UCSB shooting Friday the 23 of May 2014.

I am Chairperson of the Environmental Committee of South Manasota/Sandpiper Key Association and we are all opposed to removing our mangroves. Please sign our petition to the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners.

Last month 6 Santa Barbara students were killed, 3 with legally purchased handguns; 5 more were shot. Then? Shootings in Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland. Congress needs to legislate reasonable and responsible controls on guns and ammunition -- common sense breaks on free and too-easy access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Lack of reasonable and responsible gun controls has no place in a free and safe society.

We are Communication Installers that care about our customers; we go the extra mile to meet their needs. Alcatel-Lucent is sub-contracting our jobs to third-party vendors that don't concern themselves with customer needs. Please help us prevent sub-contractors from hurting your company as much as they are hurting us.

Money in politics has destroyed our democracy. The corporations have a stranglehold on our legislators and the voice of the American People has been stifled. We have seen attempts to limit hard money and soft money. But it is always just a bandaid on a cancer. Every problem that this country suffers today is due to corruption and the outright bribery of the elected. When politicians have no financial gain to achieve by circumventing the public's wishes, they will get back to doing the work of the People who elected them.

As part of the Isla Vista and University of California, Santa Barbara community, we are heartbroken over the recent mass shootings claiming the lives of our students, and historically in the US. How many more have to die before our Representatives take responsibility and acknowledge popular support for the creation of sensible policies restricting gun ownership to curb deaths from gun violence? We demand action be taken to enact strict regulations on firearms to prevent yet another mass shooting tragedy. This might include multiple policies such as: enacting tougher background checks, longer waiting periods, outlawing automatic weapons, requiring psychiatric evaluation, incentivizing the return of firearms to law enforcement, etc.

Imperative 1: Address the lack of physical space. It is imperative that we have enough space in order for the teachers and paraprofessionals to properly instruct our students in a safe and healthy environment. It is unacceptable that our students are expected to learn in hallways and closets due to overcrowding and lack of space. Facts: 56,595 square footage & 474 students. Imperative 2: Address Student Population. It is imperative that the needs of the student population are addressed across the board. This includes recognizing and addressing the workload of the teachers and paraprofessionals as well as the students’ special needs. Eastover is designated as a Title I school with a broad range of student issues, which includes DHH; ARP; the highest concentration of economically disadvantaged students; & a number of gifted children falling through the cracks. Facts: 91 students IEP (20%); 105 students referred to BIT (22%); & 67 students Free & reduced lunches (14%). Imperative 3: Address Financial Disparities. It is imperative that the requested relevant financial data is released and explained in order to identify any disparities among the schools within the district; and if such disparities are found, that they are addressed to ensure equitable resources and staffing. Imperative 4: Address the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of the Eastover School Improvement Committee. It is imperative that there is a committee comprised of parent and staff representatives to ensure ongoing communication and accountability between the Committee and the Bloomfield Hills School District Administration with regards to the above three imperatives.

This petition is to give hope to Americans suffering from incurable diseases such as but not limited to; auto immune diseases, cancers, STD's, skin disorders, paralysis and nerve damage. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, it is an auto immune disease that affects the muscles and nerves and it has restricted my abilities tremendously. This disease has been in America for over fifty years with little insight of its origin or a cure and I want the government to share the cures of all medical diseases that are known to be safe to mankind or be punished. One nation under God is the American we must take part in freeing God's children!!!

The license fee added to the property tax bills in Portsmouth, VA was adopted in place of city stickers which were placed on vehicles and trailers operated on the street. All-terrain vehicles, also known as ATVs, cannot be operated on the streets. They are utility equipment that should be treated like lawn mowers. Charging a license fee for something that cannot be licensed in a city already overburdened with taxes is wrong. I request the license fee be rescinded.

LATEST UPDATE (June 18): The Senate recently introduced its version of the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act (S. 2444). Thanks to your efforts, it does NOT take critical food-aid dollars away from hungry people to subsidize the world’s largest shipping companies. The bill now faces a vote by the Senate Commerce Committee. If it passes, the full Senate will vote on it and it will have to be reconciled with the House version of the bill, which provides for increased subsidies to shipping companies using food-aid funds. But the fight is far from over. Amendments could still be introduced when the full Senate deliberates on the Coast Guard bill. Changes could also happen in the conference committee of Congress when both versions of the bill are reconciled. Continue to tell your senators not to use food aid to increase subsidies to the world’s largest shipping companies, leaving 2 million more people hungry every year. * * * Dear advocates, I am outraged. The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would keep 2 million people from receiving lifesaving food aid. This bill takes critical food-aid dollars away from hungry people to pay for the increased cost of transporting food. This subsidy to the world’s largest shipping companies was quietly inserted as a provision in the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill for fiscal year 2015. This provision has nothing to do with the U.S. Coast Guard and is a blatant attempt by special interests to line their own pockets while more people overseas go hungry. The lives of millions of people should not be sacrificed to subsidize shipping companies. These companies already take up to six months to deliver emergency food aid to countries that need it. Increasing the shipping companies’ subsidies will not make them deliver U.S. food aid faster. Frankly, it’s a waste of our taxpayer dollars. A Senate committee is now debating the Coast Guard reauthorization bill. Tell your senators and the Senate’s leaders: Don’t use food aid to increase subsidies to the world’s largest shipping companies and leave 2 million more people hungry every year. For more information on ways we can make our country’s food-aid programs better – without increasing their cost – see www.bread.org/ol. Ryan Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst Bread for the World

I had a good friend, Billy, who died two years ago because he got sick, lost his job, and didn't qualify for Medicaid in Florida. Six people in Florida die every day because they cannot afford to purchase health insurance, yet the Florida legislature, callously, and for purely political reasons, refuses to bring Medicaid expansion up for a vote. The failure to expand Medicaid in Florida will lead to the forfeiture of $50 billion over ten years, and the closure of hospitals due to cuts in federal reimbursements for uncompensated care. People in Florida are dying from curable diseases because the Florida legislature insists on legislating based on hatred of President Obama. My friend Billy was one death too many. It's time to do the right thing: Expand Medicaid in Florida!

During my life, I have had many friends and family members who served in our military from Vietnam onward. None of these people deserve the disrespect that Senator Burr has shown them. His interest in the VSO's efforts to improve veterans' access to timely medical care seems to be limited to counting on them as allies to embarrass the administration by removing the VA Secretary. His concern certainly didn't extend to voting for increased funding to provide for an influx of 1.5 million wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan.