Deadline is May 12th. County is to vote to make changes to the local county shelter that will impact the livelihood of innocent animals to the point of death with no other options. 10 day stray hold is not enough time to give an animal a chance at life. Volunteers work countless hours to make sure these animals do get a chance. Right now due to the efforts of the volunteers the county is at a 69 percent save rate with dogs. Save rate numbers would drop significantly, along with discouraged volunteers, kennel staff and some immediate administrative individuals.

Our veterans that have served our country during wartime and have sacrificed so much for this country should not have the state budget balanced on their backs, when large corporations like FedEx get 10 million in tax relief for fuel and continue to make a huge profit every year. Our veterans should be our top priority. These cuts should stop immediately and these benefits should be restored to our veterans.

Injured worker's against the insurance companies changes need to made on how the insurance companies treat injured workers fair and timely decision in cases .at most one to two or the should have to consider pain and suffering anyone that has ever had to deal with the deception the insurance companies put injured workers through is totally wrong and unfair.injured workers voices need to be heard

It is estimated that 190,018 U.S. children under the age of 18 experience homelessness each year. One can only imagine how many homeless youth under the age of 25 reside in Texas because extremely limited data exists on this population. As Texans, we care about our homeless youth and believe that our data should reflect this. We encourage you to join us in demanding that the State of Texas produce an accurate report on its homeless youth population. Please show your support for HB 679, which will require the state to conduct such a report. With this information, state and private organizations will be able to more effectively meet the needs of Texas’ poor and homeless youth. For more information on homeless children under the age of 18 please check-out this handout produced by the National Center on Family Homelessness: http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/pdfs/2014/TX.pdf

It is truly cumbersome to drive at snail speed when your car as well as the large highway that you drive on are both capable of maintaining high speeds without compromising the safety of you, as well as your fellow drivers.

I remember some of the best times of my childhood were spent swimming and hiking at our state parks. Now our state is considering closing them. I want to preserve them so that future generations can enjoy nature as I have.

I do not believe that state land should be sold and used as a limestone mining place.

Too many local families are getting caught in the debt cycle to leave this industry unregulated. This debt is bad for families and bad for the local economy. People I know and love have been hurt badly by these loans - and not just in the pocket book. The stress these loans have placed on family stability is really tough to see.

The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) is pursuing legislation in the current Colorado legislative session both to establish credits for rural renewable energy gardens and to create a refundable income tax credit for small wind (please see separate sign-on at: http://distributedwind.org/take-action/state/support-colorado-refundable-income-tax-credit-for-small-wind/) New provisions are needed to allow rural cooperative electric associations (co-ops) to use the production from shared wind and other facilities to meet their retail distributed generation requirements under Colorado's renewable energy standard. Subscribers of the shared facilities must be members of the co-op in whose service territory the facility is located, and the renewable energy credits must be allocated to a physical address within that service territory. Distributed generation (DG) systems help diversify our energy supply and relieve some of the burden on energy producers during peak energy times in the summer and winter. Rural DG systems also avoid expensive transmission upgrades and projects that increase costs for all ratepayers. Coloradoans unable install their own wind turbines (i.e. renters and people in low wind areas), can help increase the amount of wind power in Colorado if co-ops are encouraged to allow shared investments in local wind projects. Similar community renewable initiatives are underway in several states from New York to Oregon that engage diverse communities and create accessible pathways to clean energy ownership. Note: If appropriate, please include your company name together with your name or in the comment field.

A college education is still the primary pathway to the middle class, yet the average college graduate leaves school with nearly $30,000 in debt. And for students who don’t graduate, even small amounts of debt can be insurmountable. It wasn’t always this way. Just 25 years ago, if a student wanted to attain a bachelor’s degree, it was more likely than not that he or she would be able to do so without borrowing money to pay for it. Now, due to disinvestment in education, borrowing is nearly always required to pay for a four-year degree, particularly for low- and middle-income students. Reversing this trend will require the federal government and states to work together to make college more affordable and return it to the debt-free promise it once was. A federal-state partnership, like the one proposed in the new resolution, would alleviate the student debt burden and address many of the contributing factors of rising college costs.

For almost 14 years, Philadelphians have been unable to elect their own school board, thanks to efforts of corporate backed education privatizers. It's time for the voters of Philadelphia to be able to vote for our own school board. Join me in calling on Gov. Wolf to return local control to Philadelphians now.

Florida needs to expand Medicaid, and the governor needs to stop being an obstacle to helping Florida's working poor.