It is deeply troubling the way the DNC has been treating anti-establishment candidates this cycle. They need to stick to their name and values. Be Democratic and foster democracy.

The Green Meadow Elementary School's playground has drainage problems so our children cannot play on it for much of the school year, and it is not accessible to children with disabilities. The taxpayers in Maynard have already set aside funds to improve recreation opportunities in town through the Community Preservation Act. We need full funding to move forward with the construction phase of this project.

California Penal Code 404.6 PC defines the crime of "incitement to riot." One commits this crime if, intending to cause a riot, he urges other people to: engage in rioting, commit acts of force or violence, OR burn or destroy property1 To commit this crime, the defendant himself does not actually need to engage in rioting or violence. Urging others to do so is sufficient. Nor is it necessary that the "incitement" actually cause these other people to riot, commit violence or burn or destroy. All that's necessary is that the accused was trying to instigate these things Incitement was an offence under the common law of England and Wales. It was an inchoate offence.[1] It consisted of persuading, encouraging, instigating, pressuring, or threatening so as to cause another to commit a crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/11/could-donald-trump-be-held-legally-responsible-for-inciting-violence-at-his-rallies/ "On Aug. 11 of last year, Donald Trump reacted to an incident in which Black Lives Matter protesters seized a microphone from Bernie Sanders. "That will never happen with me," he said. "I don't know if I'll do the fighting myself, or if other people will. It was a disgrace." On Oct. 23, a Trump rally in Miami was consistently interrupted by protesters. Trump explained his strategy to the crowd. "See the first group, I was nice. Oh, take your time. The second group, I was pretty nice," he said. "The third group, I'll be a little more violent. And the fourth group, I'll say get the hell out of here!" On Nov. 22, Trump responded to an incident in which a protester was roughed up by people at a rally. "Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing," Trump said. "I have a lot of fans, and they were not happy about it. And this was a very obnoxious guy who was a trouble-maker who was looking to make trouble." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-donald-trump-history-violence-protesters-article-1.2561656?utm_content=buffer378fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

Fracking is a type of drilling that injects millions of gallons of hydraulic fluids — a mixture of chemicals, water and sand — into a well to create pressure that cracks open rock underground, releasing natural gas or oil. This process can deplete and contaminate local water, damage the environment and threaten public health. The fugitive methane pollution from the hydrofracturing process is accelerating global warming. On a national scale, a growing body of scientific evidence is building that the climate benefits of switching from coal to natural gas were a total mirage, with the catastrophic Porter Ranch methane blowout the most visible and extreme example of a nationwide surge in methane leakage as a result of the domestic fracking boom promoted by the Bush and Obama administrations. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a twenty-year timespan. Fracking threatens our air and water. The toxic results of using hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas have led to the contamination of drinking water, and disposal of wastewater from fracking causes earthquakes. Oklahoma became the number one place for earthquakes on Earth this year because gas companies inject fracking fluid back into the ground. Toxic and carcinogenic fracking chemicals—as well as hazardous working conditions—are poisoning and killing workers in the fracking industry. Fracking is a large-scale industrial process that doesn’t belong in anyone’s backyard or deserve exemption from laws that protect the health of our children and of our workers. That’s why communities all over the country from New York to California and Texas to Colorado have stood up to the oil and gas industry and said they don’t want fracking in their backyards. We have clean energy solutions to climate change, and fracking is not one of them.

Donald Trump has clearly broken the law and threatened a major presidential candidate and that is against the law. 18 U.S.C. § 879 : US Code - Section 879: Threats against former Presidents and certain other persons http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/41/879 The US DOJ needs to take action immediately. We need to tell Attorney General Loretta Lynch that she must take action, it is her duty to.

To bring to their official attention public opposition of the proposed western bypass around Ashland for High Speed Rail.

I am starting this petition bc my life has been turned upside down due to Chronic Lyme Disease and the sad part is that it all could have been prevented had my doctor ben properly trained in Lyme Disease. I showed my doctor a huge tick that I had just pulled out of my head, and he told me that you could not get Lyme Disease in the South! Almost a decade later, guess who is sick with Chronic Lyme? Me. I hate to break it to you doc, but Lyme is all over the South! Had he known to give me 2 months worth of antibiotics that day, there is a good chance that I wold not be sick and struggling right now. If you catch this while acute, you have a good chance in eradicating it. If you catch this a year, 3 year, 10 years, down the road, 4 weeks of antibiotics is not going to cure you of Chronic Lyme! Lyme is in every single state and all over the world. Lyme is by far the biggest pandemic and epidemic that we are facing right now, and all the media can talk about is Zika and Ebola. Even Cytomegalovirus has upwords of 400,000 cases in the U.S. right now, and once again, the media...crickets.

Most Americans do not support Trump. But they do tend to blame protesters for any and all violence at protests. If there is any violence from protesters, most Americans will blame them, not Trump, for all the violence. So any hint of violence from protesters will end up helping Trump. That is not fair. But it is a fact we have to recognize. So please honor the spirit of Dr. King and keep all anti-Trump protests strictly NONVIOLENT.

On July 25th, the eyes of the nation will be on Philadelphia, a city with an HIV infection rate 3 times the national average. Activists from around the country will be demanding that the next president pledge an End to AIDS. They should make that announcement in a city and state that have pledged to do their part to end the AIDS epidemic. Prove that you believe Black lives matter, Trans* lives matter, Gay lives matter, Hispanic lives matter, Women's lives matter, and be strong leaders to end HIV infection.

We are all affected by the prospect of Trump's dangerous campaign for president.

Bernie Sanders has defended us. We are being accused of causing chaos and violence at political rallies, when in truth, we are peacefully attending Bernie Sander rallies. We must speak together now in one voice. We must must denounce the violence, and denounce the political ploy being used against us and against Mr. Sanders by Donald Trump He does not speak for Bernie Sanders supporters to Mainstream Corporate Media.

The planning of the Beaucatcher Greenway has been in the works for years but is at risk of being derailed. After years of dedication from citizens including community leaders, family, friends and neighbors of Asheville who have worked with City staff to design a beautiful, environmentally sound greenway, there has been misinformation that could cost the citizens time, money and potentially the loss of this project. DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. Rumor vs. Fact 1. Rumor: 82 trees will be removed at the southern trailhead. FACT: According to the designs, only a dozen trees will be removed. A few are larger trees, but most of the trees are very small, at risk of falling down due to erosion, or already dead. Additionally, there are invasive plants which have overtaken the trees. 2. Rumor: It’s an old growth forest. FACT: No, it’s not. The area has been logged in the past, and the proposed designs could protect the surrounding trees in this important urban forest. 3. Rumor: The Greenway is a new road. FACT: Some of the future trail is already a paved road. And, the current portion of the trail which is dirt is deeply washed out due to poor drainage and a lack of maintenance. The proposed designs could protect that trail and make it accessible to people with disabilities. 4. Rumor: The northern end of the proposed access road for the greenway is the private driveway of a 4 unit condominium. FACT: The City of Asheville has right-of-way, confirmed by City legal staff. 5. Rumor: A petition in opposition of the greenway is a reflection of the desire of the citizens of Asheville. FACT: Many of the people signing the petition are from out of town, out of state, and most have never been to the site. WE WANT THE BEAUCATCHER GREENWAY.