I am an employee of an airline that fired 600 of their career employees at all of their stations with the exception of their hub. This seems to be the future at many American companies where the only concern is the bottom line with no honor or commitment to their employees and to the future well being of our country. This will result in the disappearance of the middle class and the income that has made our country prosperous.

Many owners of apartment complexes forbid tenants to hang their clothes outside to dry because they think "it doesn't look nice". But our concern as a community should be "how can I cut down my energy use to save the planet?" Hanging clothes outside to dry is economical and uses no energy. Everyone should be able to use the sun and the wind to dry their clothes if they choose. It's time to get rid of this archaic lease term!

This issue affects me and my neighbors where we live, adjacent to the regional Bay Trail in bicycle-friendly Alameda, California. It is just wrong that apartment owners provide car parking spaces to their tenants but no place to secure their bicycles! A decree by Governor Brown would require all cities in California to put the bicycle parking provision in their zoning ordinances, who in turn would require all multi-family housing owners to provide a secure bike shed or bike lockers on the property AND allow bicycles to be stored on patios, decks and balconies.

We do not need it! You have a done a good job in advancing the use of renewable energy sources in our state. There is more than enough gas-pipeline capacity to meet our domestic electricity needs here in Massachusetts, especially given our energy efficiency programs, a fact backed up by reports commissioned by NESCOE. The Low Demand Scenario outlined in the Black & Veatch study has NOT been investigated as an option, an omission I urge you to remedy. Do not mar your track record.

Three Members of Congress have publicly called for an end to the blockade of Gaza: Reps. Keith Ellison, Barbara Lee, and Danny Davis —and we want more Congressional representatives to to join them. This is a critical moment. Israeli and Palestinian officials are scheduled to resume talks on Gaza at the end of October. Hamas has already agreed to hand control of the Gaza crossings to the Palestinian Authority. European countries are ready to help monitor the crossings. European donors want the blockade to be lifted with a diplomatic agreement before committing reconstruction aid, so they can be sure to get materials into Gaza in a timely way and so things they build won’t later be destroyed. The political and diplomatic situation is ripe to finally end the blockade with a diplomatic agreement. Last month, beloved actor and social justice activist Danny Glover publicly called on Members of Congress to stand with Ellison and Lee in speaking out for an end to the blockade. [1] United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said, “The blockade of Gaza must end; Israel’s legitimate security concerns must be addressed.” He has warned, “Any peace effort that does not tackle the root causes of the crisis will do little more than set the stage for the next cycle of violence.” [2] Palestinian civilians in Gaza need and deserve to live a normal life: free to travel, free to work, free to study, free to trade. Urge your representatives in Congress to speak out now by signing and sharing our petition. References: 1. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/moc-end-blockade 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-strip-conflict.html

We simply can't afford to wait: the risks to our world are just too great. Obama has just one year left to tackle this problem but the stranglehold of the people/corporations/lobbyists who would prevent us from defending ourselves from this threat make a political response impossible. It is the sworn duty of the President to defend America from enemies and climate deniers must be seen as being the (self-serving) enemy of the state that they really are. Declaring "war" generates enormous economic potential, so let's also kick-start our economy by gearing up solar manufacturing here, research and development for "good" (LFTR) nuclear and training our troops not to kill but to deploy solar panels everywhere. With this war we can: 1) Move our country and our partner countries quickly into a collective clean energy future; 2) Defeat the fossil fuel hegemony that will kill our planet for profit; 3) End the increase in carbon emissions and rapidly decrease global emissions to allow our climate to stabilize; 4) Rapidly de-fund Middle East terrorists who benefit from our need for oil and our revenues; 5) Build a military that has the skills that are needed in the clean energy work force of the future and 6) Fund the R&D necessary to expedite the technologies that enable us to further mitigate and adapt to the amount of climate change that is already under way.

