On May 6, 2014 the Readington Township BOE is planning to eliminate a music teaching position at the K-5 level. With a cut like this, the quality of our district's music program will rapidly decline. It is time to let school administrators and board members know that it is not acceptable to put arts education on the back burner.

Because the USTA allowed Contemporary Security Services to violate labor laws,slave plantations.They owe me and Blacks apology for the racist,sick tactics of former VP Scott Dennison.I'm suing CSC Security at US District Court in NYC,seeking award damages of 1 million.They tried to discredit me,made false allegations against my integrity and character

We need to do everything possible to control the cost of health care. Even with reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act, private, for-profit health insurance companies add 15-20% to the cost of health care in the United States of America without adding anything in terms of quality or quantity of health care. This compares to the 3% overhead of the Medicare program.

Our planet needs humans to reduce their consumption of disposable materials. We are harming our environment, all species and ourselves.

My career and financial ability as a carpenter was cut short by this injury. I was awarded Open Medical, Chiropractic Care on an as needed basis and $68. per week, PPD. Treatments are needed to facilitate my ability to work, 1-2, to as many as 6 per month. since the permanent and stationary award of 1980. more I work more I need. When I return to CA. Judges' they reinstates award, they, pay short time and withhold for long periods. when getting the award paid, I receive less then my out of pocket expense returned, then short pay, long disregard of payments to make me give up needed treatments by driving me crazy! I would give up AWARD, but the injury is ongoing.

Rates are not reasonable: Our service has not increased, our roads have fallen further apart, and we have nitrate problems that have not been addressed. The Carson Valley Utility Fund has been depleted since we were” consolidated” with the West Valley systems. We have been asked to pay more to improve the account numbers with no assurance that future requirements will not be funded out of the reserves. Our rates in the past, are the highest in the County. Those rates built the reserves, only to have the reserves used for purposes not fully explained. Once we were consolidated we saw a further erosion of the reserves. When the systems were consolidated, rates were raised again, and in fact showed an excess over forecasted reserves. As soon as the additional revenues were realized, as study was commissioned to deplete those additional revenues—a study that is supports a small area of the West side which did not have sufficient reserves to cover the expense. Rates are Subsidized. Rates in other county systems are subsidized. Within the County systems are subsidized both with general fund monies as well as individual tax districts for other systems. The East Valley Utility reserves and when combined with the West Valley systems actually subsidized those systems with inferior reserves. The combined resultant system was then not subsidized from any fund within the county and yet it is held to different standard when it comes to reserves and depreciation. Rates are Discriminatory: Specifically as concerns water, water Customers in the East Valley system pay usage fees, while others with the system and other county systems pay no usage fees. It is discriminatory to require usage fees of some customers, and not all customers. The East Side ratepayers rates are being increased to fund projects not involving the East side. There is no plan to solve the nitrate problem ( as detailed by the USGS nitrate study) or to provide service to the 917 homes in the Johnson lane area identified by the Master Plan who are on wells and septic, according to the Master Plan. There is no plan detailing through 2019 where the increased and what problems will be solved. All we know is the accounts our money goes into can be spent on any item (s) the Director of Public works decides on, and when more money is needed, simply raise the rates. Moreover, the increases planned for water, sewer and roads are discriminatory. While other County systems are either stable (GID’s and Towns) with no increases we are facing increases over five years of 41.25 %, and property taxes are forecast to increase another 15% over the same period for a total increase of 56.25% in charges to Carson Valley Utility Customers. Since the County has used our reserves to fund capital expenses and continues to use the reserves as savings account for capital expenditures for other systems, we are asking the County to provide: a. Freeze or cap rates for at least 3 years b. The County then has times to create a long range plan on how they intend: 1. Define what county utilities includes now and in the future 2. Create the current and future management systems for utilities. 3. That provides for physical consolidation of water and sewer systems and a county waste management system. 4. The problems the systems face and provide for solutions with a time line. 5. How they intend to build rates to solve the problems and depreciation 6. Provide for capital expenditures and when those would be needed 7. How they would build a depreciation account.

