As we are sure you have been reading about in the news, Erie County Council has been asked to consider an Ordinance guaranteeing upwards of $35 million worth of bonds to be issued by Erie County Convention Center Authority to fund the construction of a hotel at the Bayfront Convention Center. In addition, it is important to note that the county has already guaranteed the initial $100 Million Dollar investment for the development of the Convention Center and the Sheraton Hotel. County Council’s action on this matter is imminent and we ask that you take a moment to consider whether this guarantee is in Erie County’s best interests. While the initial investment was controversial, and remains so now as the Sheraton doesn’t pay any property, county, or city taxes, the investment the public made has helped create a demand on the Bayfront for additional retail, entertainment and hotel facilities. Quite simply, the government has done its job. It has created an environment that now makes it attractive for private developers to continue to develop the Bayfront. Now, the Scott family, the largest hospitality developer in Erie County, with a proven track record is proposing a $150 Million Dollar Harbor Place project. This development includes entertainment, retail, office, residential, and the very hotels the Authority is looking for. Also, it is important to note that a privately developed hotel would pay taxes, and the proposed publicly funded hotel would not. In fact, upon completion Harbor Place development would pay approximately $4.8 Million dollars in taxes yearly. Now it is time for private developers, not government, to continue to develop the Bayfront. If the 200 room publicly funded hotel is approved, Harbor Place development will be in jeopardy. The county tax payers should not have to take on the burden of financing another hotel, when a private developer is ready to take this on. I ask County Council to NOT GUARANTEE the financing of a publicly funded hotel on Erie's Bayfront.

More than 20% of the country's population depends on the Ohio, Kentucky, and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries for vital water supplies. Safeguarding these resources is essential to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. Thorough analysis of routing alternatives and of the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of the proposed “Bluegrass Pipeline” project is essential to protecting the public and land, air, and water resources from adverse effects of the construction and re-purposing of pipelines for this project. We, the undersigned, request that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, undertake a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement for the entire Bluegrass Pipeline project, ranging from Pennsylvania to Louisiana. We also request that the applicants Williams Companies, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP, and the Bluegrass Pipeline LLC be directed to refrain from engaging in any actions, including easement acquisition, that would prejudicially commit resources to one route prior to the conclusion of the analysis of impacts of alternatives (including no action).

The father of my child is serving life in federal prison for marijuana charges. He has four children who need him home. He is a non violent offender serving more time then a violent offender. I believe he is a good candidate for clemency.

I earned $22.68 too much in my high quarter to qualify for unemployment this winter and there are others who were affected with even lower amounts. As a Construction Inspector, I am required to work as the contractors do , sometimes putting in 60 to 80 hours a week in the "good weather" months, I have worked in the off season as an on call person for occasional tasks , but not enough to sustain my family. I along with others in the construction/seasonal fields sacrifice time with family, must pay for a lot of expenses on the road and feel this is a targeting of one specific group to lower the amount of people who collect unemployment when laid off through no fault of their own.

The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation Congress has ever passed. Last year's Supreme Court decision weakened critical provisions of it. Right now, Congress can restore those protections by passing this important bill. Rep. Tipton should support this effort by cosponsoring, voting and fighting for a strong bill

This match If allowed to occur will offer some sick form of justice for Trayvon Martin, and also offer George Zimmerman more financial gain from a child that he killed, again this is not justice for the Martin family it's a insult.

Pima County's public libraries are vital connections to information and community. House Bill 2379 would end services like satellite libraries, weekend hours, and libraries in jails and juvenile detention - as well as dozens of full time jobs! Make sure the State Legislature knows you want the libraries open.

There are hundreds of families living without potable water in PA for over 4 years. Our mission is to STOP all hydraulic slick water hydrofracking and correct the problems it has caused. Shalefield Stories educates the public as to what people living near drilling have had to deal with across the US.

Our sacred national properties are at risk. The environment is also going to be adversely affected. Farmlands, water, and climate are at risk.

Subject: Bring The Brown Children Home Hi, Despite our best and relentless efforts to adopt and reintegrate my grandchildren back with this family the State of Kansas is trying to steal my grandchildren (niece and nephews) without regards for us. A Facebook pages has been created to bring awareness and to shed light on their lies and system manipulation antics. Thanks!

Universal breakfast and universal lunch are needed in U.S. schools. Currently 1 in 5 children in the United States faces hunger. The undersigned demand that child nutrition programs in U.S. schools be expanded to provide universal breakfast and universal lunch for all school children. Every child in every school should eat every day--no questions, no stigma, no accounts, and no separate meal lines for children from low-income households. --In response to recent news that the Salt Lake City school district in Utah publicly dumped children's meals into the trash in front of them because they did not have money in their lunch accounts--the district having made a decision to humiliate children with money problems, and publicly throw untouched food away rather than allow the children to be fed with it; --in response to our congress voting to cut 9 billion in food aid to needy families, while families across the nation are still reeling from a financial crisis they did not create; --in response to the story of a Georgia bus driver, Johnny Cook, losing his job over publicly expressing outrage at a child going hungry in school, while the Georgia Congressional representative Jack Kingston publicly proposed child labor for impoverished children in Georgia schools; --in response to stories like Massachusetts' Coelho Middle School cafeteria workers, who made children dump out the food from their trays without eating, because they had no money on their lunch accounts, and many similar stories springing up across the country recently-- The undersigned are disgusted and outraged. We see an alarming public trend of brutal contempt toward child hunger. We demand swift action by our representatives to condemn and counter such trends from overtaking institutions like public schools where our children are cared for and taught common values. Most of us do not know a single American family, rich or poor, who would take food from a hungry child to throw it in the trash. Many of us are old enough to have been told that wasting food was shameful and ungrateful when there were starving children in the world. Those who sign here will not allow our children or our neighbors' children to be treated with such abuse and contempt. We will not allow one-fifth of the nation's children to go hungry. Those who sign here refuse to accept the United States as a nation of children facing starvation. We will not accept that our common taxes support the profits of agricultural corporations, yet neglect the needs of the generation we are trying to raise.

For over ten years, Culture Factory Polymer has been one of the most prominent centers for the production and dissemination of alternative art and culture in Estonia. The Estonian government must acknowledge their contribution to the country and mediate to find a fair solution.