A jail library provides a low-budget, high-outcome resource for education and job preparation for those who are incarcerated. The DC Jail Library Coalition encourages Mayor Vincent C. Gray to provide for the introduction of a library to the jail - staffed by DC Public Libraries - because access to books provides incarcerated people resources for literacy, education, knowledge and job readiness that will ease their reentry into society, and reduce the likelihood of them re-offending and returning to the prison system. Literacy is a skill that directly correlates to many necessities and successes in life, and studies suggest that at least half of inmates are functionally illiterate. “If I were to summarize my experience at the prison library,” wrote a librarian from a Philadelphia prison, “I would say I met inmates who started as reluctant visitors to the library, and then went from being regular readers to voracious readers.” Many inmates and former inmates say that reading provides a way for people who are incarcerated to experience a positive escape from their surroundings and a release from the anxiety, depression and isolation associated with imprisonment. In such an environment, a library brings hope. “People always want something to read in the jail, that’s one thing I know,” said a former inmate of the DC Jail. “People do be wanting books over there.” Several nearby Maryland and Virginia counties - Anne Arundel, Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince George’s - as well as many other jurisdictions around the country, have professionally staffed and funded libraries in their jail facilities. Washington, DC should join the positive examples set by these counties, and establish a library, staffed by at least one trained DC Public Libraries employee, in the DC Jail.

The new general manager of Sunset empire park recreation district Justin cutler has fired the most beloved and the most awesome preschool teacher Vicki Yarbrough who has been teaching preschool at Sunset Park Recreation District for 33 years. All of the parents and children who she has taught love her she has dedicated her life to these kids and the people in the community. Please sign the petition to support Vicki Yarbrough and demand that Sunset Park recreation District hire her back and tell Justin Cutler the general manager that SEPRD is not all about making money its about the whole community of those in seaside. We want Vicki back where she belongs teaching those kids. It takes a village to help raise and teach kids and Vicki is that village and has been a mentor to the kids and adults in the community she is like a surrogate grandma she has deeply touched all of the lives of the people she has met and the kids she has taught for 3 decades and 3 years. Ms Vicki is a priceless asset to the SEPRD preschool program and its a shame that Mr Cutler cant see that it was wrong and a injustice for him to fire her especially since she has done nothing wrong and is a excellent employee and always has been.

Read the story below. She awoke early; and the house was cold as ice. She was eighty-two years old. She lived alone. The temperature was below zero. She could hardly move. It was so cold. Her old body felt stiff and her joints ached. Her feet felt numb. She had been without heat for two weeks. The gas had been shut off two weeks earlier because of unpaid bills. She had tried to forestall the shut off but to no avail. She had pleaded with the gas man not to turn off her gas but was unsuccessful. “Ma’am I don’t want to do this, but this is my job.” The weather report on the radio indicated that the temperature would be subzero for the next couple of days. The cold was penetrating. “A cup of hot tea would be great,” she thought. She forgot for the moment, she didn’t have any gas to cook with. Her old body felt stiff and it was difficult to move. The cold was biting and had seeped through the layers of clothing she wore. She looked for a way to stay warm. She huddled beneath the rug on the floor vainly trying to escape the cold. “This should help,” she thought. It seemed to temporarily provide some warmth. Within a short time she began to feel the cold again. She could feel almost nothing in her feet and her hands were icy cold. She began to feel tired and sleep seemed to be overtaking her. A little voice inside her told her, “Stay awake. Don’t sleep.” She jarred herself awake. But again the pull of sleep tugged at her. She couldn’t resist. It felt warm, comforting. She drifted off again. Two days later news headline read, “Woman 82 Found Frozen to Death in Unheated Home.” This is a true story. Her name was Sophia Easer and it happened in 1976. Ms Easer death led to revision of PGW policies on gas shut offs in extremely cold weather. This is the scenario we picture if we allow PGW to be privatized. The governing agencies regulating PGW will end, as well as policy on shut offs. We will see exorbitant gas bills, termination of the LIHEAP Program (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program), a loss of jobs and a loss of $18 million a year in revenue to the city from PGW. Sign our petition. Urge the city not sell off PGW. SIGN HERE and tell City Council not to sell PGW.

