All our public service like firefighters, paramedics, police, are jobs for which that we citizens pay the compensation. So, since firefighters don't have to go looking for fires, paramedics don't have to go searching for medical emergencies, but they simply respond when called on, why should police be any different? The police should not go looking for crimes and traffic offenses as an excuse to disturb the peace of citizens. However, the police should only respond to crimes when called upon by citizens, just like any other public service employee would. The police should have no right to go out looking for crime. The police searching for crime should be against the law. So, we are asking that the police department's standard operating procedures, policies, and interactions with citizens be reformed to mirror the way that other public service jobs carry themselves.

Adult education is just as important as educating K-12th grades. It all starts with the parents. Why not see that the parents are getting what they need to help their children? Why don't we recognize the importance of supporting adults as they work to help their children reach their educational goals?

This petition is to build safe guards for the MBTA drivers who are visible to the public day-to-day. The MBTA cannot expect drivers to collect fares or throw people off the bus for lack thereof and not expect issues like the one that arose with the veteran driver having a huge cup of liquid thrown in her face for doing her job. The MBTA needs a better safe guard for their employees or else not expect the drivers to collect the fare. The public is very hard to deal with and drivers get no mercy at all. If no safe guards are going to be put in place, then a transit police officer should be assigned to each bus for the employee’s safety when dealing with unruly and violent passengers.

At the DuPont/Chemours titanium dioxide plant in Edge-Moor, DE, on the banks of the Delaware River and Shellpot Creek, lies a giant "dioxin pile" of dangerous waste which DuPont claimed was in temporary storage and would be sold. When DuPont was unable to sell the waste, it got permission from Delaware officials, over strong public opposition, to leave the pile there forever. If not removed, this "dioxin pile" will inevitably leak dioxin and other poisons into the air (blowing dust), into the groundwater, and into the Delaware River. It will be a perpetual threat to the health of residents, and an obstacle to safe reuse of the site. DuPont/Chemours must remove the dioxin pile. The recent sale of DuPont’s titanium dioxide (“TiO2”) manufacturing facility located at 104 Hay Road, Edge Moor, New Castle County, Delaware to the entity known as Chemours has cast a significant doubt that the hazardous waste storage site located in the area known as Cherry Island in Wilmington, Delaware will ever be removed, thereby posing an ongoing threat to the health and environment of all Delawareans. Chemours’ announcement that it was shutting down this facility shortly after its acquisition raises serious questions regarding who will be held responsible for cleanup and removal of this imminent threat. Governor Jack Markell and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) must mandate the total removal of the hazardous waste pile from the Edge Moor facility holding the owners fully liable (jointly and severally) for the costs incurred by taxpayers for cleanup.

I have personally been affected by this issue. My electric bill has been high for the last 2 months, but there hasn't been anyone living there. The bill is a little under what it was the previous year when a family of four lived there with a tracheotomy ventilator-dependent child that required electricity to be run 24/7 for all of his machines. This does not make sense and we are forced to pay because we do not have any other options. It really saddens my soul to know that people are struggling with something that they think they have control over, just to find out that all of their conserving energy efforts were just in vain.

Alison Parker and Adam Ward, two young journalists with Roanoke news station WDBJ-TV in Virginia, were shot to death during a live broadcast. In the wake of this tragedy, VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has renewed his call for tougher gun laws in the Commonwealth. During a Wednesday morning appearance on WTOP's monthly "Ask the Governor" program, the governor committed to continue pushing for change, as he has in two legislative sessions so far. He blamed the state legislature for not enacting tougher gun safety measures. “They don’t want any changes,” he said. "We have had a horrible history on this issue." In January, Gov. McAuliffe's package of gun safety proposals failed to clear a state Senate committee. Currently, no background checks are required on firearms purchases at gun shows. In memory of Adam Ward and Alison Parker, and of the more than 10,000 Virginians who have died from gun violence since 2001, help Governor McAuliffe fight for commonsense gun laws in Virginia. Sign on to our message of support and help the governor build momentum for gun safety in the next state legislative session!

The last government shutdown, instigated by Senator Ted Cruz, cost the country billions of dollars. Workers suffered loss of wages. Commerce was adversely affected. The public was denied access to national parks and other venues. No congressperson should have the power to inflict this kind of damage on the entire nation.

Civil rights and guaranteed entitlement refused. Just because we're African Americans. Two veterans fell dead after taking Antabuse prescribed at WSVA Outpatient Clinic. There's no mistake antabuse was the apparent cause of their fatal exphixiation.

We will all be affected by Cathy's failure, once again, to support programs that benefit her constituents. Hasn't she learned from all the fires in Eastern Washington that we must take care of our land?

Don Orsillo is as much a part of and voice of the Boston Red Sox as any player or person in management. He is as much a reason to watch the games as is the team playing.

We want to improve the quality of life for all Norfolk citizens and avoid the social unrest and destruction of property that has occurred in other cities due to incidents involving the actions of police. The conditions for such unrest exist in Norfolk because for years the NPD has operated with a lack of civilian review, independent oversight, accountability, and transparency. This has led to high levels of distrust of the police in certain neighborhoods, and hinders effective crime prevention and apprehension of law breakers. A number of recent deadly force incidents have occurred under questionable circumstances. In these cases, and others where citizens have complained of misconduct, there has been a lack of transparency and accountability by the OPS and other officials regarding the conduct of officers involved. We request the following mechanisms to ensure greater community engagement with NPD: • Create a Civilian Governance Board that represents the citizens and provides input on policies, training, oversight, and ensures bias-free policing • Place a civilian with no connection to NPD as the head of OPS to ensure all complaints are effectively and expeditiously investigated with results publicly reported in all cases • Reform practices and policies regarding search and seizure, use of force, crisis intervention, personnel recruitment, training and ongoing supervision • Install and routinely use body and dash cams in all stops and public interaction with officers • Hire additional police officers and provide race and gender statistics of applicants and new hires. Reference: U.S. Department of Justice consent decree to Cleveland, OH. For more detail on reforms advocated herein see: http://cleconsentdecree.com/ and http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/cleveland-police-reform.

President Obama is considering taking bold, needed action that would help to save orcas (killer whales) in the Pacific. Southern Resident Killer Whales (orcas) rely on salmon for up to ninety percent their diet, but these fish are in rapid decline. The western drought and the presence of four outdated dams are bringing the salmon and steelhead of the Snake River to the edge of extinction, and harming the ability of orcas to survive. The best available science concludes that removing four dams on the lower Snake River and restoring a free-flowing river would allow for the restoration of healthy salmon runs and provide a vital food source for wild orcas. Please sign our petition to the White House saying that you support the issuance of an executive order to remove these dams and protect wild salmon and orcas.