Many lives are being devastated by the irreversible damage genital lichen sclerosus is causing. I have this disease and moderate a support group for it, so I know of its negative, life-changing effects. We need to know the cause and and at least have more medical professionals able to diagnosis and effectively treat LS - the average delay of diagnosis is two years because of misdiagnosis.

My father is a union member and works for the State of West Virginia through a state agency contractor. His retirement package and benefits have been systematically cut and devastated over the years; he deserves the benefits that he agreed to receive upon being hired over 20 years ago. We need both the WV Legislature and the Governor to advocate for labor over capital, and to stand for hardworking West Virginians rather than shareholders who seek higher profits at lower expenditures each fiscal quarter. We already had the right to work. This is a bad bill, and doesn't represent the will of the people. From Labor Reporter Paul Nyden: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "The West Virginia State Senate voted this week to approve a so-called right-to-work (RTW) bill. The vote, 17 to 16, was strictly across party lines. The bill will now go to the House of Delegates, which has 64 Republicans and 36 Democrats. Ken Hall, president of Teamsters Local 175 in South Charleston and the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer, said after the Senate vote on Thursday, “This is going to be the most divisive piece of legislation that’ll be passed in my lifetime.” He previously testified against the bill. The Senate vote would likely have been tied, 17 to 17, if Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) had been able to make his own choice to replace Senate Majority Whip Daniel J. Hall (R). In 2012, Daniel Hall was elected to the Senate as a Democrat from Wyoming and Raleigh counties, which are heavily Democratic. After his election, Daniel Hall switched to become a registered Republican, which he had been before. That gave the Senate a Republican majority of 18 to 16. In late December, Daniel Hall announced he was resigning from the Senate to take a job with the National Rifle Association. Although he planned to appoint a Democrat, Tomblin said he would abide by a ruling from the Supreme Court about this issue. On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled Tomblin had to name a Republican to the seat, even though voters had chosen a registered Democrat. The House of Delegates, very likely to pass this bill, took up the issue this week. Tomblin has indicated he will veto the bill, but a veto can be overruled by a simple majority vote in the Senate. If it were a tied vote, his veto would stand. Thursday’s debate in the state Senate was often quite contentious. Several Democrats made strong statements opposing the bill. Meanwhile, Sen. Robert L. Karnes (R) began yelling and attacking union members sitting in the chamber’s balconies at the Capitol. Sherri Moore McKinney, an organizer for SEIU District 1199, stated on her Facebook page that she had “witnessed one of the most disgusting displays of unprofessional, disrespectful conduct on the floor of the West Virginia Senate that I have witnessed in more than 22 years of being there." “Sen. Karnes referred to the hard working citizens, union members and voters (in the gallery of the Senate) as free loaders. Shame on you, Sen. Barnes, Your disgusting words will never be forgotten.” Sen. Jeffrey V. Kessler (D) said many supporters of RTW don’t understand that under federal law a union must represent every worker in a given workplace. If a worker decides not to join a union and pay dues, as allowed under the bill the Senate just passed, then “at the end of the day you are getting benefits you don’t have to pay for,” Kessler said. “This bill encourages breaking up unions for political reasons.” Union contracts, Kessler also pointed out, routinely guarantee workers health insurance coverage, retirement benefits and greater workplace safety. Sen. Herb Snyder, D-Jefferson, called the legislation “the most divisive bill I have ever seen. It is nothing but an illusion.” He added, “When other states went to right-to-work, wages went down by 17 percent. It also hurts health-care plans and pension plans. This is for your children and for your grandchildren.” Meanwhile, the House next week is expected to begin debate on legislation to abolish prevailing wages for construction workers. The Senate plans to take up the bill after a House vote. Steve White, executive director of the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation based in Charleston, opposed similar legislation proposed in the Legislature last February. He pointed to a study released in January 2015 by Dr. Michael P. Kelsay from the University of Missouri in Kansas City that found prevailing wage would: Cost West Virginia residents and their families between $51.3 million and $77.3 million a year in lost wages. Cost the state between $1.4 million and $2.2 million a year in lost sales taxes and between $3.1 million and $4.6 million in lost income taxes. Create a total economic loss between $44.8 million and $84.1 million annually. This year, the Republican Party has placed both these issues at the top of their legislative agenda. The proposed legislation to create a right-to-work law and end prevailing wages is sure to generate continued controversy in coming weeks and months. The Teamsters will continue the fight against these measures. "Right-to-work and prevailing wage won't help everyday West Virginians, they'll only further enrich out-of-state corporate interests pushing for their passage," a union spokesman said. "Lawmakers need to remember their constituents as they consider these measures."

We the residents of Del Rio Ranch are against the building of a Family Dollar store on the northeast corner of El Mirage and Lower Buckeye Rd. We do not want a business built right in front of our homes. We do not want increased unwanted traffic within our streets, increased risk of theft/and or burglary to our homes and to new houses being built.

