My faith based school/childcare is accredited by Green Apple Association of Christian Schools, (GAACS). PCB EDC 14-01 is coming up for a committee vote on Thursday, February 20, 2014 or soon thereafter. As your constituent, it is important that you file or support an amendment to the proposed committee bill to create a level playing field for GAACS Accredited Schools/ChildCare Providers. GAACS is an accrediting agency that has consistently believed in meeting and exceeding the state licensing standards and conducting inspections. My faith based school/childcare has been inspected routinely by GAACS validators/inspectors and we wish to continue this process. An amendment to lines 259-279 accepting GAACS inspections to meet substantial compliance requirements in lieu of the department or local licensing agencies would level the playing field, avoid overarching, government involvement in faith based schools/childcare programs, relieve unnecessary burden on the department, and save tax dollars for the state. An amendment to lines 711-722 including GAACS in the list of accrediting agencies would level the playing field for GAACS accredited schools/childcare providers to participate in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Program without having to apply for gold seal accreditation which is a higher threshold to meet.

Families everywhere are being torn apart for using cannabis, God and Nature's gift to all. The Wilson family's story (http://www.ladybud.com/2013/12/17/the-war-isnt-over-the-wilson-family/) is iconic: an illegal search and seizure, no money to fight the case, a possible 15 years in prison, and a two-year-old who may grow up without either parent. And all based on the crime of using God's gift. The 1971 Rally for John Sinclair's Freedom was a long time ago; we need another one now. God and Nature's creations don't need to be legalized, they need to be decriminalized. No one should go to jail for growing a plant.

California is facing a future of heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and sea level rise; all the while, big oil is planning a massive increase in fracking on the Monterey Shale formation and is also investing in rail terminals to ship in tar sands bitumen for refining. Not to mention, Southern California is the home to the worst air quality in the country which lends to negative human health effects including cancer, asthma, premature death and cardio-respiratory diseases. On March 1st, SoCal 350, over 100 regional partners, and almost 1,000 people helped launch the Great March for Climate Action in the Port of L.A. Hundreds continued the march eastward, eventually covering 3,000 miles to Washington D.C. to deliver the message that we need immediate legislative and executive action to solve the climate crisis. See http://www.wilderutopia.com/?p=8110 To demonstrate the political will for a healthy planet, we prioritize these urgent climate-change-focused requests of local, state and global level elected decision makers: - We demand that you, our representative, set a goal of a carbon-free economy based on clean, renewable energy, without fossil fuels in utility-provided energy and transportation, and set a date and timeline to accomplish it with minimum social disruption. - We demand that you, our representative, establish a more ambitious program for energy efficiency and conservation, reducing overall energy consumption by 20% by 2020, at the same time expanding our renewable energy portfolio to 40% by 2020. In addition, the LA Department of Water and Power should be required to achieve 1,200 MW of local solar power by 2020. - We demand that you, our representative, ensure the next scoping plan for California’s AB-32 [Global Warming Solutions Act] is strong, with attention toward environmental justice concerns, and that it fulfills the intentions of the legislation. - We demand that you, our representative, institute rising fees on all use of dirty fuels to offset the significant costs incurred to our health, our climate, and our ecosystems. - We demand that you, our representative, impose an immediate moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing, acidization, and gravel packing in oil and gas development, and the cessation of tar sands transportation and refining to protect public health, water supplies, air quality, agriculture, and private properties in California. - We demand that you, our representative, reject multinational trade agreements that weaken environmental and public interest protections. We must support trade that prioritizes equal protection for the poor, people of color, and indigenous communities.

Arsenic. Cadmium. Mercury. Bisphenol A. Formaldehyde. These are just some of the potentially toxic chemicals in products intended for use by children. Chemical and toy companies don’t want you to know about it. Sign the petition to support SB 1569, requiring manufacturers to disclose products that contain these chemicals. Right now in Oregon, manufacturers aren’t required to tell us about potentially toxic chemicals that are in products intended for children. There’s a heated battle in the legislature and chemical company lobbyists are working hard to convince legislators that it’s simply too big a burden to tell us what’s in these products. Sign the petition NOW to demand that the legislature pass SB 1569 to help protect our kids from harmful chemicals. Oregonians deserve to have ALL of the information when it comes to chemicals in products, especially those used by children. Claims by chemical and toy manufacturers that it’s just too big a burden are ridiculous. Washington State already has a very similar law. Our kids deserve the same protections. Tell the Oregon Legislature to pass SB 1569.Sign the petition and let’s not allow big, out-of-state lobbyists to win the day.

In 50 years the student leaders and participating students that led the way in the Civil Rights Movement of 1963-65 have gone unrecognized. This commemorative event will be the first acknowledgment of the pivotal role played by these 1,000 students in bringing the full reality of freedom to all Americans.

My Son Joshua and 3 others live in the home that they want to move out and move in another population due the state feeling their population does not bring in enough financial gains. This is and has been their home for many years and due to "money" problems of the state be forced out of their home. They want to change this with in this year and needs to be stopped.

To help myself and families who lost there jobs in this economy to keep receiving help to keep there families fed and a roof over there head until they can find a job to do so

Improving the corporate strength of Madison, SD and providing additional options to residents of the city.

Yes I have been personally affected by this issue. He lives close to me and also tells offensive jokes. Maritime monuments are not for joking, they are for respecting and/or riding.

In Uganda, Africa, the new anti gay law not only penalizes homosexual activities also criminalizes being homosexual. Young men are forced out of their homes and beaten. There are reports of some being stoned to death or burned alive by mobs. Medical services are denied to those having HIV or any other medical condition if they are supposed to be gay, even doctors are forced to report gays to authorities and then are sent to jail. Neighbors are encouraged to denounce gays in their neighborhood as if they were criminals, and report to authorities to be put flogged and put in jail for years in inhumane conditions. The terror is widespread and incensed by a hate and homophobic rhetoric in the Government and by extremists and religious zealots. The horror living men and women in Uganda is similar to those lived by Jews in Nazi Germany. This is not a gay issue is a humanitarian issue! A human rights and right to live issue!

Many of our children can't come home and say,  "MOMMY, DADDY I HAD A GREAT DAY, OR "MOMMY , Daddy ,Grandma, MY TEACHER HIT ME!!".  Video cameras will be used as a documenting tool.  No, I Don't think all Special Education teachers are monsters. Some teachers are genuinely passionate about "Our" precious babies, Let's be mindful that some of these teachers lack sensitivity ( if any at all)  Those teachers we must get removed effective immediately.  I will not stop this crusade until Video Cameras are in place. I AM MY SON'S VOICE, AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND ADVOCATE, I SPEAK FOR YOUR CHILD AS WELL.  Please join Lala Dunson Ceo of The James and Mary Foundation, Inc. As WE EMBRACE THIS REVOLUTION...U.C.U.C.  Unique Cameras for Unique Children

Since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, billionaires and other special interests are funneling record amounts of money through secretive non-profits, trying to buy our elections. Federal prosecutors even say that a foreign tycoon exploited loopholes to try to rig the outcome. This kind of dangerous secrecy must stop. S.B. 27 will make sure billionaires, foreign tycoons, and other special interests can't hide behind dark money non-profits. It requires any group spending $50,000 in California elections to reveal exactly who gave the money. It's a key step before passage of the California DISCLOSE Act (S.B. 52). Last month, Assemblymember Patterson voted against an amendment to make S.B. 27 take effect in the November election. The final Assembly vote on S.B. 27 could come any day, and Assemblymember Patterson needs to hear that constituents don't want him to oppose transparency and disclosure!