Dick's 2014 basketball catalog features NO female athletes in the 30 page layout. Let's bring light to this issue and have DSG change the way sports advertising is done. Please, take a look at the letter I sent to DSG regarding this issue https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lAdR3TwTbutPasbXhUz7CjW5eUVvRSDz7XyHNxV-9GQ/edit?usp=sharing

As long time fans, supporters, and followers of the hit television series, "Dallas" for both network and cable television we, the Undersigned, call upon the Chief Executive Officers and Marketing Managers of these Corporations to seriously consider giving this outstanding series/franchise a home on your network or cable television channel(s). "Dallas," and the fictional 'Ewing Family' have had a place at both dinner and tray tables the world over, originally, from 1978 to 1991 on CBS then again in 2012 on TNT and until recently it was the BEST SHOW on television anywhere under writers and producers headed by Ms. Cynthia Cidre and Mr. Mike Robin. Link #1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%281978_TV_series%29 Link #2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%282012_TV_series%29 We believe that the cast and crew from this series is the BEST in television, and should be given every opportunity and every chance to succeed! That is why we petition your corporations to seriously consider lending space and time to this iconic television series. Cementing its place in television history. Thank you for your support and consideration. We look forward to your response...

A prisoner of a violent crime was released to a work center after only 7 months of. 10.5 year sentence. She killed 14 year old child and pleaded guilty. She should be in prison, she should not be in a work center

Cory Gardner has been caught in a second lie this week--first, he made up an organization that endorsed his over-the-counter contraception plan, and now he's claiming that he championed green jobs in Colorado. What else is Cory Gardner lying about?

Hundred's of thousands of families in Illinois have faced the painful, devastating process of foreclosure. Homeowner's in Illinois still have no recourse to save their homes. Pass a Homeowner Bill of Rights that will: (1) Create a private right of action for borrowers to seek injunctive relief to stop material violations of the law and pause foreclosure, if the servicer fails to comply with any aspect of law. (2) Create Civil remedies to penalize servicers for any material violations. (3) Require servicers to offer modification to all eligible homeowners. (4) Require servicers to assist homeowners in submitting documentation regarding the foreclosure process. (5) Prohibit servicers from Robosigning. (6) Restrict servicers from Dual-Tracking. (7) Provide stricter underwriting standards for federally insured HECM (Reverse Mortgages) loans. (8) Prohibit HUD from reinstating the HECM (Reverse Mortgages) standard fixed-rate full draw mortgage. (9) Institute preventative measures to decrease the following risks for borrowers taking out Reverse Mortgages: Delinquent Taxes; Falling behind on homeowners insurance; and Home loss to foreclosure.

California is currently on track to have the biggest measles outbreak in a decade: 133 cases, all but 3 linked to Disneyland in December. An additional 41 cases have occurred across the US, including a recent surge in Canada of 119 confirmed measles cases, most traced back to California. The majority of cases in this ongoing outbreak occurred in unvaccinated individuals. It is only a matter of time before people start dying (1-2 per 1,000). The California Department of Public Health has also reported a sharp rise in the incidence of pertussis (whooping cough) over the past four years, declaring this disease an epidemic in 2014. By March 15, 2015, according the California Department of Public Health, two babies died from pertussis in California this year. Both of these diseases are dangerous and can be deadly. Yet they are preventable with appropriate immunization. The Los Angeles Times and numerous other media sources have published data on vaccine rates in California showing the widespread use of the “personal belief exemption” (CA Code 120365) by parents to excuse their children from mandatory vaccinations. In some schools the vaccination rates are lower than some developing countries. Public health officials have tied the rise in measles and pertussis to the lowering of the vaccination rate. If this trend continues, the immunity of the entire population is threatened (known as ‘herd immunity’). Dangerous communicable diseases will spread further, and will also affect people who have been vaccinated—those with weakened immune systems, the very young, the very old, and the like. We bear a responsibility to raise our immunization rates and protect our communities both near and far. This petition seeks to address falling vaccination rates by requiring all children to be vaccinated in order to attend California schools unless they have a medical condition that precludes it.