What's happening in Atlanta, Georgia is nothing short of an unethical cover-up—and it's personal for thousands of parents whose children currently have a complex neurological disorder called Autism. In August 2014, Dr. Thompson issued a press release through his attorney stating, “I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism.” Nevertheless, when the CDC scientists published their results in Pediatrics in 2004, they omitted the damaging data, fraudulently declaring there was no risk of autism from the MMR vaccination. Dr. Thompson has stated that as far back as 2001, scientists within the vaccine division of CDC have been aware of a connection between MMR and Autism in children. The effect was disproportionately observed among two groups of children: African-American boys and children who were born neuro-typical and who had met all milestones during the first year of life. Dr. Thompson has requested to testify before Congress about corruption at CDC and has handed Congress over thousands of documents showing widespread fraud in CDC’s vaccine division. U.S. Congressman Bill Posey of Florida requested information from the CDC regarding the study in the past, but the agency refused to hand anything over. Posey released a public statement saying, “The CDC can’t be trusted regarding investigating vaccine safety.” He even went on to say that the “CDC should be investigated.” We must call for an investigation first by getting Dr. William Thompson subpoenaed under oath. The CDC must be held accountable for fraud and corruption, which calls into question the validity of the entire body of research that families, medical professionals and policy-makers rely on when making decisions about the health of children. Once again, the CDC violated the public trust by concealing the link between vaccines and autism in all children.

The School Board of Muncie Community Schools has been meeting in private to discuss issues which breaks Open Door Laws. They will try to tell you they are having dinner. The law is clear that no more than 2 of them can be in a room together at a time without an executive session notice 48 hours before the meeting. The Muncie Community is in the dark about everything they are deciding. Their decisions affect the economy and future of the Muncie Community. This school board has put what is best for the students of Muncie Community Schools on the back burner.

This is what happens when alternate side parking is canceled for extended periods of time: -Finding a parking spot is virtually impossible for NYC teachers coming from Long Island, NJ, Upstate NY, etc. Yes, some may be able to use public transportation or carpool, but that is not feasible for everyone. -Aside from NYC teachers, anyone who relies on their car to get to work (people with disabilities, the elderly, etc.) will find it extremely difficult to find a spot for work tomorrow. -People who work odd hours (bartenders, nighttime cleaning staff) can't always rely on public transportation--not every bus route runs overnight; MetroNorth and LIRR don't run overnight either. -The longer people wait to move their cars, the more the snow solidifies, and the more it gets buried in by neighbors shoveling their sidewalk, making it even more difficult to dig their cars out when they have to a week later. -Small businesses suffer because (1) if people aren't moving their cars, they're less likely to make purchases or shop at any location that isn't within walking distance, and (2) people are less likely to try and move their cars if they know they won't be able to get a spot in front of the place where they need to go. -When cars finally have to move, they're more likely to have battery problems or their brake rotors rusting from sitting in snow/ice for excessive periods of time. -When cars have to move for alternate side parking, it actually allows the plows to get through and plow both sides of the street.

I am starting this petition because i am worried about the establishment rigging our caucus and primary processes.

To prevent the sabotaging of sick outs.

America's lead poisoning problem isn't just in Flint. It’s everywhere.

Cats deserve protection too. That's why all mainstream animal welfare organizations, like the U.S. Humane Society and ASPCA and the American Veterinary Medical Association, recommend that cats not be allowed to roam loose. Excluding cat owners from most of our animal codes is not good for cats. Our animal codes also ignore one of the main threats to our city's wildlife. The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Fish and Wildlife Services estimate that domestic cats kill 2.4 billion birds and at least 12.3 billion mammals annually, almost all native species. This is not acceptable to many residents of Anacortes. Also forgotten was the protection of the property rights of people who want to safely feed birds in cat-free backyards and residents who don't want cat feces in their gardens and children's sand-boxes. Please include cat owners in our animal codes and license cats so their owners also help pay for animal control services.

California Governor Brown has declared a State of Emergency, after an uncontrolled gas leak at SoCalGas's Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in a Los Angeles neighborhood. This has been spewing out over 50 tons of potent methane gas per hour. The Obama Administration has failed to provide any resources to the State of California, or even make a statement. Methane is the most potent greenhouse gas, and once it enters into the atmosphere it takes about 12 years to break down. This is the LARGEST gas leak in history, and the gas company is estimating another two months until they can stop the leak. Join me in urging the Obama Administration to release a statement and send urgent and needed resources to California. This leak must be stopped as soon as possible. Photo Credit: Resilience

Through personal experience, I know how good and decent individuals can be pushed to extremes by personal and academic pressures, experienced during their college experience. The saddest are those who commit suicide because they cannot fit into the social activities. Or, because they cannot accept the possibility of not measuring up to family expectations academically. The scariest are those who decide someone else is responsible for their social or academic problems and choose violence to resolve the issue. Trust me, staring down the barrel of a gun, at point blank range, in the hand of someone you thought was your friend, is a life changing moment. Even if I had a gun, I would have been unable to "take out the bad guy with a gun" before he redecorated my surroundings with the contents of my brain pan. Some individuals can handle the pressure of college life, as well as the responsibility of gun ownership. Many cannot. Please. Let us err on the side of caution, and allow our students the opportunity to enjoy their college years, as much as possible. The world is not as scary, as some would have us believe.