This petition is to give voice to the people of Berkeley and to everyone supporting us--demanding an end to all hate speech and violence by out of town groups targeting our city's public spaces and commons for their platform. We object to Berkeley being used and labeled as intolerant due to the violent public actions of a few, most of whom do not live in our city.

This is freedom of speech that is being attacked. Do not boycott or fire Stephen Colbert. Sign petition and let them know that you support Stephen Colbert. Let Mr. Moonves know that you will not watch Channel 2. Let the sponsors , of Stephen Colbert, know that if Stephen Colbert is fired or if they drop sponsorship, you will drop them.

President Trump wants to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. We ask you to join with others States concerned with protecting our Earth and form a States United of America that will join the agreement and agree to meet the goals of the accord.

**UPDATE** 05.02.2017 - Roy Oliver, the officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, has been fired from Balch Springs Police Department--citing several policy violations. But the road ahead is still long for Jordan Edwards' family--whose lives are forever changed by this tragedy--and for justice. Demand the DA bring criminal charges NOW. 15-year-old honor roll high school freshmen, Jordan Edwards was shot and killed by police in Balch Springs, Texas. He and his friends were simply leaving a party when police responded to a call about unruly teenagers. One of the officers fired a rifle at the car Jordan was a passenger in, striking and killing him. His brother, who was in the car with him, watched Jordan die right before his eyes. The police chief, Jonathan Haber, tried to justify the killing and claimed the car was backing down the road "in an aggressive manner” towards the officers. But that was a lie. After reviewing police dash-cam footage, the police chief revealed the car was actually driving away from officers. Police officers repeatedly see Black people as a threat for simply being Black and it has to stop. The officer who shot and killed Jordan is still employed, on paid administrative leave, and Balch Springs PD is protecting the officers' identity and keeping it secret. The family of Jordan Edwards is demanding that the officer be fired AND criminally charged. Will you join their call for justice and sign the petition?

We ask Rudy Salas to vote YES on SB 54 and protect the safety and well-being of all Californians by ensuring that state and local resources are not used to fuel mass deportations, separate families, or terrorize our communities.

President Trump is set to sign an executive order tomorrow that could be a charter for widespread and divisive discrimination, potentially against LGBTQ people, women, Muslim communities, and other marginalized communities. If the leaks earlier this year about the content of the executive order are even half accurate, it will be a truly devastating day for American freedoms. It will have an immediate and chilling impact on every aspect of people's lives, disproportionately impacting those who are low-income or otherwise marginalized. Our collective outcry against this EO helped stop it once when it was rumored in February. And when Vice President Pence signed a similar version into law in Indiana in 2015, the public backlash cost the state $60 million and forced him to add in language to protect LGBTQ individuals. We must continue to show that we stand for equal rights for all people, and we'll hold accountable anyone who promotes discrimination. Tell Donald Trump and his closest advisors to protect all people and abandon any measure that provides a license to discriminate.

Too many deaths at this intersection!

President Donald Trump's erratic behavior and displays of mental instability increase significantly day to day, as the world watches. This is a serious crisis that can destroy humanity permanently. This is not about ideology, political party, or the 2016 election; this is about compassion for a very troubled man who is in the position of president with access to the nuclear codes 24/7. Nothing we debate, protect, or defend will matter if Mr. Trump's limited grasp on reality results in the loss of humanity.

After 20 months of talks, the UIS administration forced faculty on strike by bargaining in bad faith and refusing to negotiate issues important to the school community like discrimination and policies that will retain high quality professors. Please sign the petition to demand President Killeen and Chancellor Koch get back to the table and work with faculty to settle a fair contract.

GOVERNOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER WE DEMAND: 1.  SHUTTING DOWN ALL OIL AND GAS WELLS IN ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND OUTLINING AREAS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. AN IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION SHOULD BE PLACED ON ALL OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY. 2.  MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS BE CONDUCTED IMMEDIATELY ON ALL ACTIVE AND ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELLS IN COLORADO. 3.  CLOSURE OF THE 'SETBACK LOOPHOLE.' In 2012 I discovered a Setback Loophole and introduced a bill to close it – but unfortunately, the bill died. COGCC Rule 602(d) states: “Existing wells are exempt from the provisions of these regulations as they relate to the location of the well.” This Setback Loophole allows any ‘completed’ well to be re-entered and re-drilled regardless of proximity to a structure. And home developers are exempt from any state setbacks from oil and gas operations. This appears to be reckless endangerment and must cease and desist immediately. 4.  IMPLEMENTING A ‘REVERSE SETBACK’ for commercial developers that is based on good science health studies and current failure data to ascertain a distance from oil and gas wells that provides public health, safety and welfare and environment. 5.   CLOSURE OF THE 'WAIVER LOOPHOLE'  The ‘Waiver Loophole’ allows any operator to not abide by any rule or regulation regarding oil and gas development and operations that causes them ‘undue financial burden.’With a single sentence from the oil and gas industry that states “abiding by this rule will cause XYZ operator and its operations undue financial burden” the industry then does not have to abide by the rule or pay its expense to do so, and is then waived by a simple signature of COGCC Director Matt Lepore. 6.  THE COGCC PLACE AN IMMEDIATE HALT ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS not yet approved or applied for as of the March 23 Martinez verdict, and to begin a balanced process that provides public healthy, safety and environment. 7.  WE DEMAND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO SAFETY 8.  LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ABANDONED WELLS AND FLOW-LINES UNDER OR NEAR COLORADO CITIZEN'S HOMES 9. ALL 60,000+ MILES OF FLOW-LINES IN COLORADO BE INSPECTED IMMEDIATELY. =========================================================== o 17.5% of all fracking industry spills had already caused ground water contamination in a 2012 statewide study. o 40% of spills contaminated groundwater in Weld County, where Firestone is located. My studies, were confirmed accurate two years later in 2014 by Matt Lepore, Director of the COGCC. If any company had contaminated groundwater at a 40% rate they would no doubt, be shut down. On June 12, 2012 I attended a fracking study session in Loveland, Co where I told the Mayor, planning and zoning commission they could create their own setbacks from fracking industry oil and gas wells. I told the Mayor and council they should locate every active and abandoned well in their city and outlying county and develop new homes away from existing wells in order to protect public health, safety and welfare. I recently contacted the city of Loveland to acquire the recording of said presentation, they said that they 'purged it from their system.' It no longer exists. In 2011 the COGCC requested emergency funding in Florence, CO for explosive levels of methane seeping into more than a dozen homes from an abandoned well more than 1,000’ away. The homes had to be immediately evacuated. For perspective, the home in Firestone was 170’ away from an abandoned well. There are COGCC documents that illustrate numerous homes in Colorado are built on top of abandoned oil and gas wells and in a few cases, the home exploded due to methane seepage into the basements. One person was taken to the burn center. These are some of the imposed dangers you have placed upon us Governor John Hickenlooper, and it is time you cease and desist what appears to be reckless endangerment of Colorado citizens.In addition, commercial developers can develop closer to oil and gas wells than the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commissions’ (COGCC) setbacks allow. I warned Hickenlooper and the COGCC  that an incident like Firestone would happen. He ignored me. He ignored the COGCC's own failures and in doing so, he failed to prevent the Firestone catastrophe from happening. There is no doubt a catastrophic tragedy like Firestone or worse, will happen again if the State of Colorado does not act immediately to pass statewide laws that protect the “civil rights to safety” of Colorado citizens and that of the environment and not favor the oil and gas industry. LINK TO FURTHER DATA: https://fractivist.blogspot.com/2017/05/dear-boulder-county-commissioners.html SETBACK LOOPHOLE AND COGCC FAILURES: http://cogcc.state.co.us/documents/reg/Rules/2012/setback/StakeholderGroup/Presentations/setback%20loophole%20HIDDEN%20IMPACTS%20OF%20HYDRAULIC%20FRACKING%20%20%20S.%20Davis%20-%20Aug%202012%20-%20Copy.pdf  LINK TO DEAR GOVERNOR HICKENLOOPER FILM: https://vimeo.com/95059617

This is basic common sense. The American people deserve to feel as safe as possible against all foreign and domestic threats.

Regarding Sherrif Mike Scott and the Lee County Sheriff's Office there has been far to much evidence and repeated allegations of abuse of power, corruption, Special Deputy Badges handed out to Celebrities and wealthy influential donors, misuse of Tax dollars, Freedom of information request denials, Civil Rights violations as Standard Operating Procedures throughout the Sheriff's Office and unwillingness to initiate requirements for Sheriff's Deputies to wear body Cameras for accountability to Lawful Police Procedures