This petition is your opportunity to have a voice regarding a Recreation Center in Centerville. Please tell your friends and family to also sign the petition. The more signatures, the bigger the impact! *Please note that we are looking to present at least 5,000 signatures, which would make a huge impact! Also, each person who signs needs to sign using their own individual email address. If you use only one email address for the entire family (and do not want to create individual emails for this petition), please leave a comment naming all of those in your family who are associated with the email address and who wish to "sign" this petition. Thanks for taking the time to make a difference!

The New York City DHS (Department of Homeless Services) and AFIC (Adult Family Intake Center) approval processes for homeless families do not provide the resources or stability that families need in order to overcome poverty. I am asking that ONCE A FAMILY IS PLACED IN TEMPORARY SHELTER THEY ARE NOT REMOVED UNTIL PERMANENT HOUSING IS AVAILABLE. THAT THE FAMILIES ARE PLACED IN ONE SHELTER AND NOT BOUNCED AROUND, AND THAT THE FUNDS (which range from $2,000-$3,800 especially if you have kids) BE UTILIZED TO PERMANENTLY HOUSE THE FAMILIES IN CO-OPS, DUPLEX HOUSING, AND PRIVATE HOUSES.

This fight has not ended! Last year Marilyn Louie's old newsstand was replaced by a woefully inadequate space to sell anything. The new stand provides only enough space to place 20 newspapers, about a 40% size reduction. Though there was tremendous community and political outcry, the DOT went ahead with their plans. Mayor DeBlasio as Public Advocate supported Marilyn's fight, NOW that he is Mayor, he has the authority to give Marilyn a stand big enough to scrape a living out of. Please support Marilyn and write to Mayor DeBlasio at: www.NYC.GOV click on OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. Then click on CONTACT THE MAYOR. Leave a message. Some every day will raise our presence! More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/646288885451120/

Because I believe in the strength and independence of women. Because as the father of two incredible and the friend of many others, I advocate for their rights!

Most voters feel one of the most important pieces of information about a ballot measure is who's spending money trying to pass or defeat it. But that information is virtually impossible to find. SB 844 (Pavley) will make it easy to see who's spending money for and against California propositions by requiring the Secretary of State to create an online page with the total amount raised and the top ten funders for and against each one. The official ballot pamphlet will include a link to the page to make it easy to find. Any day now, Governor Brown will decide whether to sign or veto SB 844. Please urge the Governor to sign it, and then share the petition with your friends.

Once again, Wall Street is going all-out to block the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the new agency created to bring basic standards of fairness and transparency to the banking and lending markets. And once again, the CFPB needs to hear a strong expression of public encouragement and support.

Free trade agreements like TPP and TTIP are being pushed by the industries most responsible for driving climate change, including fossil fuel and industrial agriculture interests. These agrements empower corporations to attack our environmental laws and expand market access for producers of GHG intensive agricultural products like farmed shrimp, pastured beef, and palm oil from crops grown in the place of clearcut rainforests.

This is about how Rodger Goodell is ruining football. The NFL isn't the NFL anymore. Not to mention the man has double standards. It's okay for him to be ignorant to a situation such as a video being in his office but he has no knowledge, yet Sean Payton had nothing to do with the bounty scandal in New Orleans and still got suspended a year for ignorance. Now it's okay for him to make mistakes yet not be punished but these players he is sworn to serve and protect safety wise he has no problem handing out punishments for all sorts of different things. Where is the consistency?

I have been a teacher all my life and I have experienced student evaluations of teachers. These should be seen by administrators but judged in context of the course and the teacher's grading. Local control is important to every school system, and teachers should not be excluded from constructing the evaluation process.

A challenger to Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has emerged with quite a laundry list of skeletons in her closet. An allegation of stalking an ex boyfriend, and now a charge accusing her of plagiarism on her website. Seemingly out of nowhere this woman, allegedly funded by the Koch Bros. backed dark money seeks to unseat Oregon Senate progressive champion Jeff Merkley, but who is responsible for her? More importantly, who would SHE be responsible TO? Apparently, the Koch Bros. in their rush to buy this Senate seat, did not check her out very thoroughly, and now have quite an embarrassment on their hands. Tell the Kochs to stop attempting to purchase Senate seats by putting their vindictive, plagiarizing puppets on display like this, Its embarrassing and does a disservice to Democracy.

Jeffco Public School Board has just proposed a change of curriculum stating that, "Materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law. Instructional materials should present positive aspects of the United States and its heritage." This means that important parts of our history such as the Civil Rights Movement, Native American genocide, and slavery will not be taught in public schools. If we don't learn about genocide and slavery, how will we help stop them from happening again? If we don't understand the tremendous legacy of the Civil Rights Era, how can we work every day to honor and build on the gains made by so many courageous Americans? This is a severe form of censorship intended to keep the youth ignorant and easy to manipulate. I'm hoping to get enough signatures to prove that this is a public issue, so, please, if this is important to you, please sign. Do not let our youth grow up in ignorance; we all deserve the truth!

The People have the right to know who is supporting and working for a candidates election.