To show The University of Akron's support for Jim Tressel in hopes that he stays!

Those of us who have a driver’s license often do not realize that a substantial number of people in our community are excluded from civic life because they are unable to access a State ID or driver’s license. Some of the obstacles encountered include: difficulty making medical appointments and inability to prove identity for employment, interactions with law enforcement officials, and to open bank accounts. Motivated by values of inclusion that dictate embracing and officially acknowledging the Washtenaw County residents who lack photo identification cards, the Washtenaw County ID (WCID) Task Force has come together to oversee the creation of a local solution: a county-wide photo identification. Our Vision We envision a county where all people are treated with dignity and respect and given the means to participate meaningfully in community life. This includes having community services that are accessible to all Washtenaw County residents. In addition to this, we want to see our county as a place where public health and safety services are viewed as helpful and non-threatening. Currently law enforcement is detaining individuals because of lack of photo identification. In our county, we want everyone to have the means to prove who they are regardless of income, race, gender identity, and citizenship status. We the undersigned are concerned citizens who support our County leaders in making photo identification cards available to all Washtenaw County residents. Personal Account A Public Health Outreach Worker contacted WICIR when 3 families of new born infants at the U of M Hospital could not get affidavits of parentage to include the unmarried father’s name. This was directly due to the parents having had expired driver’s licenses and could not produce current state driver’s license, state ID or passport to prove their identities to receive a notarized affidavit by the hospital vital records department. At the County Clerk level, they are having the same problem in that they cannot get copies of their infants' birth certificates because they cannot produce the same updated state identification of passport. Our Strategy Our plan of action to achieve our goal of printing a county-wide photo ID includes: • Present our petition to the County Commissioners at a public meeting. • Demonstrate wide-spread sentiment. • Build a base of supporters. • Implement program by the end of 2014. • Obtain 5,000 signatures of Washtenaw County residents by May 15, 2014. Washtenaw County ID Task Force Members: Yousef Rabhi, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners Sheriff Jerry Clayton, Washtenaw County Sheriff Department Lawrence Kestenbaum, Washtenaw County Clerk’s Office Catherine McClary, Washtenaw County Treasurer Paul Schreiber, Mayor of Ypsilanti Ricky Jefferson, Ypsilanti City Council Member Jim Dries, Chief Deputy Clerk/Registrar Melody Cox, Washtenaw County Clerk/Registrar Assistant Casa Latina Shelter Association of Washtenaw County Synod Community Services Thomas M. Cooley Law School Immigration Clinic Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR)

A decade ago, New York led the nation by allowing undocumented students to pay instate tuition rates at its public universities. Now, we have the opportunity to make greater progress on this issue by giving these students access to state financial aid. This will allow more students to attend college, graduate, and reach their full potential. Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo stated he would sign the NY Dream Act if it reached his desk. Today, the NY State Assembly passed the bill. Now, we have to pressure the NY State Senate to do the same. Tell the NY State Senate: Pass the NY Dream Act now!

A merger of the two largest cable companies in the United States would be a bad deal for consumers, leading to less competition and likely higher prices for subscribers. And a combined Comcast-Time Warner would be in a position to slow or even block Internet traffic from content providers like Netflix or Hulu if the cable company decided they didn't want the competition, threatening net neutrality. Subscribers are frustrated with the service and price of cable service, and almost no one thinks letting the two companies with the worst consumer satisfaction ratings in the industry would somehow magically make those problems go away. One of the biggest threats posed by this proposed merger is to a free and open Internet. Already cable companies are facing loss of subscribers from unhappy customers who want to "cut the cord" and switch to online services like Netflix and Hulu. Recent court cases have struck serious blows to the principal of net neutrality , which means a merged Comcast/Time Warner would have wide latitude to start restricting bandwidth or demanding payment from online services they deem to be competition. And with Comcast already owning Universal Pictures and all of NBC, the economic incentive to discriminate against competing content providers would be very strong. Finally, a combined Comcast/Time Warner would be, quite simply, just too big, with too much power over subscribers, content providers and, quite frankly, too much influence in Washington. Comcast and Time Warner may be hoping that armies of highly paid lobbyists and attorneys can push this deal through, so we have to make sure that the voices of millions of unhappy cable subscribers who know this will be a bad deal for them are heard.

To me this is simply common sense. How can anyone find fault with a bill that would restrict a person CONVICTED of the crimes outlined in the bill from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm for 5 years. Unless of course that legislator (those legislators) are owned by the NRA.

Putting ward waste in the landfill is simply wrong. It needs to be composted like we were promised when they started collecting it. Contact the Mayor now at http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Mayor/contactusmayor.htm

I believe we should be informed and make our own choices about what we, as consumers eat. To me this is a preventative health issue, and an issue of consumer choice. Please Join me and share this petition with your district 8 friends. If you care what is in your food....there are 3 important things you can do today 1) SIGN this Petition 2) SHARE it with everyone 3) VISIT www.NeedToKnowMARYLAND.org to learn how to get your voice heard in Annapolis and join the growing GRASSROOTS Movement to Label GMOs in MARYLAND.

I believe that my heritage is dying out one by one and to keep are genes and history strong just like the other ethnic groups it is whats fair.

Nuclear power is inherently risky, as evidenced by the 2011 triple meltdowns in Japan. The waste storage dilemma has not been solved. New small modular designs tout themselves as "self-contained" but will produce nuclear waste that needs storage for thousands of years, making them anything but self-contained. The exorbitant cost of nuclear was painfully shown in the WPPSS bond defaults, which we are still paying for.

It seems pretty simple to me: We need to do better. We know we can do better, and now that we know better, together let's see how far goodness can take us! (very much paraphrased quote of Maya Angelou) "You create your own universe as you go along" Winston Churchill "All that we are is a result of what we have thought" - Buddha "What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists." Alexander Graham Bell "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein "Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve" W. Clement Stone 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

The children in the ITALC class (room 108 and 109) are being forcefully removed from Francis Scott Key. The students in both classrooms are the most severely disabled in the entire school district. The ITALC program is the only program in the city that supports the needs of our children. It gives them the opportunity to communicate through electronic devices, because they are unable to communicate in any other form. The children will no longer have a class that meets their needs. The ITALC is the only form of education that our children can receive. The school district is treating these children as second class citizens by trying to take the rights to go to school and receive the special education that they deserve and need. Please sign and support this petition and forward to your friends, families and coworkers. Thank You, From the parents in rooms 108 and 109!

To increase awareness of one 5 year old German Shepherd that we believe to be mislabeled. We would like to have temp tested via an external pro dog trainer outside of his kennel in Meet & Greet Area. We would like to bring Louie's Story to the attention of Lance Hunter, Animal Control Lead Manager, Baldwin Park, as well as to the kind individuals and Animal Control Officers Louie's care has been entrusted to: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] cc: [email protected] (Mayor of Baldwin Park) [email protected] (California Animal Control Directors Association, L.A. County) [email protected]