposed 5-story building is not legal. It is an additional story beyond the applicable height limit. (SMC 23.47A.012.A.1.a.2.) • The proposed average grade plane is set artificially high (at over 13-feet above street level) and does not meet the intent of the rule for calculating average grade, which is to encourage buildings to better follow the topography. (Director's Rule 4-2012.) We respectfully request a public meeting with DPD in order to understand why the proposed 5-story project is considered legal, and to voice our opinion that a 5-story building at this location will have a negative impact on the Admiral neighborhood, and the City. There is potential for this project to set a negative precedent for large, non-contextual development in the City of Seattle.301 of 400 SignaturesCreated by JoEllen Wang
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Permanently Disconnect google+ From Youtubegoogle+ has been shoved down Youtube user's throats, and it has destroyed the comment interface, the message interface and the interface of how we interact with our own accounts! There has been almost no positive feedback posted online about the combining of google+ and Youtube, and we all want the two to separate!30 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Cory Carnley
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Automatic Voter Registration in FloridaI preregistered to vote when I was 17 in high school and have voted in practically every election since I was 18. I feel that the ability to vote is an integral part of being an active and properly informed citizen. Getting people active at an early age encourages them to be more involved in our society. We need to ensure that all eligible U.S. citizens in Florida are able to vote without any substantial obstacles in their way. Voting should be made easier, not harder! Without the right to vote, you don't have a voice in our society.89 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Alejandro Almirola
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Solution to Economic InstabilityBackground A concern for american families and businesses is substantially addressed in a macroeconomic design concept, so that financial services like housing, government, and business finance, savings and pensions, boosting confidence at every level giving everyone a better chance of success in planning their personal savings and lifetime and business finances. This should be politically attractive.33 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Larry H Bernstein, MD
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Say “NO” to junk mail!!I am just annoyed at having my mail box filled up with crap I don’t want.3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Spencer Allen
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Repeal "Biggert-Waters” Flood Insurance Reform ActThis petition has been created in an effort to repeal the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12). The rate increases this act will create will cause thousands of foreclosures and completely destroy the real estate market. The negative impact this act will have on communities stretches far beyond what many in our government understand. We have already seen the home values in flood zones plummet to all time lows, and this will only get worse. We are asking that the act be repealed, or that rate increases be deferred until FEMA completes the affordability study mandated by law.246 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Ralph Borgess