The life sentences we are putting on non violent felons by labeling them for life, is killing our labor force. Many of these people are good people, who may have just made a poor decision. If we stop the disenfranchisement, we may stop a lot of the crime along with it. Give people a chance to show they can do better, and we're sure most of them will.

Far too often officers are involved in shootings of unarmed citizens, and the public is told that the officer is on "admin leave" or "desk duty" but the identity of the officer is almost never made public. Instead, the media is allowed to vilify the deceased. If the identity of the officer involved in the incident is made public, it'll give the public a better shot at holding the officer and the police department, accountable...we ask for transparency with officer involved shootings!

My husband and I are both huge baseball fans, and we try to only buy American-made products. When my husband wanted to buy a new Milwaukee Brewers hat this spring, he was disappointed and frustrated that one made in the USA was not an option. After researching the subject, it's clear that there are U.S.-based hat and t-shirt manufacturers would be viable candidates to take over production that would not cause a steep increase in apparel prices. Given the amount of products the MLB orders, the switch could possibly even create American jobs. America loves baseball; now it's time for baseball to return the love!

Remove this Building from my land. Stealing Land should be against the Law, but big contractors like Michael Clarke are above the law. I see this happening all over the City. In my opinion, Stealing is Stealing and these contractors shouldn't be able to Steal. Now I pay taxes on a full Lot with someone else on my property. Help Me STOP land stealing. Remove this building from my Land.

The Arctic is home to many inhabitants. I want us all to act now and protect this beautiful land for present and future generations.

The Arctic is home to many inhabitants. I want us all to act now and protect this beautiful land for present and future generations.

Blake is my husband and father of our child, Dexi. Our children's home lives should be top priority, and lengthy sentences for non aggravated crimes should be stopped. All it does is cost all of us (the taxpayers) more money.

Pick a problem! Pick any social, political, economic, or environmental problem. Pick them all! You will find that somewhere in that problem, to a greater or lesser extent, some entity’s failure to act responsibly is a factor in the existence of that problem. It stands to reason that if we move universally across the broad spectrum of our problems, to increase that level of responsibility for those entities, that we will also be moving to decrease the extent to which those problems exist.

As a resident of Ward 3, I feel 12 days is not enough time to consider the pros and cons of selling Lincoln School and such a decision should not be made in such haste. Many residents of Creston's 3rd ward agree that 29 units (16 senior apartments and 13 town homes) is TOO MUCH to develop and only benefits a few people. And, fellow Crestonians agree. Seldin's proposed project also takes away our neighborhood play space. Other wards have green space, why take ours? In conversations, Seldin's developers were very clear that forgoing the town home portion of the plan on the green space was not an option. We want a library that will invest in future generations, and the library's new plans reflect that. The new library and cultural center will increase our property values while creating a place that inspires, heals and empowers our community. Don't you agree that Creston deserves that? Don't feel rushed in your decision. If you do, vote no to Seldin Company.

Police in Ferguson, Missouri could transform their town into a war zone—because of armored vehicles, assault weapons and body armor provided by the United States military. And police militarization has happened in cities all over the country. Section 1033 of a military spending bill passed in 1996 allows the Pentagon to give “surplus war material” to local police departments. Since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has also offered grants to local law enforcement agencies to “combat terrorism and fight the war on drugs.” As a direct result, we see situations like what we saw in Ferguson. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) will soon introduce the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act in Congress—which would end the federal government’s program of providing billions of dollars worth of military equipment to local police. It’s about time. Sign the petition to Congress: No more Fergusons. Pass the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act.

Niagara County is host to one of the largest commercial toxic waste landfill operations in the United States. Unsuitable Location for a Hazardous Waste Landfill
 CWM Chemical Services is located:
 • two miles from the Niagara River • 
 three miles from Lake Ontario
 • ten miles north of Love Canal
 • one mile from all town public schools
 The toxic landfill is owned by CWM Chemical Services, LLC, an ultimate subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc. This CWM “Model City” facility was constructed by predecessors in 1971 on property formerly used for radioactive waste dumping and storage from:
 • the Manhattan Project and Atomic Energy wastes 
• nuclear reprocessing waste from a Naval reactor 
• remains of experimental injections of plutonium, polonium and radium-226 in animals

Joining the proposed resolution makes the signatories accomplices to human rights crimes and mass murder. The LA City Council does not represent the majority of Los Angelenos and should not be advocates whose allegiance is to a foreign country.