I am so excited about the growth of the sport of soccer in our area. It is such a beautiful game. But in order to facilitate this game, we must have places for these children to play. Right now we are busting at the seams and need more field area. Not only would Daphne be investing in the City, but also in the children of the City. It's a WIN-WIN!

Citizens of Alabama should have a chief justice who respects the law and the limitations to his/her authority. Judge Roy Moore continuing in his current position poses a threat to the rights of all Alabamians. Our rights are at the mercy of his personal convictions.

New York State owes New York City schools billions of dollars. This money is needed to increase the quality and effectiveness of public education. Charter schools can and do raise money in obscene amounts. That money is NOT governed by the same guidelines as money the public schools are allocated by the state. When charters are co-located in our public school buildings, they create a caste system in an already segregated school system. They create a “have” and “have not” situation in schools, with the real public schools being the “have nots.” That being said: When at the 11th hour before 2014's state elections, legislation was hurried through changing the rules governing charter schools. They do NOT have to pay rent, nor do they have to find their own space. More importantly, New York City has to find space for them in existing public schools or find them space elsewhere and the city must pay for their rent and renovations. The money to do this would come from OUR school budget, and taking money from OUR school budget means less in our classrooms. This causes the quality of our children's education to decrease, thereby creating an unequal public education system which is constitutional right of EVERY child in the United States! That being said: This petition is to request that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigate the civil rights violations these actions pose on students in New York City's real public schools. Furthermore: Please view the the document below showing the contributions made to Governor Cuomo by charter school proponents, totaling over $1.6 million. Eva Moskowitz and her cohorts have donated almost $700 thousand alone. These figures strongly suggest that the governor was and is complicit in these civil rights violations. Andrew Cuomo’s Campaign Contributors With Charter Schools Affiliation Great Public Schools PAC Belongs to Eva Moskowitz CEO of Success Academy $65,000 Joel GreenBlatt Success Academy co-founder $50,000 Julia Greenblatt Joel Greenblatt’s wife $23,000 John Petry Success Academy co-founder $60,000 Samuel Cole Success Academy Board $42,500 Bryan Binder Success Academy Board $20,000 Jill Braufman Success Academy Board $57,500 Daniel Loeb Success Academy Board, StudentFirstNY BOD $60, 367 Margaret Loeb Daniel Loeb’s wife $29,000 John H. Scully Success Academy Board $50,000 Daniel Nir Success Academy Board $65,000 Charles Strauch Success Academy Board $25,000 Jarrett Posner Success Academy Board $2,500 Andrew Stone Success Academy Board $60,000 Dana Stone Andrew Stone’s wife $25,000 Gregory Sawers Success Academy Board $10,000 Catherine Shainker Success Academy Board $2,000 Suleman Lunat Success Academy Board $1,000 Kent Yalowitz Success Academy Board $5,000 Steven M. Galbraith Success Academy Board $35,000 Larry Robbins KIPP NY Board (charter school organization) $90,800 Winston Fischer Civic Builders BOD (non-profit developer specializing in charter school construction) $64,500 Jessica Fischer Winston Fischer’s wife $13,000 Kenneth Fischer Winston Fischer’s brother $67,500 Steven Fischer ...

La Universidad de Puerto Rico tiene una tradición de coordinar conciertos con propósito del inicio o cierre del semestre o año académico. Se avecina nuestro cierre de semestre y nos encantaría que esta vez la Universidad invitara a Tego Calderón. Un artista que es un emblema de la negritud en Puerto Rico, las barriadas, los caseríos y comunidades de escasos recursos adyacentes a la Universidad. Un Artista que a través de su lírica denuncia, educa y entretiene. Esperamos nos complazcan con traer a tan excepcional figura a la UPR.

I am asking your help to get the day care subsidies for poor families reinstated. These are federal funds that Illinois got and diverted to other uses. I am a director at the not-for-profit West Austin Development Center where 200 needy kids are about to be sent home, the teachers are working without the promise of pay and the last of the reserves are being used to pay the rent and keep the heat on. If we don't get funded by February 20, we have to close the doors.

I will abolish all property taxes and declare every Friday a paid day off for city employees.

BP has paid about $42 billion to address the Deepwater Horizon disaster since oil first started spilling in 2010. About 80% of those payments have qualified for tax deductions, effectively shifting the cost of BP’s “gross negligence” onto taxpayers. The practice of writing off settlement agreements is both legal and common—but it doesn’t have to be. Should BP be able to write off its payments made to address the Gulf Coast oil spill? Should Wall Street banks be allowed to deduct their settlements for mortgage abuses as business as usual? Tell the Justice Department no tax deductibility for BP in the upcoming Gulf spill settlement and to make other future settlements for corporate misconduct non-deductible as well. These write offs send the wrong message. They diminish the value of settlements as a deterrent to future misbehavior. They are also costly for the public because taxpayers must make up for the lost revenue through cuts to public programs, higher tax rates, or more federal debt. When settlements become write-offs, Americans pay both for the cost of corporate misbehavior, and secondly to subsidize the tax write-offs. It’s time to demand an end to this practice: no more write-offs for corporate wrongdoing.

I have lived in the Daphne area for 11 years and am excited to see the upcoming investments in our community parks and recreational spaces. I would love to see the City of Daphne dedicate a portion of these investments toward constructing 10 tennis courts for our youth. I took up tennis about 3 years ago after a long forgotten wish to play the sport which was unavailable to me when I was young. I would love to see the City of Daphne make tennis an available and thriving sport in our community.

The cost of infrastructure for renewable energy is at an all-time low and dropping steadily. We have a chance of meeting the planetary goal of cutting our greenhouse gases by 8 to 10% per year beginning NOW if we want a 50/50 chance of keeping below a rise in temperature of 2 degrees Celsius. What cleaner way to put rural New Mexicans back to work?

I lost two cousins yesterday in a tragic accident over that hill. I've almost been hit on that hill from people going over it on the wrong side of the road everyday. It's not safe. The road is Rose Lane in Laurel, MS 39443. They call it "Thrill Hill" so you can ramp it. It's nearly strait up and down and is extremely dangerous. Please help and let me know what I can do to help.

We of the Sugar Mountain Valley Ranches believe KAMO Electric Cooperative ,Inc. plans to take our land while not being environmentally responsible for the route chosen. We feel money dictates here. Ever since the Supreme Court ruled on the Kelo v. City of New London; Governor Mary Fallin & Representitive Markwayne Mullin or Senator Kim David have done nothing to support the farms and ranchers in their state or district. We also hear of others fighting this abuse. (Eminent Domain = Legal Thief)

This petition is to bring awareness to smoking at young ages.