I have been a member of the Montana creative community for over four decades. Missoula's downtown has been defined by the distinctive older brick buildings which reflect our history as a small city in the American West. Residents and visitors alike concur that the Missoula Mercantile has contributed to our unique sense of place. The Missoula community is at a crossroads — are we a unique city that honors our creativity and our past or are we Anywhere, USA?

Upon false allegations towards me and my wife since January 8, 2016! We have been attacked by having past experiences in our lives reopened by Harrodsburg, Kentucky's DCBS office, including Bluegrass Comp Care! My wife nor I have not been shown any respect, compassion, or love over my PTSD from a tragic wreck where 3 friends died after a semi ran over us, speeding. I was diagnosed with manic depression and PTSD in 2008! My wife has a chemical imbalance in her brain due to a doctor overdosing her as a child with bi-polar and ADHD! My wife was diagnosed as a child. She also has dyslexia. She draws SSI. I do not, for my IQ, they say, is too high! My wife had a mental breakdown last month after my sister and brother-in-law have had our child since June 17, 2016! She has since received permission from a court-appointed attorney to leave to Florida and get her mind right. Yes, we have argued, but over what these therapist and social workers have pushed to say we are unfit. They did not start following up until March 18, 2016! I noticed they changed the allegations around so they could try to make a case, and they have; getting Judge Petree to order us for mental problems with a doctor. We love each other dearly and we were great new parents, never arguing or fighting until the day they came into our lives! I, Anthony Jay Bast, along with my wife, Kiri Smith-Bast (speaking on behalf of my wife's permission), want our lives especially back with our son. P.S. They never found any proof of the original allegations and stated they were closing the case within 2 weeks. Every other month they have had me take off work to meet with them, only to cancel and want to reschedule every time until the past month. Now it's every two weeks I have to take off work and have another boss bicker at me, telling me I'm on the verge of getting fired for attendance. I've lost two jobs due to social workers' attacks here in Mercer County Kentucky, along with over a thousand dollars already! Can someone please help my family get our lives back, please?

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The Little Island Park Surfing Beach is in dire need of handicap access to the beach on the north side of the fishing pier. This beach is primarily utilized by families with members that surf at that beach. These families include Moms, Dads, Grandparents, and young children. The access path that provides entry to the surfing-only beach is a soft, deep sand. It is dune-like and has an incline in both directions. It is a tough walk for even the most athletic types, let alone young children and the elderly. I myself, who have a surfing family, am handicapped. I enjoy nothing more than watching my entire family surf on weekends. It is so hard for me to make the crossing. All of us who utilize this beach joke that it is the "death walk". On behalf of myself, and others who are handicapped or aged, respectfully request some type of ramping over the dune so that we can have access to that beach. It is in no way a beach that provides access to people with physical disabilities. All throughout the private housing areas of Sandbridge, there are walkways down to the beach, which provide access for handicap individuals. We also don't have any bathroom facilities at the surfing beach. A handicapped person has to trek a long ways to get to the swimming beach to find a bathroom or a place to rinse the sand off. We ask, and request that the City of Virginia make arrangements to have this section of Little Island Park in Sandbridge be accessible to all citizens, even the disabled, by providing a ramp over the dune, shower, or rinse-off station, and a bathroom.

Waryas Skate Park is highly valued by our community as it provides a space for constructive recreational activity, vibrant youth culture, and peaceful interaction between people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We, the undersigned, request that the City of Poughkeepsie work with the community to repair and reopen Waryas Skate Park as soon as possible at the same location where it has existed for decades. Thank you for your consideration and please join the discussion on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1557572311214860/ We are also having a community-wide meeting on Monday, July 25. Please rsvp! https://www.facebook.com/events/1783036561927507/

This change directly affects all property owners in the area and increases traffic in a quiet kid-friendly residential area. These homes are located in a well established neighborhood. This will also put the houses in the area at risk to theft since the road gives direct access to criminals to 30% of the homes, which homeowners only reside in during the winter.

All civilians are affected with the interactions between Police and the Communities across this nation. A National training reform is in order, now more than ever before. Black people are in fear of being gunned down due to the fear of poorly trained officers. Community Policing is needed, and budgets should not be cut in this crucial area.

To improve the safety at the intersection of Richards St and Salvation Army Community Center. By adding stops signs, removing parking spots, that are blind spots for drivers and pedestrians(children crossing the street, drivers attempting to make turns north,south or crossing over on Richards St. There have been far too many accidents and safety incidents which could have been avoided with improved safety measures.