The stated mission of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) “is to help carefully manage growth so that the Vineyard's unique environment, character, social fabric and sustainable economy are maintained as development takes place." Stop & Shop, an internationally-owned corporation, would like to expand its store in Vineyard Haven, the main port of Martha’s Vineyard. The existing store is 9,649 square feet and one story high (14 to 16 feet in height). Stop & Shop wants to build a store which is 48,987 square feet, two stories high (39 feet in height), and has a parking garage. Because of its size and location, the proposed building is officially regarded as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and must therefore be approved by the MVC. Stop & Shop’s proposal qualifies for rejection under the mission statement and enabling legislation of the MVC. Though in favor of an appropriate renovation of the Stop & Shop store, we the undersigned ask the members of the MVC to adhere to the clear guidelines in their enabling legislation and vote to deny Stop & Shop’s current DRI application, DRI 89-M3, for the following reasons: 1. Inappropriate scale and character. The “big box” store and parking garage that Stop & Shop wishes to build--typical of an off-Island shopping mall in Anywhere, U.S.A.--would dominate visitors’ and Islanders’ first view of Martha's Vineyard from the ferry. Such a building would adversely change the unique historical and visual character of the village of Vineyard Haven. 2. Traffic impacts. All studies agree that traffic would increase by 5 to 15%, further burdening an already highly congested area. The MVC’s traffic consultant has stated that the five roads that meet at the closest intersection, Five Corners, would ALL be at level-of-service F---meaning total failure. Large trailer trucks backing into the trailer bays would disrupt access to Water Street and the ferry via Norton Lane. Serious disruptions to public transportation, both the ferry (SSA) and bus (VTA) operations and schedules, are also predicted. 3. Economic impacts. The proposed superstore would compromise the economic sustainability of locally owned businesses, both during the construction phase and after. Construction would impede normal operations of many businesses Islandwide. 4. Environmental and quality-of-life impacts. There would be major disruptions during construction. Then and after, air quality would be reduced by increased traffic congestion and venting of the parking garage. Water quality would be reduced by runoff from the building’s roof and parking garage. Venting from the parking garage would contribute to noise pollution. Needed areas of open space and greenery would be eliminated. Furthermore, the two-story building would have no setbacks. It would encroach on the municipal parking lot and Cromwell Lane, and cut off sun to Norton Lane and the parking lot. 5. It sets a dangerous precedent. The scale of this building will raise the benchmark for an acceptable scale and style of development in the rest of Vineyard Haven and elsewhere on the Island.

Ralph Reed has a long history of leading hate groups, yet somehow is afforded a seat at the table in serious discussions about civil rights and LGBT issues on major news outlets. Spouting mistruths and calling them facts (that somehow go completely unchecked by on-air personalities) in order to sway the minds of viewers, Reed has a mission to malign the LGBT community and promote animosity and hostility against them. Just this weekend on THIS WEEK, he stated falsely that "the social science is irrefutable" that a child growing up in a home parented by LGBT parents is "9 times more likely to drop out of school and 3 times more likely to grow up addicted to drugs". He also spoke of his organization's work "going into 100,000 churches (TAX EXEMPT CHURCHES) nationwide, conduct voter registration drives and pass out voter guides". Something is amiss and afoul here. This man SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN AIRTIME by major news outlets who claim fairness and a dedication to presenting viewers with facts and truth.

Rep. Randy Hultgren voted for a federal budget that would, according Economic Policy Institute, slow the economy and cost 1.1 million jobs next year -- and 3 million jobs in 2016. This is a federal budget only a billionaire or defense contractor could love. Paul Ryan's congressional budget would cut $137 billion from SNAP (food stamps), $125 billion from Pell Grants, and $16 billion to block grants for Meals on Wheels, homeless shelters, and child care for working-poor families. While Ryan's budget isn't likely to pass the Senate, we need to send Congressman Hultgren a strong message so that he knows we don't support these budget priorities. We want him to champion a budget that creates jobs and gives everyone a fair shot in life. If enough of us sign, Rep. Hultgren will know exactly where his district stands. MORE INFORMATION: "By Ignoring Economic Reality, Ryan Budget Would Slow Recovery, Cost Jobs," Economic Policy Institute, April 1, 2014 http://goo.gl/tNExVy "Ryan Plan Gets 69 Percent of Its Budget Cuts From Programs for People With Low or Moderate Incomes," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 8, 2014 http://goo.gl/RuW0nQ

Since 1951, WGBH Boston's high-power 89.7 FM has been a regional beacon for good music, soliciting donations on that basis. Five years ago classical was exiled to a weak suburban station with dumbed-down programming, firing its leading classical host, Richard Kniseley - and folk and blues were dropped entirely - in order to duplicate the other Boston NPR station's news/talk format in the daytime. Two years ago, its widely-popular Jazz with Eric in the Evening was canceled during the week and isolated to weekends, and its jazz archivist, producer and host Steve Schwartz fired, so that the station could replay its daytime talk shows at night. If WGBH won't go back to its original mission of providing the best music on the most powerful transmitter in New England, it should step aside and let someone else do so.

We're starting a revolution. Gone are the days when people risk being made fun of for doing varial flips. Too many feelings are hurt and too many potential professional skateboarders are turned away. It's time to end varial flip discrimination once and for all.

This petition is to bring Concorde back. There are many reasons as to why she should fly again. This page will give you most/all of the details you need to know about her, and why she is retired. http://www.saveconcordegroup.co.uk/ Thank you.