(Scroll down to see petition signers' comments) Please be sure to enter your full name. This matters when we take the list to the State Legislature. Also, Please enter an email address you monitor on occasion so you can get our emails later. After you sign and give an email address, moveon.org will give you the choice to unsubscribe from other petitions or from all petitions including ours. Unsubscribe to the moveon.org petitions, but please consider continuing to receive emails from our petition so we can keep you updated with important information. NOTE: If you wish to help, please send an email to [email protected] . For your protection, the website does not share your email address with us. We are asking for legislators to lead WSDOT to make these changes to the I-405 Express Toll Lanes: 1. Eliminate the need for a FlexPass to be a carpool in the ETL 2. Eliminate all tolling and restore I-405 ETL to standard 2+ carpool lanes. 3. Eliminate the double lines and allow drivers the freedom to enter/exit those lanes as they see the need. 4. Allow all drivers to use the carpool lanes for free during late night hours as it was before. These changes will result in: 1. Increased participation in carpools 2. Better utilization of all 5 lanes of traffic while still meeting performance goals for the Federal funding 3. Improved overall drive times for everyone at all times, regardless of the distance they are traveling, their ability to be a carpool or their ability to pay the toll 4. Increased safety 5. Increased public satisfaction 6. Lower operating costs of the highway

As citizens of Troy we no longer have a city hall that is our own. We do have one of the most beautiful buildings in the city as our public library. Let's keep it that way. Please sign this petition and ask your friends to sign... Thanks.

Human life is valuable. Our top priority in this life is to preserve the sanctity of it, and maintain a valuable and meaningful one for all those we are able to help. Helping our own citizens, and integrating others into our melting pot is what this country is founded on. As a first world country, it is our responsibility to help those that we can. If we do not ease some of the burden of refugee acceptance from Europe, we will create enemies. Refugee families who do not receive help when Europe's borders close, and they will close, may consider joining Isis just to survive. They will have no other choice. We can create more worldwide allies by doing our duty.

New Jersey could face a water crisis similar to California if the Christie administration doesn’t act now. Counties across the state are rationing water, and water supplies in parts of Cape May and Cumberland counties are contaminated with salt water. Groundwater supplies are being depleted across the state. New Jersey’s population is growing, and we’ll need more drinking water in years to come. Yet the policies that ensure we have the water we need haven’t been updated in nearly two decades. It’s unacceptable that the state has not taken action to ensure clean drinking water for everyone. Governor Christie must release the state Water Supply Master Plan now. Without this plan, New Jersey can’t address our aging water infrastructure and plan for the demands that are being placed on our precious water. Add your name to tell Governor Christie to prevent a water crisis similar to what’s happening in California, and approve a new Water Supply Master Plan.

My child attends White Point Elementary School and walks to school. I already fear for his safety--the increased traffic and speeding cars are already a constant concern. I can't imagine the traffic speeds and volume when Hamilton Street is widened to four lanes- IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE!! Where is the logic??

In our area we hold many public events and market our town to retired individuals and visitors as a spa town with healing and mineral waters, and yet hardly any of our walkways are compliant. Our state parks, which serve as venues for some of these festivals, are not compliant and take away from the few handicapped parking spots that are available. The trolley that is available for one of our largest festivals has no wheelchair access whatsoever. These public festivals should be accessible for everyone. Some of these public events must apply for a license. These applications should ask if the venue is ADA compliant and if there is transportation if it has handicapped access. If "No" to either, the application should be denied. Someone should also find out the expected amount of people attending an event and whether the venue is large enough for that amount of people and also what plans there are for overcrowding and traffic because we have a mess going on where I live. You can email me for more information. To business owners: Statistics from the 2009-2013 US Census: Of the estimated 17345 population in Morgan County, 3198 are reported as disabled with the overwhelming majority of their disabilities being ambulatory and/or outpatient. Sign the petition and let those customer's know that you want their business!

Over the last two months, OPWDD has held transformation panel public forums throughout the state. Parents across the state expressed their concerns about their loved ones. There is an obvious need for community services however current community-based programs do not meet the range of services, quality of care and consistent workforce that state run facilities offer. A.7332 / S.4094 would compel OPWDD to show a true commitment to individuals with developmental disabilities by allowing them a list of options that would include state-operated choices in all areas of the state and allocate the necessary resources to help them. Please urge Governor Cuomo to sign the bill.

We the citizens of the United States of America petition that funding for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development be expanded in the 2016 fiscal year with special consideration being given to Housing First Programs. Housing First is not only the most humane way to eliminate chronic homelessness in this country, it is also the most cost effective in the long run. For every 100,000 people housed through Housing First we can save $1.3 billion dollars according to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. As voting constituents, we urge your implementation of this program to see our tax dollars used in the most efficient manner in the fight to eliminate homelessness. Housing First is the only program proven to both be cost effective and has the housing retention rates reflective of long-term success at getting people housed and keeping them housed. Let's end homelessness in America!

MOST SENIORS AND DISABLED ARE EFFECTED ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEIR COLA RAISE, WHICH ISN'T A RAISE IF IT'S TAKEN AWAY AS SOON AS THEY GET IT.

Adding density only benefits developers and reduces the quality of life for the residents of Lyon Township and the surrounding communities.

The People of Santa Cruz are put through the distressing task of trying to get to the Eastern Main Road every morning, which takes at least two hours in traffic from upper Santa Cruz to the Santa Cruz old road. While we acknowledge that traffic is a nationwide problem, we continue to experience further delays as our roads deteriorate with widening pot holes along the saddle, causing undue stress to those leaving Santa Cruz. This is unacceptable and the people of Santa Cruz are demanding that our roads be fixed immediately. We have lived through months of this distress. The roads are patched poorly and return to their obscene condition shortly thereafter. We have a newly elected government, but the local government body has not changed! We demand attention NOW! This is our democratic right!

Closter Dock Road is a county road that runs through the towns of Closter and Alpine in Bergen County. Closter Dock Road is traveled by tractor trailers and over-sized vehicles every day, which not only create excessive noise and pollution, but even more alarming, these vehicles create a safety hazard to anyone living or traveling along this road. The trucks also clog up downtown Closter, and once Closter Plaza is finished, traffic and congestion will be even worse. Local government’s hands are tied by the county, so we need your support to force the county to change the conditions that exist on Closter Dock Road and help make our towns safer and a better place to live. Our beautiful, historic town is being negatively impacted by all these commercial vehicles. Please sign our petition; we need your help!