I am a veteran of the Iraq war and served for almost 10 years to protect our country. Many soldiers have given their time and some have made the ultimate price to ensure the People are protected and have a voice. Respect the sacrifices we have made and let the voters decide elections.

The KKK (as well as all other racial and terroristic groups) has no grounds for being a legitimate group. If the US government disbanded the Black Panthers, they need to disband the KKK.

Many citizens in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia have leased their mineral rights (e.g., oil and natural gas) to out-of-state companies that seek to drill in our community. Vertical "test" wells pose some risk, but horizontal drilling, or fracking, poses significant risk to our community. Fracking has been associated with ground and surface water contamination, with road damage, with air and noise pollution, with earthquakes, and with negative health consequences. Of particular concern are the risks to citizens and businesses who rely on well water.

Vote it Loud is leading the charge to urge U.S. elected representatives in the House and Senate to pass the Flint Emergency Funding Proposal that will provide $600 Million in Federal Emergency Relief Funding for Flint families in need.

Addiction is a devastating disease that affects 1/3 of all American households. Opiate overdose deaths are at epidemic levels. We must help save lives by carrying naloxone, a life-saving overdose reversal drug.

I have always loved having a teen librarian. Now that I am officially a teenager, I was shocked to find out that I wouldn't have a teen librarian at the new library. They are not a children's librarian and not an adult librarian either. It's their JOB to help teens, and they always are good at it. There is going to be this amazing new teen space, but it won't be staffed full time by an actual teen librarian.

Massachusetts should be a leader on early education, but we're falling behind. Since 2001, we’ve seen a 50% decrease in the state’s commitment to early learning, adjusting for inflation. These cuts have led to long wait-lists for public preschool programs and undermine quality. The Boston Globe recently reported: "... the centers that care for the neediest children in the state — the ones who, research shows, most benefit from early education — are being starved of resources." Nearly 1 in 5 early education providers have shut their doors over the last 5 years. Because underfunding puts so much pressure on early educators, staff turnover is at or above 30 percent. We know that children learn best from an adult with whom they have a strong relationship, and this kind of turnover is unacceptable -- we must make sure teachers can afford to stay. The years of cuts are short-sighted. For every $1 we spend on early education, we save $7 over time as kids require less special education, perform better and earn more in the workforce. It's not just smart, it's the right thing to do. Right now, the Massachusetts Legislature is drafting their budget, and we have a chance to deliver a win for our youngest learners and their teachers. They need to hear from us that every child in Massachusetts deserves a strong start. 1. http://goo.gl/Pp3tgu

Due to this 16 month delay, 17 billion more plastic shopping bags will be distributed, which have the potential to enter the environment. This will negatively impact oceans, wildlife, and the overall environment. Plastic bags dramatically impact green house gas emissions; 1 bag requires a large amount of petroleum. Animals die due to entanglement and ingesting plastic bags. For more information and ways you can help, please visit: http://www.surfrider.org/campaigns/defeat-the-ca-bag-ban-referendum and http://www.surfrider.org/ban-the-bag?banthebag Let us uphold this bag ban law in the 2016 general election!

We the people of New Mexico demand the Superdelegate system be abolished. Until that happens we demand that the Superdelegates vote in accordance to the will of the people, and without regard to personal preference or any other thing. I sign this petition with the understanding that I will make positive effort to attend the DPNM State Pre-Primary Convention at the Isleta Casino, meeting On March 12th to protest. We need delegates and non-delegates alike. We need to pack the house inside and out. This is important to our cause. Isleta Pueblo Resort 11000 Broadway Blvd SE Albuquerque, NM. #FeeltheBern National Coalition of Delegates for Bernie Sanders https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCDBS/

With the race so close, Bernie may not win states his supporters are hoping for, but if we lose momentum that is the only way we lose. We must pledge not only to keep up the momentum but to strengthen it.

We support the Beaucatcher Greenway. But the new trailhead construction plans will cause irreversible harm to one of the last wild spaces with old growth trees in the Asheville city limits. In addition to the 82 trees currently slated to be cut, construction will damage root structures and harm or kill even more trees. For eight months community members have suggested viable options that accomplish the same goals faster, cheaper, with less environmental damage, and with community support instead of opposition. Asheville Parks refuses to conduct any environmental impact assessment by qualified professionals. We request that City Council ask the Tree Commission and a local entity with forest ecology expertise to propose design modifications, lessen environmental damage, and make the results of this evaluation public. Ample time remains for the city to modify its plans and prevent irreversible environmental damage. Asheville is not the kind of place where dozens of trees are cut down and many more are harmed in the name of preserving a greenspace. Asheville is not the kind of place where city planners bulldoze through damaging, unpopular projects over the valid and reasonable concerns of the public. Our city is better than this.

Responding to a string of tragic shootings in Kalamazoo County since January 1, 2016 that have left several Kalamazoo area residents dead or badly injured, residents and community leaders are drawing attention to the epidemic of gun violence in the United States and taking aim directly at the companies profiting from it. Gun sales tend to increase after mass shooting events, increasing revenue for the gun industry, much of which is used to influence elections and lobby elected officials to prevent passage of common sense gun regulations at the state and national level. We need to take action as individuals by selling off any investments we have in companies that profit from gun violence and calling on others, especially our elected officials, to do the same. Kalamazoo city and county would not be the first local governments or pension funds to divest from the gun industry. New York City, Chicago, the state of Rhode Island, and the California State Teachers Retirement System, valued at nearly $150 billion, have already acted to sell off, and stop purchasing, investments in the gun industry. For more information on divestment from gun manufacturers, see http://unloadyour401k.com/ Certainly individual behaviors and ideas about guns need to change, but we also need to change the incentives so that gun makers cannot profit from gun violence.