The rent is too damn high in US major cities.

Minsterul de externe al Romaniei a fraudat votul romanilor din diaspora pentru Presedintele Romaniei neorganizind nici- un birou de vot in zeci de orase americane in care traiesc zeci de mii de cetateni romani. Cerem infiintarea de birouri de vot pentru turul doi de scrutin in toate marile orase, in parohiile bisericilor romanesti, daca ministerul nu gaseste alte locatii

The undersigned Petitioners request the Atherton Town Council: To halt any further development plans or any construction of bleachers at Holbrook Palmer Park for the Menlo Park Atherton Little League (MPALL), until a full environmental impact has been completed and reviewed. The Petition is based on the following facts: 1. The Atherton Council implemented Measure M beyond the plain language in the Measure. A large majority of those voting for Measure M expected the Town’s Planning Commission to carefully weigh the need, the costs to the community and any injury to other uses and users in the Park. The Town Council ignored the Planning Commission’s recommendation that the MPALL proposed plans for the site be downsized. The Council put the Project in the City Manager’s hands and has failed to allow review of the current status of the plans and Agreement as to its use. There has been no transparency to the Town’s actions. 2. The Town’s residents have been deceived. The negotiation and planning for the bleachers have lacked transparency all along and have involved only Little League principals and the pro-bleacher City Manager. When one of the Councilpersons recognized that there was merit in the plans meeting an ”historical character standard”, such a Proviso was included in the action approved. The council then did not allow any residents to be a part of the evaluating group. The two Councilpersons appointed have a conflict of interest as they have been in favor of the Bleachers from the beginning. Interested residents have been told that since those two have not reported back to the Council, the Proviso must have been met. There has been no opportunity for any independent evaluation of the “historical character standard”. 3. Ten months ago plans and draft drawings of the bleachers could be viewed on the Town’s Website. Recently, as information surfaced that the drawings and plans were being modified, one of the Council members initially in favor of the Project stated that going to the Town’s Website to review the plans satisfied any need for transparency. However, there are no drawings and even the original ones have been removed from the website. The initial three-dimensional drawings have been removed. The Little League is insisting on a solid concrete structure; if built, this will handicap its easy removal, when it is realized the project is a detriment to the Park. Burgess Park in Menlo Park has a smaller and removable set of bleachers. Little or no thought has been given to the likelihood that the new facilities, considerably larger than those in Burgess Park in Menlo Park, will crowd out most other uses of Holbrook Palmer Park on weekends and add to traffic and noise in that sector of the Town. Additionally, a significant minority of the players actually live in Atherton. The undersigned restate the initial request that the bleacher/stadium project be reviewed under CEQA guidelines. Name Address Tel. # E-mail _______________ _________________ ___________ _____________________ _______________ _________________ ___________ _____________________

LA RICS (LA Regional Interoperability Communications System) is implementing via Federal Stimulus Funds, $150,000,000 worth of military grade, super high powered, cell towers with increased frequencies and surveillance capabilities that will saturate 97% of Los Angeles and will harm and kill both wildlife and people in addition to devalue property wherever they are placed. This new "upgraded" cell tower system is being implemented with zero public input or hearings and overriding all environmental impact rules, regulations and laws. We do not need more powerful microwaves assaulting ourselves and our environment! Human and environmental life and residential and commercial property value are being ignored in the name of "Homeland Security, The Patriot Act, emergency responders and public safety." Do not ignore public health and safety in the name of public health and safety! Stop accepting "blood money" from the Federal government that overrides public and environmental health and safety and will add yet one more layer of surveillance to an already heavily surveilled populous!!

The School Board aims to finalize a secondary school site by November 18. A choice school at the Wilson site would relieve over-crowding at Swanson and Williamsburg middle schools, while fulfilling community interest in a STEM school feeder to the Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology High School (currently only about 15 of the hundreds of APS students that apply each year are admitted) and/or a language immersion program. APS enrollment has grown by 19 percent in the last five years and is expected to grow at 2.7 percent every year for the next ten years. The Wilson site is just one piece of the puzzle, but preliminary APS analysis found it was likely to be the fastest place to add new seats with best construction value and least disruption to students during construction. Regardless of the first site chosen, APS will continue to plan for renovations and additions at other sites to meet the growing student population.

