"[Institutions] who "continue the use of Indian imagery and references…have simply failed to listen to the Native groups, religious leaders, and civil rights organizations that oppose these symbols…[T]he use of the imagery and traditions, no matter how popular, should end when they are offensive." --United States Civil Rights Commission of 2001 "[The National Congress of American Indians] denounces the use of any American Indian name or Artifice associated with Indian mascots; and calls upon all reasonable individuals in decision making positions to voluntarily change racist and dehumanizing mascots."(Resolution MID-GB-93-58, June 1993) I am attaching links to their website and to an old commercial. While I can't find the one they are currently running on TV, I can say that the newest one shows a white child dressed up in American Indian dress and singing a jingle with a traditional American Indian melody. http://www.reddpestsolutions.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2f53d5Brco&list=PLSTPl3n_QcNXEmZ4-uMtIyeRJ3t3WD2L9 Be part of the change to end the racism this business continues to perpetuate.

HYA is paying $4750 a month on a space they are not allowed to occupy (now totaling $21, 375). We urgently need signatures by Thursday 7/14 to submit to the SF Planning Commission to reflect our widespread support. Please sign to show you support HYA's administrative office! All SF residents are invited to sign. But, if you are a Lower Haight resident, PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE COMMENT SECTION! It's very important that the Planning Commission hears from us specifically.

Background: Public Service Company of New Mexico has asked the NM Public Regulation Commission (PRC) for permission to install electric "smart" (AMI) meters in the areas it serves. A "smart" or AMI meter is a digital, wireless, transmitting device attached to the exterior wall of your home. PNM has asked the PRC for permission to bill ratepayers for expenses related to their installation (about $130 million).  "Smart" meter installations in other municipalities have shown that they put everyone at risk of:  Large rate increases: In the application, PNM is basing their calculation of customer savings on the faulty premise that these AMI ("smart") meters will last 20 years.  In practice, these meters are failing much sooner than that sometimes needing to be replaced in as little as 5 to 7 years.   Thus, the projected savings will inevitably disappear and costs will skyrocket, this, at customers’ expense. Fires: Because they caused fires, utilities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Saskachewan, New Zealand and many other places have had to remove smart meters.  This has resulted in additional expense rate to payers. Cyber security breeches: Smart Meters, being a wireless device are an easily hackable access point into the Smart Grid.  Former CIA Director James Woolsey said , "A so-called 'smart' grid that's as vulnerable as what we've got (to hacking) is not smart at all. It's a really really stupid grid."  PNM's application does not address how to prevent or mitigate cyber attacks.     Invasion of your privacy: Detailed data about your household's power usage could be sold. This sort of information is already being sold to third parties in other states. Additionally this information could be used by thieves to determine when you are away from home. 
 Health problems: "Smart" or AMI meters transmit data using 24/7 pulsing of Radio Frequency radiation. These RFs radiate along home wiring, exposing anyone within the building to levels of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) deemed a Class 2B carcinogen by the world health organization which puts it in a category with with substances like DDT and Asbestos. How does exposure to EMR affect pregnant women, children, people with implants, people whose bedroom walls hold a "smart" meter? Do we want to be guinea pigs? Or, do we apply caution and deny PNM's request? In its application, PNM stated that if the PRC does not allow it to pass on the costs of AMI meters to ratepayers, then it will not install them. PNM also stated that the project could become "uneconomical if the number of customers opting out becomes very substantial." We therefore believe that this costly, dangerous program can be stopped--if enough of us let the PRC and PNM know where we stand about “smart" meters before the PRC makes a decision about PNM's proposal. Please sign and then share this petition with everyone you know.  TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE !  The PRC is going to rule on this in the immediate future so ACT NOW !

To encourage our City Council to "Support Our Symphony" by approving funding for the Palm Springs Orchestra in the 2016/17 fiscal budget.

Going Green West Coast is a valued part of our community. They have provided medical marijuana patients and recreational users with educational materials and their personal knowledge. Their growing know-how has helped many locals like myself, keep their personal plants safe and legal. Any legal actions against Going Green West Coast should be stopped immediately. We, the caring voters and residents of the City of Toledo and surrounding communities within Lincoln County, do not feel that they are a nuisance, but rather, a very important contributor to the health, safety, and happiness of all marijuana users in our area.

There has been too much bloodshed so that it is time to make a change. I myself have lost a family member to gun violence. Innocent people have lost their lives because of this.

No one will fix VA, unless the people demand it. Congress and the AFGE union at VA are ignoring military veterans, and feeding off of the profits of our suffering. VA is still denying that Agent Orange used in the Vietnam war was harmful to veterans and our descendants. This bodes ill for our new generations of warriors, exposed to toxic agents during their own more recent nservice. .

The fine officials of St. Joseph, MO have repeatedly subjected people to abusive treatment and are not held responsible for the abuse.

Guided by love, we continue to stand together for justice, human dignity and our shared goal of ending all forms of state violence against Black people. We organize, occupy, demonstrate, march and chant for a new future: A future we can be proud of. We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors, who fought for their freedom and ours. Like them, we want a world where our lives matter. We want an end to the war being waged on Black people, in all its forms. Some people fear change, and that's ok. Many will attempt to halt our progress. That is not ok. Some will continue their attempts to undermine us, but we will remain undeterred. For far too long, our unjust deaths have meant business as usual in this country. No more. We pledge not to be controlled by fear, but instead by our dreams. Join us, and pledge to do the same: Stand with the Movement for Black Lives.

Four Black deaths in a matter of days, we're in--and have been in--a state of emergency. Within a week, our nation has bore witness to the brutal police induced murders of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Delrawn Smalls, and Alva Braziel. Instead of indicting the officers that killed these Black men and reforming the departments that enable them, the federal government continues to pouring millions of dollars into the police departments that employ them. We can't afford to spend millions of dollars on police departments that will continue killing Black people. Join us in calling on President Obama and Congress to take executive action to pull all grant funds from any police department that doesn't make reforms to protect Black lives.

Over the past few days, Rudy Giuliani has gone on CBS and MSNBC to make racist and derogatory remarks such as “When you say black lives matter, that’s inherently racist.” [1] He also gave false statistics and confused police brutality cases by saying a police officer is serving 25 years for “brutally attacking” Amadou Diallo. None of the four police officers who shot and ultimately killed Amadou Diallo in 1999 served any prison time. [2] Someone who gives false information and furthers racism should not be given a platform on mainstream media. There are plenty of people who can speak to matters of police brutality and relations between minority communities and police. Experts such as Michelle Alexander and Black Lives Matter leadership should be called on and given a platform. By continuing to give a platform to Giuliani, you are giving credibility to his outright distortions and divisiveness and doing a disservice to your viewers and your reputation. Sources: 1. "Rudolph Giuliani Lashes Out at Black Lives Matter," The New York Times, July 10, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-black-lives-matter.html?_r=0 2. "Rudy Giuliani says black children have a ‘99% chance’ of killing each other, calls Black Lives Matter ‘inherently racist,'" New York Daily News, July 10, 2016 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rudy-giuliani-black-kids-99-chance-killing-article-1.2706349

I am starting it to ask Bernie Sanders to officially endorse Misty K Snow for Senate.