Public officials should be mandated to accept a public debate during an election year. Debates allow for many issues to be discussed. It is an opportunity for the public to see, hear and learn about real issues facing their government and communities. To have our Governor reject a public debate is a shameful act of defiance that must be corrected.

The wetlands adjacent to South Pond serve as one of the last remaining habitats of the critically imperiled Dukes’ Skipper butterfly. These wetlands are threatened by a plan that would plop 73 McMansions, built by billionaire developer William Pulte, onto a newly deforested plateau adjacent to the wetlands. The effluent from their massive, chemically treated lawns, would discharge into the wetlands only feet from where the Skipper has been sighted. In order to gain access to the planned development, the developer has applied to the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for a permit to build a road through the wetlands. The City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Areas Preservation (NAP) remains opposed to this road because in part because “The proposed road would be built very close to areas where rare plant and animal species have been documented, including Euphyes dukesi (Duke’s skipper), which is state-threatened and legally protected, and Carex trichocarpa (Hairy-fruited sedge), which is a species of special concern Michigan. It is likely that construction activities so close to the wetland will have negative impacts on these species and their of its impact on these sensitive wetlands.” The developer has applied for the wetlands permit even though a reasonable and prudent alternative, which has no direct impact to the wetlands, exists. This alternative, which provides better access to the development, has been vetted by the City of Ann Arbor Planning Staff and has been recommended for approval. We call on the MDEQ to refuse to grant this permit simply because a reasonable and prudent to this wetlands destruction exists. We also call on the developer to abandon this destructive plan and donate the wetlands and surrounding land to the Ann Arbor Parks Dept. as the developer had originally proposed. See southpondnature.org for more information and beautiful pictures of the area. Please help a tiny butterfly fend off a big developer and sign our petition. Thanks!

Delisting the redbelly has significance far beyond a single species… More important is the precedence of the corrupt process itself. Here we have Department Secretary Robin Jennison agreeing with biologists that the redbelly is seriously threatened but proposing delisting to appease legislators threatening to entirely repeal Kansas’ endangered species law if Commissioners do not do it for them. In reality, bowing to threats by politicians inevitably leads to “administrative repeal species by species” of our endangered species law as more truly threatened/endangered plants and animals are delisted when they become inconvenient to developers. So, we fight to ensure a healthy natural environment and species diversity for future generations of Kansans.

For several years, the Arapahoe Board of Commissioners have ignored the citizens of Eastern Unincorporated Arapahoe County! The closing of Quincy Road for bike races and events creates a hardship as Quincy Road is the main artery for traveling into the city. The people have to travel 14 miles just to go around this road closure! Stop the road closure of Quincy Road!

To fully understand Cory Gardner's official stance on global climate change before polls open for the race for U.S. Senate.

Official documentation now exists and is readily available describing the contamination of central-California drinking water and farm irrigation aquifers from the illegal dumping of 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into these aquifers by FRACKING OPERATORS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Dear Mayor Mahoney, Please, stop the proposed zoning changes that would allow installation of the 150’ Cell Tower at 12101 Southwest Highway, Palos Park, Il, 60464 DEFINITE DIMINISHED PROPERTY VALUES, possible disruption to adjacent underground water reservoir and 150' MEGA-CELL TOWER that BLIGHTS THE BEAUTY of the area make this unacceptable. This is regardless of the perceived health issues. We find that NO ONE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER BUYING A HOME NEAR A 150' MEGA-CELL TOWER. Would you? 7:30 PM December 8, 2014 Monday Meeting: Village Council to discuss this issue at Village of Palos Park, Kaptur Center 8999 West 123rd Street, Palos Park, Illinois 60464 Main: 708-671-3700 Please Call All our Commissioners to STOP THIS and PLEASE, Come to Meeting, if you can. Mayor: 708-671-3701 [email protected] Lori Sommers, Community Development Director 708-671-3731 • [email protected]

Cub porn is a term referring to porn that involves underage characters, specifically children or toddlers. Though the subjects are fictional, this type of pornography is still illegal in many American states under obscenity laws as well as in many countries such as Australia. On top of being of questionable legality, even fictional depictions of child porn can be harmful. The viewing of any type of child porn by pedophiles can reinforce sexual associations towards children. This can lead to seeking of more extreme forms of child porn, including real images, and potentially acting upon these urges. Some child molesters will also use images of cartoon child porn such as cub porn in the grooming process of their victims. Cub pornography and its viewers are a minority of the users on SoFurry. On top of making the site safer and not supporting practices that can lead to endangering children, banning cub porn will not hurt the userbase. Instead it could potentially strengthen the userbase by including audiences previously alienated by and uncomfortable with the policy.

What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Rules are rules. They aren't made for you to choose who they apply to. Fair treatment for all.

The current industrial area located at and around 2910 N Arlington Heights Road is zoned as M-1 (research, development and light manufacturing). The change to M-2 (limited heavy manufacturing) would allow Savory Salads to cook and prepare various meat products, bakery goods and salads for restaurant and catering use. Food preparation attracts rodents....

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UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has warned that 12,000 or so civilians still in or near Kobane, including 700 mainly elderly people in Kobane's center, "will most likely be massacred" by ISIS if the town falls to ISIS jihadists. De Mistura called on Turkey "to support the deterrent actions of the coalition through whatever means from their own territory," and appealed to Turkey to "allow the flow of volunteers at least, and their equipment to be able to enter the city to contribute to a self-defense operation." Urge President Obama and Members of Congress to do everything in their power to pressure Turkey to stop the massacre of Syrian Kurdish civilians in Kobane by signing our petition.