Our oceans are being choked by single use plastic bottles.

On Tuesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met with the members of the House subcommittee to defend her department’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year. The proposal involves eliminating the entire $17.6 million that the federal government contributes to the Special Olympics. This will affect over 272,000 kids nationwide with special needs.

District attorneys have vast power in criminal justice proceedings. DA Zappala has shown time and again that his interest in securing reelection far outweighs any commitment he has to justice and equity.

The anti-fact intolerance of the leftist media is leading the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA into a new brutal conflict. This is a teachable moment RESIGN OR “YOUR FIRED!”

The annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk for Suicide Prevention at Jones Beach State Park is held every October and NYS charges thousands of dollars ($13,000+ in 2018) for parking fees to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. We need them to waive the costs or give a huge discount for this charitable event that helps save lives.

Statues which publicly display bias of Black American slavery needs to be removed from our public squares, courtyards etc. These depictions continue to be the leading cause of prejudice, civil unrest, injustices, hate, violence, discrimination, bigotry, malice, anger and a sense of entitlement over others. Example the statue of an African / Negro woman and the European / Caucasian who was a "know adulterer" and who many believe raped, engaged in sexual intercourse and impregnated many female slaves whom he declared he freed. This individual would be Henry Ward Beecher of course.

We the people the the University of Idaho Engineering dept. demand justice!! The greatest teacher in the history of teaching needs to teach this class. And not a single one of you can prove me wrong!

It is the moral and right thing to do in view of the 70 plus years that the Palestinians have been denied their rights to soveirgnty and dignity.

Yes. It is becoming clear that candidates are taking effective negative positions on Jewish related topics. AIPAC alone is somewhat understandable. But next it will be anti BDS. YOU WERE Unable to make a definitive statement on antisemitism it became anti hate. It’s starts out as anti Israel then becomes anti Jew. I’m a progressive democrat.

I am a United States citizen. I hate the treatment that immigrants have been receiving. America is supposed to help those in need of asylum and we are treating those in need of help like their criminals.

Our 501 c3 non-profit, based in Danville CA, called Transition Express Inc believes WE CAN ACCELERATE THE NUMBER OF STATES with CCA LEGISLATION and trend toward a more uniform electricity market, state by state, to roll out RENEWABLE POWER, nationwide. WE NEED STATE LEGISLATORS TO BE LEADERS ON THIS. We hope state legislators in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin, will show the leadership we are asking for with this petition, TO MOVE RENEWABLE POWER NATIONWIDE, with the urgency the science now requires. There are 3 NEW SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OUT in March/April 2018, documenting our accelerating climate change. They document the 'Jet Stream Slowing Down' (Mann study/Penn State), 'Mother Nature Going Out of Sync' (Kharouba study/Univ of Ottawa) and 'Accelerating Melting of Glaciers' (Winski study/Dartmouth). WE NEED TO ACCELERATE RENEWABLE POWER to counteract this MOST CONCERNING TRENDING TOWARDS CLIMATE CHAOS. STATE LEGISLATORS: WE NEED YOUR COMMITMENT TO RENEWABLE POWER NOW.

We are Ronak and Meredith Sheth, and we recently purchased 501 Taylor Young. We're planning to build a new home on the site to live with our 15 month old daughter, Olivia. We currently live in Tower Grove South and are really excited to be part of the neighborhood. We had a chance to meet many of you at the annual meeting a couple weeks ago, which made us even more excited about joining the community. We're looking forward to meeting the rest of you soon. One of the challenges with our lot is the buildable area based on the current setbacks as calculated by Kirkwood. Being a corner lot, both Taylor Young and Rayner are considered front yards with really large setbacks (77ft and 65 ft). Our architect is requesting a variance to change the setbacks to 45ft. See attached diagram that shows the setback we are requesting in red and our proposed build within that area. The blue line is the current setback - you will notice it's tiny! For reference, the current buildable area would allow for a 1,400sf ranch, and with our request approved, we plan to build a 2,700sf ranch. We have created this online petition asking for support from our neighbors for this variance request. We have already submitted a letter from the trustees of the neighborhood association showing support but believe having more neighborhood support will be helpful. Please put your address in the comments section so it will show up on the petition. We are confirmed on the Kirkwood Board of Adjustments agenda for Monday, April 8th at 7pm. Several of you have already offered to be present - thanks a lot! Anyone else who is willing to help is welcome.