Keep Elmora Hills community and schools from becoming overcrowded.

Due to the veto of the budget by Governor Rauner, federally funded programs, such as what the Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County (CEDA) offers cannot continue to offer services to our communities, including the LIHEAP program. The LIHEAP program provides emergency assistance to low-income clients who need help cooling or heating their homes. CEDA provides services to over 500,000 clients throughout all of Cook County Illinois. Collectively, community action agencies such as CEDA serve more than one million individuals in Illinois every year. In addition, community action agencies in the state of Illinois have had to lay off more than 2,500 staff due to this blockage of funding. The State needs authorization from the General Assembly to spend these federal funds, which is normally accomplished through an appropriation in the budget. These federal funds have nothing to do with balancing the state budget, nor can the state of Illinois use these funds for any other purpose, which is why the federally funded programs cannot be allowed to continue receiving these funds. Many not-for-profit agencies across the state do not have non-grant resources to keep their doors open to continue to provide services during this budget impasse. Legislative action on this matter is required NOW , while the final state budget is being debated. We should be deeply concerned that our families who are in need of these services will fall deeper into poverty because of the interruption in services. Please take action and sign and pass this petition to restore the flow of these federal funds, so that we can protect and provide the much needed services to our low income communities state-wide. Additional negative impact of suspended State and Federal funds: Over 43,000 households in Cook County will not be served if State funds are suspended Over 28,000 households that were enrolled in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program will lose their benefits Clients on the PIPP program will have utility arrearages placed back on their utility bills Another 20,000 households will not be serviced by the interruption of Federal funds for WIC, Weatherization and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) programs. Please sign the petition and urge your family and friends to do the same.

I am starting this petition because I have personally experienced the need for aid and I am deeply offended by the sector of the population who acts as if we are taking food from their mouths all these programs require income to be coming into the home and not everyone on these programs is a drug addict or using it for fraudulent purposes. I also think that just because you are poor doesn't mean you shouldn't have children or necessities like healthy food. I am ashamed of my country because it has come to this. What next, mass genocide of the poor?

In the Spring of 2015, my best friend and international photographer Ernest Collins traveled to Haiti on assignment. The pictures he took for the assignment were breathtakingly beautiful, but the personal stories he told of everyday life for regular Haitians were equally breathtaking, albeit for entirely different reasons. My heart was moved by the devastation and dysfunction that they deal with on a daily basis just to survive and that is unacceptable when billions of dollars have been raised and squandered at the expense of the Haitian people. The global community of humanitarians and givers of the heart have been lied to, are outraged and demand transparency and accountability. Don't let this issue go unaddressed; today it's the Haitians, tomorrow it could be me or you in need of help. Sign the petition asking for 100% accountability of where all that money went and justice for the great peoples of Haiti. Thanks for your time and attention. Best regards, Ken Hare

I live in low-income housing. Seattle rents are among the highest in the nation, and my heart breaks at the long waiting lists (up to 4 years) for people to get into low-income housing, while those on the streets struggle to survive. And yet low-income housing is stuck at 1999 levels. (QUOTED FROM THE LAW) “Faircloth Limit” Unit Counts - Section 9(g) (3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937("Faircloth Amendment") limits the construction of new public housing units. The Faircloth Amendment states that the Department cannot fund the construction or operation of new public housing units with Capital or Operating Funds if the construction of those units would result in a net increase in the number of units the PHA-owned, assisted or operated as of October 1, 1999. This requirement is referred to as the “Faircloth Limit.” PHAs should review the linked National List of Maximum Number of Units Eligible for Capital Funding and Operating Subsidy by PHA (PDF). All congress needs to do is repeal this cruel law of which most people are not aware.

Closed Motorcycle lane on 91 Freeway Westbound and Eastbound . My Beloved Husband of 14 years and father of our children was killed on the 91 freeway because he was cut off by a car who was stopped on the line in a traffic jam. If they would build a motorcycle lane like they have bicycle lanes we will be saving thousands of lives. These riders are trying to get to a job that is far away and saving money by riding .. give them a chance. sign for the fallen riders of the 91 freeway, Since the freeway construction is going on maybe caltrans can figure out a way to add in this lane.. please sign.. Thank You

The community of Eaton Estates would like to discuss the current plan for the pool renovation and make necessary changes that reflect the entire community. As it stands now we are against not having a zero entry area, and a segregated baby pool. The plan to renovate the pool should have been shared with the entire community and put to a vote. We'd also like to see the bidding that has already been done on this project.

There is water that satisfies very basic needs: drinking, cooking, washing (that is inside water). And there is water for not so bare essentials: swimming pools and lawn irrigation (outside water). The city of Newton pays to the state more per unit of the former than of the latter, because only inside water goes into the public sewer. Nonetheless, the rates the residents pay to the city used to be the same. Thus, the price of the essential product used by everybody was subsidized by the price of the non-essential one used only by some of the residents. The aldermen made a decision to fix this “unfairness” by establishing the new rates effective July 1, 2015, where for the very first gallon of drinking water a resident pays 40% more than a gallon of outside water. Fair or not, the new rates permanently shift the burden of paying for water from well-to-do to residences with lower ability to pay. Something that does not align well with the city’s publicly declared goal of supporting “our most vulnerable residents”. In addition, such petty-mindedness produces subsequent questions. After all, does water consumed with my morning coffee before I go to work end up in the city’s sewer? Or what guarantees that water counted by an outside meter never goes into this sewer?

People deserve to have at least one day a week to travel to and from various activities without being hindered by long delays caused by road closures, road repairs and road improvements. Sunday is a day in which the great majority of our citizens rests. It is a family day, a day for shopping and religious activities and family visits. Not a day to spend long hours snarled in long traffic delays due to road work and road improvements.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is trying to raise the Determination of Need (DON) scores, this will eliminate personal assistants for 10,000 Illinois disabled and 30,000 seniors. I will lose my assistant even though I am a double amputee. Please sign this petition to stop this agregious act.

Dear Neighbors, I feel compelled to discuss an important issue with you. At the next Collier Board of Commissioners meeting scheduled for July 8 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Building there will be a discussion regarding a proposed zoning change. This change would adversely effect us all. There will also be a public hearing several weeks thereafter during which each of us has an opportunity to give testimony against this proposed zoning change. As soon as the public hearing date is set, I will communicate that to you. The proposed zoning change would cause the following: 1. Major increase in traffic along Hilltop Road. 2. Town-homes crammed onto a narrow strip of land, with their sides facing the valley, would be an eyesore negatively affecting our property values. 3. Questions remain regarding the ability of the ground to withstand a large number of town homes perched precariously above a very steep slope. 4. There is the potential for runoffs from the sewer system onto neighboring properties.

In today's world, fast, affordable and reliable broadband internet access is crucial to the economic and educational well-being of communities. Internet access is no longer a luxury; it is a necessary utility in the same way that electric power became in an earlier day. The TN laws that prevent municipalities from building effective broadband networks need to be repealed. My son and I, along with many others, have been badly affected by the monopolistic situation that has resulted from these restrictive laws. Young people in school, professionals working from home, farmers in rural areas, all have been cut off from pursuing their education and careers. Time for a change! See http://21stcenturycitizens.org/ for more information.