The NY Senate is putting forth an increase in the minimum wage that has left out tipped workers! this leaves out around 50% of minimum wage workers in New York. With some of the worst inequality in the nation, we cannot afford to leave anyone behind in this small victory against income inequality.

Raleigh's 2030 goals for sustainable growth call for less sprawl and more compact, walkable growth in redevelopment areas. But this plan can only work if nearby neighborhoods are protected from the density impacts of increased car congestion and the bulk of larger construction. Mitigating these impacts in an area where road widening is constrained by stable neighborhoods will require a predictable plan for (1) contextual infill, (2) upgraded infrastructure and (3) improved mobility options that make it easier accomplish daily activities without driving. Given the high market demand in the Cameron Village Shopping Center area for more compact, walkable development in accordance with Raleigh's sustainable growth goals, the residents, land owners and business owners in the Cameron Village area call on the Raleigh City Council to initiate a detailed plan for sustainable redevelopment and mobility, updating and extending the Vision and Action Items of the Wade-Oberlin Small Area Plan. A Cameron Village Vicinity Plan would: 1. include design concepts for street changes that improve network efficiency and emphasize more mobility options for pedestrian, bicycle and transit access within and beyond the vicinity, 2. apply contextual design elements of the Comprehensive Plan and UDO (both adopted since the Wade-Oberlin Plan) to provide a more predictable blueprint for sustainable redevelopment in the area, and 3. specify near-term and long-term improvements and costs for infrastructure, streetscapes and enhanced transit operations.

We have a Senate majority leader who is denying a vote a filibuster reform and a vote on an assault weapons ban and a high capacity magazine ban. Please call Harry Reid and the your US congress members to let Harry Reid know that he is doing a terrible job and needs to do better.

I'm a student at Carthage Middle School. Everyone here would love to get some free time/recess after lunch, when you finish eating early. Recess helps students develop communication skills, such as cooperation and sharing, and helps counteract the time they spend sitting in class.

Back in the "red-scare fifties", Congress added "under God" to the American Pledge of Allegiance. In order to bring reality back to the Pledge, Congress should substitute the word "Canada" for the word "God". I could then honestly recite the Pledge of Allegiance at public meetings without feeling like a hypocrite.

Our children our future this is espcially true if your a parent its really hard to be a low income parent and to be able to provide your little ones with the same advantages as other kids whose parents are blessed and able to afford to spend money on special preschools or be able to afford medical and dental and be able to make ends meet. Headstart is a blessing for parents whose children are low income our son is in his last year of headstart and they have been a godsend my husband and I are both low income and we are both disabled my husband is a disabled veteran its hard to make ends meet. Our son has thrived at headstart since he is an only child he has been able to make positive and hopefully lifelong friendships with the other kids his age and has learned socialization skils and how to problem solve but he has also learned how to get skills ready for kindergarden he knows his alphabet and counting and I appreciate how they have worked with my son on helping him learn to start writitng and cutting and use his hand muscles he has learned so much he even likes to draw pictures alot better. Even though my son will be starting kindergarden next year it would be heartbreaking too see the budget cuts from the sequester being done on this wonderful program and it would be a big injustice espeially to all the families and decades of children who are living proof of how wonderful headstart has been not only do they help the kids get prepared for kindergarden academically but they also do prevenitve screenings and help kids with any kind of special problems or needs so that they can get that early help for things when its crucial.. My son loves his teachers and all the teachers and the staff at headstart so much and so do us parents they help out with nutrition and teach kids about brushing their teeth and washing hands and give us parents help and the resources to help us transition our kids to kindergarden and to help us with reources so we can help our kids do well for the future. Please do not cut funding to any headstart programs its not right to punish low income preschoolers and their parents who are trying to give them a chance at a good education and a headstart so to speak in life and to help set a positive tone for all of their school years. Please sign this petition if you have been touched by the headstart program whether you are a parent or a kid who was lucky enough to be in headstart or if you work for headstart and if your an educator that knows that the program really does work! Headstart is a really special school for kids and as a parent I feel that it does more for kids than even a preschool that you have to pay for. I am urging all the politicians to put the preschoolers ahead of politics and let the future kids at headstart have a chance to have a real headstart in life too!

To promote more motorcycling riding during commutes in California and especially the Bay Area. Motorcyclist face a dangerous commute going over the Bay Area Bridges, please save lives by letting them use the Bus Lane 24-7. We would like to see the roll back to $0 for carpool access and extend the hours so as in not to force Motorcyclist into Rush Hour traffic!

In the U.S. there have been nearly as many people killed by guns since the Newtown massacre as were murdered on 9/11. In light of Sen. Harry Reid's repulsive and timid sellout in giving up on bringing the Assault Weapons Ban to a vote in the Senate, We The People must declare to all in Washington, D.C., that Our actions, Our will, and Our collective determination to hold elected officials accountable will prevail and the Assault Weapons Ban will become the law of this land. Our land. Senators abandoned their obligation to stand up on this issue and make their votes known. Americans will now stand up and make their convictions on this issue known.

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Clear Springs High school has made recent staff changes that negatively affects the education of many students. A higher value should be placed on academics rather than athletics.

Price Chopper grocery stores in NY are now proudly featuring a California Milk logo on their private label butter. As a NY business it would seem like they would want to support NY dairy farmers over those in California. Not to mention the environmental impact of having the butter shipped all the way across the country instead of sourcing their private label butter closer to home. Recently in an Albany Times Union article, Price Chopper, spokeswoman Mona Golub said "quality comes first, cost comes second" in considering bids from suppliers for private-label products. Does she mean to imply that CA milk is better quality than NY milk and that it was not a decision based solely on money? Boycott Price Chopper private label butter until they stop using CA milk in their private label butter. Buy Cabot instead or from your local producer!

Senator Reid capitulated to the NRA by refusing to put Senator Feinstein's Assault Weapons Ban bill to a vote. THIS IS WRONG, and MUST BE REVERSED