This is an urgent moment for recycling on Maui. The pilot 3 Can Plan curbside recycling program is to be prematurely terminated on February 1st even though it was funded through June 30, 2015. If the plan is shut down, the opportunity for Maui to have island wide curbside recycling will vanish. We cannot let this happen. Curbside programs have been implemented and fully embraced by communities around the globe that have far fewer environmental concerns than we do on our island, and that have far fewer recycling commitments and obligations than we do. The goals of the pilot 3 Can Plan in Maui Meadows and parts of Kihei were to determine the program’s popularity, logistics, effectiveness and costs with the intention of expanding the program island wide. And by these criteria, the program appears to be a success. However, the success of Maui’s curbside recycling test program has been clouded by a lack of transparency in the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Also, questionable conclusions, misleading statements and county politics have cast doubt on the accuracy of the DEM’s figures and heightened skepticism about department claims that curbside recycling is not viable for Maui. This is one of many reasons the County Council recently ordered a full performance audit of that department.

Join the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center in it's fight to END WAGE THEFT! Unfortunately, the philosophy of fairness is often omitted when it comes to fair pay. Low wage and immigrant workers suffer from some of the worst indignities, with exploitation, discrimination, and wage theft at the top of the list. Wage theft is the common practice of not paying a worker part or all of what they are owed, and it is plaguing our communities . This plays out in unpaid over time, being mis-classified, and even not receiving pay at all. In Cincinnati, millions of dollars (including tax dollars) are lost in unpaid wages. The Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center, a community led organization, has launched a campaign called "Just Pay Cinci" a campaign to end wage theft. It is designed to lay out a City Ordinance to deter the boss from this unethical labor practice. The ordinance will make the city report wage theft, expose wage theft, fine repeat offenders and ultimately END WAGE THEFT! Please sign the petition!

Republican House Speaker John Boehner has scheduled an address to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu two weeks before the Israeli election, without consulting the White House or the House Democratic leadership. Netanyahu and Boehner have said that the purpose of the talk is to attack President Obama’s diplomatic engagement with Iran and try to blow up the talks. The White House has said that President Obama and Administration officials will not meet with Netanyahu. Urge Democratic Members of Congress not to attend Netanyahu's speech by signing our petition. UPDATES: So far, 36 Democrats have said that they won't attend the speech: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/democrats-skipping-netanyahu_b_6770734.html

As a lover of British and Cadbury products I believe one company should not have the right to say what is imported in to the USA.

The CIA leadership continues to make headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. Warrantless surveillance of American citizens, clandestine torture operations overseas, and even hacking into U.S. Senate computers are just some of the recent examples. Enough is enough, and it’s time for action. The men and women of the CIA do important work, but its leadership should be kept in check and held accountable for its actions. We’re calling on CIA Director John Brennan to keep the CIA in check and stand up for the Constitutional principles that make our country great. Add your name and join the fight today!

In the 1990s, Bain Capital owned Damon Laboratories, which made Bain hundreds of millions by ripping off Medicare. Just before the justice department sued Damon, Bain sold the company and got away with it. Today, Boston Heart Diagnostics--another Bain-owned lab--is under investigation for massive Medicare Fraud. Guess what Bain just announced: they are selling Boston Heart Diagnostics to a European Conglomerate called Eurofins for $200 million. In addition to robbing tax payers of hundreds of millions, Bain will now be rewarded with $200M. Lets force Bain to keep Boston Heart Diagnostics and have to repay the taxpayer some of what it stole, and better yet, face criminal charges for this repeated pattern of Medicare theft.

Google took almost three years to disclose to WikiLeaks it had handed over emails belonging to three of its staffers to the U.S. government under a secret search warrant, the Guardian reports. [1] The subjects of the warrants were WikiLeaks investigations editor Sarah Harrison, WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson, and WikiLeaks senior editor Joseph Farrell. The court orders cast a data net so wide as to ensnare virtually all digital communications originating from or sent to the three, the Guardian says. Google was told to hand over the contents of all their emails, including those sent and received. Just Foreign Policy’s Policy Director Robert Naiman has communicated by email with all three of the named WikiLeaks staffers over a period of years using his Gmail account. Therefore, based on the Guardian report, Naiman believes that Google may have supplied the FBI with Naiman’s email correspondence with the three WikiLeaks staffers. Alexander Abdo of the American Civil Liberties Union said the warrants were “shockingly broad” in their catch-all wording. “This is basically ‘Hand over anything you’ve got on this person’,” he said. “That’s troubling as it’s hard to distinguish what WikiLeaks did in its disclosures from what major newspapers do every single day in speaking to government officials and publishing still-secret information.” Urge the FBI to destroy all copies of correspondence between Just Foreign Policy and WikiLeaks and pledge to refrain from spying on correspondence between Just Foreign Policy and WikiLeaks in the future by signing our petition. References: 1. “WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government,” Ed Pilkington and Dominic Rushe, the Guardian, January 25, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/25/wikileaks-google-staff-emails-us-government

Parents and staff want to be heard and see a plan of action BEFORE this switch is brought to vote. There have been many changes recently, leaving little time to adjust. Our children's education should be our top priority and this action is too swift.

Senator Nelson must hear from his constituents who support negotiations over sabotaging them, increasing the prospect of another Middle East war. Republicans have indicated they would soon move a bill drafted by Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) that would provide a set of tough sanctions against the Iranian economy. Too many Democrats agree. The White House worries such a provocative move could prompt Iran to back out of a sweeping nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers before a June 30 deadline.

For generations, the fishing families of Kaʻūpūlehu lived in harmony with land and sea, sustainably growing and harvesting what was needed. As change came to their home, these families worked to protect the practices that sustained their ancestors by encouraging voluntary catch limits, participating in regional fishery initiatives, and sharing traditional fishing methods and educational materials; yet despite these efforts, marine life continued to decline. In 2009, following decades of loss, members of the KMLAC began developing a culturally-rooted, community-based plan to replenish the marine life that sustains the people within the ahupua‘a of Kaʻūpūlehu and beyond. A copy of the current rule proposal can be found at: http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/files/2014/05/HAWAII.13-60.4dr.pdf

Nearly every other Nero Race has a special term for people who offend them and associated traditions for it. We need to spread the glory of the Fungee Mungee to all corners of Tyrra, and adding it to the official racial handbook is the biggest step towards that goal.

I purchased a used 2010 Expedition with 97k miles. It has multiple points on the rear hatch of bubbling paint, which indicate corrosion. The local Ford dealer filed the warranty claim only to be denied by Ford MoCo.