The following headline recently appeared in the magazine, The Nation: "Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company."[1] I have yet to see anything about this story in any Kentucky-based or other nationally based news outlet. Much of McConnell's own personal wealth--which he's used to finance his political campaigns--derives from his father-in-law's company, which is now under scrutiny after one of its ships was found with 40 kg, or 88 pounds, of cocaine smuggled aboard. Please investigate this story and report it to the people of Kentucky before the election. Kentuckians deserve to know about this BEFORE they vote. Source: 1. http://www.thenation.com/article/186689/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company

Every day in this country an estimated 187 people die from drug overdose, and another 6,748 are treated in emergency rooms. That averages out to an overdose related hospitalization every 13 seconds and an overdose death every 7½ minutes. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, outstripping traffic fatalities and gun homicides. And every year it gets worse. In addition to the terrible human toll, substance abuse costs the U.S. economy between $500 billion and One Trillion Dollars annually, depending on what is counted as a cost. Effective treatment can dramatically reduce these staggering numbers. According to several conservative estimates, every dollar invested in addiction treatment programs yields a return of between $4 and $7 in reduced drug-related crime, criminal justice costs, and theft. When savings related to healthcare are included, total savings can exceed costs by a ratio of 12 to 1. My 24-year-old son, Anthony, died May 31, 2014, following a six-year battle with opioid and heroin addiction that included three unsuccessful short term treatment programs, each lasting less than 30 days, which was all that insurance would pay for. For most people, this is simply not enough time to recover from the assault addictive drugs make on the body and to restore the life skills that keep a person from relapsing. It wasn’t enough for Anthony. Research tells us that effective inpatient treatment leads to long term sobriety and fewer relapses. Ninety (90) day residential drug rehab is suggested by professionals as the minimum length of time for effective treatment. Anecdotal evidence gathered from post discharge patient interviews suggests that long-term treatment at a drug rehab facility can decrease the risk of relapse by up to 73%. That can mean the difference between addiction and recovery—or even life and death. Tell your U.S. Senators and representatives: Legislation must be enacted immediately to provide for a minimum of Ninety (90) days inpatient drug or alcohol treatment days per year at a facility certified to provide such care by the appropriate authority in the state in which it is located.

The Esopus transfer stations priority is to stop waste from going into landfills. Working together with home owners and local business owners the Esopus transfer station operated by Dankelmann & Associates are one of the few transfer stations that focuses on recycling and diverting as much waste from landfills. Our community deserves to have a place operated by people who care about our environment.

Free this innocent man who's only crime was caring too much! Why is it that when an archaeologist digs up dead bodies to put on public display it's perfectly acceptable, but when Anatoly Moskvin does it he is a sick criminal? Let's do away with this double standard and free Anatoly to continue his loving work!

I am not starting the petition. I am just writing this petition to add to the petition to all the others that have already been started. Barack Obama has a lot on his plate and this will add Much more to his agenda. I am asking Mr. Obama NOT To Sign anything that will Split Jerusalem. It is also a shame that Jerusalem has been through so much over the years, and when You Read A Bible It will tell you that is God's Country. I believe it is totally against God's will to treat his Holy Land with such disrespect. This world God's gave us is Going to Hell in a Hand Basket. Do Not Split Jerusalem it will turn around and bite you if you do. May God Bless Jerusalem and it's people...What if it was the United States that was going to be split. The thought of it breaks my Heart. Yes It will effect Me, My Family, and the Greatest Nation on Earth.

It is outlandish and outrageous that Dead Beat parents get away with such limited consequence not paying for their children. But, it is equally outlandish and unacceptable that a DeadBeat be provided with free legal services to help exonerate he/she from the obligation of supporting his/her child.

Because my brother and I and family trusted the CO correction system and they have lied and used and abused powers to keep my brother in prison longer than anyone else in country for the crime he committed.