We here in the South Hull District and the surrounding neighborhoods need a source of fresh produce, a gathering place for meetings, and quick MPD response when we call. The neighborhoods that surround us and that are also serviced by the Market have a greater problem with crime and their folks often eat unhealthily because of poverty, ignorance, and a shortage of fresh food. The Market is also an anchor in a sea of changing retail and rental properties.

I would like to see how many people support the idea of a dog park on FMB. The location, design, etc. is to be determined. This is merely to find out how many people support the idea. I believe it is one important facet that our Town is missing. An off leash fenced in grassy dog park with foliage creates a beautiful space for dogs and satisfies the needs of dog owners and non-dog owners alike. Please forward this on to other FMB residents.

Social Security and Medicare are benefits that our seniors have earned through decades of hard work. Yet for years, Republicans, Tea Party and Libertarians have tried to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into a voucher system. Democratic Candidate Gary Downing has vowed to protect Social Security and Medicare from these threats and support 87% of voters that want to strengthen Social Security and Medicare. And I’m standing with Gary Downing. Stop threatening to undermine Social Security and Medicare now.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge is more than simply a replacement structure for vehicles. The pedestrian/cycling path with its scenic overlooks is like a pedestrian park that will attract large numbers of visitors to Westchester and Rockland counties. To accommodate the swell of visitors, the state plans to build a café, restrooms and parking for 135 cars on Thruway Authority property in Tarrytown. On the Rockland side of the bridge, however, there is no adequate plan to accommodate the large numbers of visitors. The path will abruptly dump users onto a dangerous intersection at a Thruway entrance ramp in the Village of South Nyack. In an attempt to mitigate this problem, local authorities proposed demolishing South Nyack's village hall and replacing it with a 20+ space parking lot. This plan was soundly rejected by most who saw it as unsafe and grossly inadequate. Since then, village leaders have backed away from that plan. This is the largest highway and bridge project in North America today. We urge you and the TZ team to expand the parameters of the project to provide safe and well-designed accommodations that work for visitors and for the Village of South Nyack.

Male mosquitos are already swarming the neighborhood, which doesn't bode well for the summer months. Last summer it became excruciatingly clear that there is a need for mosquito population control in Stapleton's parks, open space and water retention areas. This is not only an issue of comfort, but also of protecting the health of our residents. The purpose of this petition is not to prescribe which measures are appropriate (spraying, adding fish to the ecosystems, etc.), but to draw attention to the need for an immediate and long-term solution.

Why are we charging the children of the poor and disabled for benefits that their parents received and spent? This is insanity! Start taxing the rich and stop this grand theft. It's undignified for the "greatest nation on earth" to go after these petty sums. These people are not wealthy and did not even receive the benefits for which they have been charged. The law abhors unjust enrichment, and this is the epitome of injustice. The article at the Washington Post is titled: Social Security, Treasury target taxpayers for their parents’ decades-old debts, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/social-security-treasury-target-hundreds-of-thousands-of-taxpayers-for-parents-old-debts/2014/04/10/74ac8eae-bf4d-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html?wpisrc=nl_pulse

Because I am tired of different rules for different people. It need to be the same for everyone. I have seen a handful of people that have all done the same thing, yet they all have different consequences. I understand the DHS child welfare doesn't just come take your children. But what if you where deemed unfit and your children where removed? DHS would tell you do X amount of these things and you have 1 year to get it done, you completed those thing then they tell you do these X amount of things (remember time is running out!) Then what? you continue to jump thru whatever hoops the worker chooses for you to do. Then what if the DHS really likes the other parent and then tells them here do these 1,2 or 3 things and gives your children to the other parent. They dont listen to your concerns because they (really like the other parent and your just vindictive?) then what? Your children are off to live with the other parent or adopted because you ran out of time. I am hoping that my petition gives everyone the same rules. Please sign my petition it only takes a minute. This may not effect you but may effect someone you love. Thank you

The Sonoma Developmental Center needs to remain open and operating so that the needs of the most severely developmentally disabled citizens are met. There is no other safety net at this time and too many developmentally disabled who have dangerous behaviors are ending up in the prisons and those who are frail with multiple disabilities, many of them are ending up in nursing homes. The board and care homes and the group homes are not equipped to provide this specialized care at this time and until then, the Sonoma Developmental Center needs to remain open and operating and providing the specialized care that so many families have fought for over many years for their beloved severely disabled children.

We have a crisis in California: thousands of people have died of opioid overdose in recent years. Assembly Member Bloom introduced AB 1535, which would expand access to Naloxone, a lifesaving overdose reversal drug. Join us in encouraging our elected officials to do the right thing to save the lives of Californians' family members, friends and loved ones.

When the Creator put all of the creatures out through our Sacred Spring on Bohem Puyuk (Mt. Shasta), Salmon gave her voice to Human. In return we are committed to use our voice to always speak up for Salmon. We are the people of the Winnemem (McCloud) River watershed on the South side of Mt Shasta, in Northern California. In our language Winnemem Wintu translates to Middle Water People as the McCloud River is bounded by the Upper Sacramento to the West and the Pit River to the East. We were born from water, we are of the water, and we fight to protect it. We continue to pray and hold ceremony at our traditional sacred places that remain accessible to us. Our lands were taken, without compensation, when the Shasta Dam was completed in 1945 and flooded our beloved river home. www.winnememwintu.us

Pre 9/11 caregivers and veterans aren't receiving adequate support services where many movements, pay and support were enacted only for post 9/11 veterans and their caregivers. Disabilities created by U.S. wars shouldn't be treated differently based on the war that caused the disability. Obviously the needs are the same.

Fernbank Forest helped: -educate people about nature -develop environmental responsibility in people -foster fellowship in people as they took their nature walks -peak curiousity and instill lifelong learning Ms. Emily Stewart Harrison's family owned most of the land where the forest sits. Ms. Harrison campaigned to preserve the forest in order for it to serve as an environmental teaching tool for people, especially children. It pleased her to see several children enter the forest and enjoy its many wonders just as she had throughout her lifetime (1). Fernbank Inc.'s shutting the community out of the forest goes against the board's inherent duty to use the forest as a teaching tool for as many people as possible. "These heartstrings of ours have a curious way of getting tangled up in things: particular trees and rocks and hill slopes ... but gradually I had come to feel that Fernbank was too big and too beautiful for (one) family('s) consumption ... The best thing to do with it would be to put it into the lives of children . . ."- Emily Harrison http://www.openfernbankforest.com/ (1) http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dekalb/bios/harrison994gbs.txt