America's first park gaining a National Park designation would mean a great deal to the City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania economically, but it would also help to honor the various legacies of people. For over five Centuries, diverse people from across the world have visited, lived, or died there - whose very remains were found on the River Common in the 1800's. Today's Common, which rests along the banks of the meandering and majestic Susquehanna River, was upgraded and completely rebuilt (2009) as part of an Army Corps Flood Control Project that stretched throughout historic Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County. Please join me in asking President Barrack H. Obama to designate the one-mile-long River Common a National Monument under the powers vested in him under the Antiquities Act. The designation will pave the way toward a future national park that will incorporate existing historic downtown structures, such as the Irem Temple Auditorium, and use as interpretive museums celebrating Native American and early Colonial American settlers. The park overlooks grounds that have looked primarily the same as they did millenniums ago; it's one of Pennsylvania's best kept historic marvels that has many incredible stories to tell visitors and the rest of the world. Help America understand and experience this little-known yet verdant, award-winning-designed, riverfront park by signing this petition today.

We, the residents of Wesley Hills, are aggravated and concerned with the proposed Crown Castle DAS node installations, which we see as problematic on numerous levels.

We Believe: Our City Administration and Police Department are currently housed in 2 separate structures both of which are old, outdated, energy inefficient and frequently in need of repairs and maintenance. Neither of the buildings meet current standards for safety, technology and flow nor can they be converted to current standards. Ad Valorem taxes will not be raised to construct a new building and financing is available with interest rates at historic lows making now an ideal time to invest in the future of Laurinburg. The employees of the City and the Police Department should have a safe, efficient, well designed workplace that is suited for the 21st century workforce. Our citizens deserve the same safety, efficiency and design in the place where they interact with their city government on a daily basis. We trust the intelligence and wisdom of our elected City Council members to make sound, informed decisions that are in the best interest of all citizens.

With over 2000 units of market rate housing in the pipeline for the Mission District in and around the Latino Cultural District, we are asking that the planning department do a full impact report for the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District before any development moves forward. The Calle 24 Latino Cultural District has been recognized as an important cultural and commercial resource for the City.The Mayor and Board of Supervisors noted “The Calle 24 Latino Cultural District memorializes a place whose richness of culture, history and entrepreneurship is unrivaled in San Francisco.” The District is bounded on the north by 22nd Street, the south by Cesar Chavez Street, the east by Potrero Avenue, and on the west by Mission Street. The District was established “to stabilize the displacement of Latino Businesses, and residents, preserve Calle 24 as the center of Latino culture and commerce, enhance the unique nature of Calle 24 as a special place for San Francisco’s residents and tourists” and that its contribution will provide “cultural visibility, vibrancy, and economic opportunity for Latinos in the City and County of San Francisco.” The impacts from the proposed 1515 South Van Ness Lennar project cannot be examined in isolation. The proposed project is not constructed in a bubble. Both the project and its residents interact with the immediate community in multiple ways. Similarly, the environmental impacts of this project cannot be examined apart from other proposed projects currently in the pipeline. Proposed projects located within the boundaries of the LCD are: 2765 Folsom St. (115 units), 3314 Cesar Chavez (52 units), 2600 Harrison St. (20), 2799 24th St. (8), and 3357 26th St. (8). Projects immediately adjacent to the LCD are: 1198 Valencia St. (52 units), 2918 Mission St. (38), 1298 Valencia St. (35), 2600 Mission (20). Two blocks from the LCD is 2000-2070 Bryant Street (195 units). Socio-economic impacts of market rate development on the Latino Cultural District could not have been studied at the time the Eastern Neighborhoods PEIR was prepared because the LCD did not come into existence until several years later. The Department should study the impact these market rate developments will have on the residents, businesses, non-profits and cultural assets in the LCD. In addition to whatever evaluation the Department may deem appropriate, we are requesting the Department evaluate the proposed project, both individually and cumulatively, with respect to potential impacts of extensive market rate development on existing residents, businesses, non-profits and cultural assets in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. This inquiry should include, but not be limited to, the following before any development is considered. - The amount of income that households will need in order to afford the market rents of the proposed project. - The amount of anticipated disposable income of the households moving into market rate units at the proposed project. - The consumer preferences of households moving into the market rate units at the proposed project, as compared to those Latino residents in the LCD earning 50% AMI. - Impact on neighborhood-serving Latino businesses that new market rent paying households with higher disposable incomes, will have on commercial rents in the Latino Cultural District – both from the standpoint of the proposed project and from the standpoint of the cumulative impact of the projects listed above. - Impact that rents at the proposed project (and cumulative proposed projects) will have on residential rents for vacant units in the immediate areas. - Impact the proposed project (and cumulative proposed projects) will have on displacement of Latinos and families in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. - Impact the proposed project (and cumulative proposed projects) will have on the percentage of Latino residents and businesses living and working in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District.