I don't want the environment and the land to be destroyed due to the greed of the oil industry. I want to preserve and improve, not further destroy the health of our environment for our children and their children. Fracking contributes to global warming. We deserve to have clean air and drinking water. Gov Brown can stop the fracking as did New York State and Hawaii. Our State legislature needs to do more to promote development of clean energy instead of subsidizing the oil industry's rape of California.

Every single person in the U.S. (the world for that matter) is affected by all the lies our elected officials keep telling us. It's time to clean house and allow only the honest members to remain. Bye, bye now...

It is dangerous to have school on 12/18/13 due to snow and ice conditions. I am seriously concerned about the ice already on the sidewalks and the heavy snowfall on top of that. These conditions alone should be enough to cancel school and protect our community. If school isn't canceled students could get hurt getting to and from school. Some students have long commutes and it is always best to make the safest choice possible and not risk anything.

Communities LIBERTY SQUARE, 1933-1987: THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT by Paul S. George and Thomas K. Peterson Tequesta, number XLVIII (1988) History of Liberty Square, built in the 1930s for Miami's low-income African-Americans, and of the changing demographics of people living there. Florida's first housing project, built by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA).I. REACHING FOR UTOPIA: 1933-1936 This project will be one of the greatest blessings that Miami ever had. It will not only eliminate the possibility of fatal epidemics here, but also fix it so we can get a servant freed from disease. John Gramling, October 17, 1934 The First Administration of Franklin Roosevelt was barely nine months old when in December 1933, Miami attorney John Gramling, along with six other lawyers and businessmen, formed the Southern Housing Corporation for the purpose of developing a "negro colony" on one hundred and twenty acres of land on Miami's northern outskirts. Their inspiration was the recently-created United States Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which provided low-interest loans for slum

I am starting this petition because I feel our society already makes it difficult for moms to breastfeed and work. I have personally been affected by this issue since there is not a specific place (that is consistent, and I know will always be available) for me to pump at work. Breastfeeding is the most beneficial form of nutrition for a baby, and I feel all companies should support working mothers by providing an adequate and consistent location to pump.

to get justice for my husband

Without an RPS, Florida's Energy Policies will be controlled by the Utility Companies who favor nuclear energy and fossil fuels to meet future energy needs. Florida citizens can regain control of a clean energy future with more jobs, a cleaner environment, and regain a leadership position in utilization of Florida's #1 energy resource Solar, and deserve the title of the Sunshine State. Florida needs your support.

Congress needs to act immediately, or I, along with many countless others, will be forced into foreclosure or never be able to sell our homes! Not only that, but once every town near water loses so much of its tax base, schools and hospitals across the country will lose their funding as well. This act must be repealed because it will destroy our country from the inside out. Here is the act that we must act against. http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform-act-2012 Here is a link to show you where your house sits on the new flood map if you live in Lycoming County. http://lycomap.lyco.org/cslf/

The vast majority of educators enter their career in a quest to educate our young and impressionable youth. They have dreams of making a difference. Teachers ensure that their dreams come to fruition, by planning engaging, differentiated and rigorous lessons. In addition to teachers spending countless hours planning, they spend even more time cultivating rapport with the parents and students that they serve. Teachers do the aforementioned, day after day, even though they continue to be underpaid and under-appreciated. In addition to teachers being underpaid, post obtaining a master’s degree (so that they are deemed highly qualified in their content areas), they are often left with expensive student loans, with high interest rates. Unfortunately, this usually means that teachers are working to pay back their student loans, because often times they have very little money to pay their monthly bills, let alone money to travel or partake in leisure. Moreover, many teachers work part time jobs, just to make ends meet. Currently, there are loan forgiveness plans that forgive $17,000 worth of debt, for teachers who have worked 5 consecutive years in schools that serve students who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. This is problematic, because educating youth, is educating youth. Furthermore, all stakeholders, in the arena of education, know that the scholar who lives in an affluent school district requires just as much teacher preparation, as the scholar that resides in a non-affluent zip code. For this reason, I am asking policy makers to reevaluate their EXTREMELY limiting loan forgiveness programs that are available for teachers, by extending loan forgiveness to ALL teachers. I am also asking that policy makers consider reducing or eliminating interest, for teachers.

30,000 people are killed by gun violence each year in this country. There have been 28 school shootings in the one year since Newtown. Through divestment, Pennsylvania can send a clear message to the gun industry that we no longer accept gun violence as "business as usual."

California’s non-profit hospitals can be very profitable for hospital system executives, who make as much as $4.8 million per year.* Outrageous executive salaries contribute to the rising cost of healthcare, which leaves many Californians unable to access medical treatment, or buried under a mountain of medical debt. It’s unreasonable and unnecessary for a non-profit hospital executive to be paid more than the President of the United States--$450,000 per year. Ask California’s health care regulators to bring non-profit hospitals’ executive compensation in line with their charitable mission: no more than $450,000 in compensation per year. We will deliver your signature directly to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, and California Health & Human Services Secretary Diana S. Dooley. *Lloyd Dean made $4,882,756 million from July, 2011 to June, 2012 as CEO of Dignity Health.

Can you imagine going to your local pharmacy and paying $21 for a single aspirin tablet, $18 for two Alka-Seltzer, or $35 for a tube of hydrocortisone cream?* Hospitals in California charge prices like these every day--overcharging by 500% or more above their actual costs. On top of that, nonprofit hospital system CEOs are making up to $4.8 million a year!** Rising healthcare costs are keeping many Californians from getting the care they need, and leaving others under a growing mountain of healthcare debt. Meanwhile, the hospital industry in California made more than $4 billion in profits in 2012. We can’t afford it. California’s healthcare providers must bring costs down to reasonable, affordable rates. Ask California’s health care regulators to keep hospitals to a reasonable rate of no more than 25% above the true cost of medical care (including material, facility, and labor costs), with allowances made to offset costs of charity care. We will deliver your signature directly to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, and California Health & Human Services Secretary Diana S. Dooley. *Prime Centinela Medical Center, Inglewood; Sutter Memorial Hospital, Sacramento; Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles **Lloyd Dean made $4,882,756 million from July, 2011 to June, 2012 as CEO of Dignity Health.