Pipe up, pipe out! Shut down Line 5. This is a Great Lakes call to action.

My Home Is In Danger Of Sinking .

As a long time educator, I realize how important having CERTIFIED teachers is for all students. Our children are our most important asset and you are NOT honoring this fact by proposing having anyone with any kind of degree teach in the public school. Stand up for YOUR constituents, not your party.

Wisconsin wants to continue excellence in education rather than have the lowest teacher standards in the country. My children are just starting school in Rhinelander (first grade and 4k for next year). Please help make sure all kids will be taught by trained teachers so they can receive the best education.

The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf has projected a huge $800,000 deficit for the coming school year. Yet, despite repeated requests by families, outside agencies and the Union, PSD refuses to share relevant financial information about its budget and spending for the current and upcoming school years. Instead, the school has established a secret committee, which generated a list of programs and staff to be cut, ostensibly to address the yet-to-be-substantiated deficit. All of the staff threatened with layoffs provide direct services to children which are legally mandated in IEPs; are fluent in ASL; and have strong ties to PSD students, families and the Deaf community. PSD has not provided any concrete plans or answers to parents or staff about how children will continue to receive quality services, or how PSD will remain a financially viable and stable learning environment. It has also become evident that the PSD Board does not intend to honor the commitment made to respect and bargain with the new union in good faith. During negotiations PSD has ignored legally mandated bargaining with the union and made changes to staff working conditions, policies, and compensation. Parents, too, have been rebuffed and shut out of meetings, conversations, and decisions that will impact our children. The Board has consistently undermined communications, transparency, and the ability of staff to partner effectively with parents and administration to provide the best possible education and supports for our students. It is well past the time for transparency and good faith. Stop denying your stakeholders the opportunity to have input into the decision making for the future of PSD.

1. The United States must be a leader in fighting global climate change. 2. The United States has made public commitments to fighting global warming ahead of international talks on the issue that will take place in Paris the December. 3. Withholding funds from the Green Climate Fund and IPCC impairs the United States' standing as a global leader on fighting climate change.

WARNING! Our Great Lakes fresh water is in danger! Two 62-year old oil pipelines threatens the Great lakes. They pass between the state's upper and lower peninsulas along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinaw. Oil and water don't mix and if it were to rupture it would spill oil across the Great Lakes. Please act now and make Enbridge replace the pipeline.

We are starting this position to try to influence the Mayor and Oakland City Council to stop advancing a nativist agenda under the false pretense that it's fire risk mitigation. We deserve real fire risk mitigation, not something that claims to be what it isn't and will actually increase fire risk.

To keep motor vehicles in their lanes until passing the farm area. This would reduce the temptation to increase speed and pass slower vehicles in an area where vehicles frequently enter and exit. Thus it would increase the safety of people and possibly animals that live there. No passing zones are created for work and construction areas to keep people safe why not those of us who work on farms

I am tired of letting big money campaign contributors narrow the field to 1 or 2 candidates before I even get a chance to vote! And my representatives care more about those big contributors than they do about us taxpayers. I want your help to change it and let the politicians know the current system is broken. Here's how RANK THE VOTE would work: When you vote, simply rank all the candidates you support in order of your liking. If you like the integrity and ideas of a candidate who “doesn’t have a chance!” because he doesn’t have big money support, you can cast your 1st choice for that great candidate, without "throwing away your vote." If that candidate does not get enough votes to stay in the running, your next choice gets your vote. So, for example, I may not like the big money candidate of my party, but I don't want to throw away my vote on a candidate without the support to win the general election. With a ranking system, my vote will be moved to my 2nd choice as soon as my 1st choice (the one who would really represent my views) is eliminated. Votes are counted by a process of repeated recalculation: each time the lowest vote-getter is removed and those votes are reassigned to their next highest choice – until a single winner is decided. Ranking eliminates primary elections, saving taxpayers millions. And it's the primaries where good candidates without a lot of money get eliminated. Most voters don't even vote in the primaries, so the candidates that truly care about constituents are eliminated before most of us cast our ballots. If we don’t demand change we will have more of the same – a government that listens only to campaign contributors – not taxpayers like you and me.

My husband and I are both employed by rural school districts in southwest Wisconsin that have been heavily impacted by the budget cuts. Our children's education should be our top priority, and these cuts should be stopped. Please ensure that our children receive their education from the highest qualified provider in our schools!

My parents were teachers and proud of their profession. I was a teacher and proud of it. It is a noble profession. Dumbing down our requirements for this profession is dumbing down our communities and WI.