On East 59th Street since 1932, Jim's Shoe Repair is losing their lease and their space is being given to Walgreens' Duane Reade, so the corporate chain store can expand. Tell the landlord and the city we want Jim's to keep their space--and get a fair lease renewal. For more information: http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2014/02/jims-shoe-repair.html And watch on Fox 5 News: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25010027/jims-shoe-repair-faces-the-boot-after-82-years-in-midtown

We must stop chemtrails in our skies. Our health is at risk and the consequences to the planet are unknown. More days than not, the sky where I live are sprayed. The spraying seems to be concentrated over particular areas such as an urban community struggling to achieve environmental and economic justice.

As volunteer guardian ad-Litems working with some of the 6 million children reported to child protection in the U.S. each year, we believe that promising children the basic rights of safety and health care will solve our nations problems with violence, crime, education, and public safety and make life better for all of us (and it is the right thing to do).

REASONS TO SUPPORT THIS PETITION 1. CLIMATE CHANGE WON’T WAIT FOR NEW THINKING 2. NOBODY VOTED TO DESTROY HISTORIC STADIUM 3. FEDERAL LAWS ARE SUPPRESSING CANDLESTICK INVENTIONS 4. STATE LAWS ARE ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO CHEAT 5. SAN FRANCISCO IS HIDING ITS SUPPRESSION OF INVENTIONS 6. CITY HALL IS RUSHING DESTRUCTION TO HIDE SUPPRESSION 7. KIDS NEED TO SEE ADULTS THINK OF THEIR FUTURE 8. ETHIC OF CONSERVATION NEEDED TO BATTLE GLOBAL WARMING 9. REJUVENATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES NEEDS PROMOTION 10. WESTERN CULTURE IS STILL CONSUMING TOO MUCH FOSSIL FUEL 11. WESTERN CULTURE IS OBLIGATED TO HELP SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: UPDATE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: September 8, 2014 APOLOGIES TO SIGNERS: The authors of this petition – Richard and Judy McRee of Eureka Valley, San Francisco – have returned after experiencing some months of further suppression of their U.S. Patent for a new green technology inspired by Candlestick – renewed suppression this time owing to the interference of a compromised Federal Magistrate in their 9-year struggle to defend their own work in the face of unconstitutional U.S. Patent Law that has allowed and enabled that suppression, and which has consequently deprived American Industry and Culture of any benefit from the energy-saving inventions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE: -< This PETITION is far from simply a personal issue – it defines a State, Federal, and International issue that has relevance to everyone. Despite the above-mentioned further suppression, it has already been signed by individuals from France to Thailand, from the East Coast to the West Coast – people who recognize that Global Warming has been caused by bad habits like excess consumption of fossil fuel and the unnecessary destruction of sound structures like Candlestick. All unnecessary destruction contributes to increasing Climate Change. There is no Magic Fuel; no Magic Product; no Magic Legislation that will fix the problems that old habits have caused. New habits and awareness are needed. Proper legislation is nevertheless vital. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY: -< President Obama, Governor Jerry Brown, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee have a unique opportunity with this PETITION to help set our culture on a new path to help better address climate change. By temporarily suspending the impeding demolition of historic Candlestick Park, they will allow time to investigate how long-outdated Federal and State legislation allows the unnecessary destruction of Candlestick Park and the suppression of its related inventions for new Green Industry. “NO BRAINER”: -< With the support of signers like you, many good things can happen. A moratorium can require San Francisco to back up a bit in its headlong, politically-motivated rush to destroy a useful and valued civic structure worthy of rejuvenation and respectful integration with proposed surrounding development. Our petition is not asking for anything unreasonable. Master Planners know that it is much easier and often wiser to modify existing plans before bulldozers create an irreversible and expensive mistake. AMERICAN SOCCER POPULARITY GROWS: -< Some have claimed that soccer simply won’t work at the existing 69,000-seat Candlestick Park. However, the new stadium in distant Santa Clara just hosted an international soccer match that drew 67,175 fans – S.F. Chronicle, Sep 7, 2014, p. B9). There are over 100 soccer teams in the Bay Area. PROMISE: -< Talented local Architects, Planners, and Engineers can open new doors of wonderful possibilities for our economy and culture. A Federal/State Moratorium can create some simple policy shifts that will help our Culture reorient to an exciting and imaginative Conservation Ethic instead of a habitual cycle of Destruction-Replacement touted by some as essential for a notion of “Progress” that presently rules the day among moneyed interests of the World. 35 YEARS OF WARNINGS: -< Today - thirty five years after the early warnings of Climate Change in the 1970’s - there is no longer any rationale for continuing environmentally-destructive habits like unnecessary destruction. This PETITION can help open minds to intelligent alternatives to unnecessary destruction. One by one, attitudes can change, and the President, Governor, and Mayor are now on respectful notice to act. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: F.Y.I. ==== PREVIOUS POSTINGS You may wish to cut/paste to your own file for further detailed study ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: May 19 -26, 2014 America only has one person for every twenty other people in the entire world. …yet it has habitually consumed almost one out of every three barrels of oil. Too many of us delude ourselves that American culture has no more accountability for climate change than anyone else. …however, “one out of every three barrels of oil” equates to four inches for every foot of the sea rise predicted to impact billions of people as the world’s ice melts on account of using fossil fuel like oil. In either a court of law or a court of ethics, America would appear to be held accountable for the disparity. Saving and extending the useful life of Candlestick for many decades instead of destroying it will demonstrate how to not only conserve “embodied energy” but also create green technology and green jobs for dealing with the dramatic changes that humanity is now facing – largely because our own culture over the past four decades has waited too long to assess the true cost of unnecessary destruction that is done in the name of “Progress” – such as Candlestick if we do not stop its demolition and seek a better way. … The world watches … and knows the Truth. When America admits and acts on the Truth, there will be new possibilities and opportunities for creating Good Will and Green Progress. … Saving Candlestick Park can help show the way. :::...

Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) is Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)'s main competitor, APP has recently committed to end deforestation while APRIL still hasn't. It is important for both our future climate and endangered species of animals that we get APRIL to commit to a zero deforestation, zero peatland, zero human exploitation policy.

The Allegheny Valley School District is considering starting renovations at Colfax upper elementary that will cost an estimated $6.4 million. The other solution is to renovate the other two existing schools to compensate for the students at Colfax, which will cost half of what it costs to renovate Colfax. The means for funding these renovations include increasing taxes, obtaining bonds, and taking from various school funds (including technology). It is the purpose of this petition to demonstrate the public opposition to renovating Colfax, and to highlight the need for a definite plan of action before committing to a decision that will affect everybody from student to community member.

The compositions and methods of US # PATENT 7597910 are endorsed by Jonathan David Lake, Cancer survivor who benefited from medical grade cannabis utilized in this patent. The natural plant is well-documented in scientific journals around the world for medicinal properties and recently endorsed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. We request an exemption to legally cultivate our certified and tested strain in patent 7597910. Job creation would be immediate and tax revenue would be significant. Recent polls show an overwhelming favor in medical grade cannabis. In advance, thank you.

Extremely high electric bill. I cannot afford these bills. Please HELP!!!

Last year, under pressure from the oil industry, the California Legislature failed to pass a moratorium on fracking. Since then, fracking has continued to expand in California, putting our communities, our water supply and the environment at risk. Californians have another chance to pass a fracking moratorium bill. Senators Holly Mitchell and Mark Leno introduced SB 1132, a strong moratorium bill that, if passed, will protect California from fracking and other dangerous well stimulation techniques. We have a real opportunity to pass a moratorium this year. The oil industry will spend huge amounts of money and political capital fighting this bill, so we need your help. The first State Senate committee hearing is on April 8. We need a yes vote to move SB 1132 forward. Sign the petition to urge our California elected officials to vote yes on SB 1132 for a fracking moratorium now.