In the last three years, 50 towns in Connecticut have passed local fracking waste bans. It's time our legislators got on board and passed a statewide ban. People have made it clear that they don't want this toxic waste in their communities. There is no safe way to treat toxic, radioactive fracking waste — and disposing of it here would threaten the health of Connecticut families. While fracking itself isn't happening in Connecticut, incoming waste from other states is a very real danger. It's time our elected officials moved to protect ALL of Connecticut by passing a permanent statewide ban on fracking waste. Tell them to Ban Fracking Waste Now!

My 7-year-old son was hit by a motorized scooter traveling at 20 mph heading south in the northbound lane on the beach path. The pole of the scooter struck him in the mouth, breaking his two front teeth, slicing his lip open, and loosening six other permanent teeth, which he may lose completely. Our beach path has become unsafe, drivers are having to go to great lengths to avoid striking scooters disobeying the rules of the road, pedestrians are being struck on the sidewalks, and the scooters piling up on the sidewalks are hazards in our public walkways as well as infringing on private property. We must take measures, as other cities have done, to prevent the dangers that motorized scooters pose.

We are in the final stage of the town board's irreversible decision on whether to sell EPCAL at low cost to Calverton Aviation and Technology, a paper corporation under the complete control of the Ghermezian family's private company Triple Five. The Ghermezians insist they take 1,000 acres of irreplaceable land that they will not stipulate is truly undevelopable. They refuse to accept contract provisions that would permanently protect the town from use or resale for gambling or purposes other than aviation, science and technology. Unless Councilwoman Giglio recuses herself because of the impropriety of her private meeting with the Ghermezians, the sale will soon be approved by a Party line vote despite the clear mandate of last November's election. Only a strong voice from the community can stop this self-interested disaster and protect Riverhead from the corrupting influence demonstrated by the Ghermezians in Nevada (see tinyurl.com/votenoEPCAL )

I have lived on Ellis Place for nearly five years in a house built during the 1860s. This old house is not energy efficient and requires ongoing expensive maintenance and repairs, therefore costs are higher than more modern houses. Now the Historical Preservation Committee wants to designate this as a historic district which would impose additional expense and time burdens which would slow my ability to make improvements. Ellis Place is not inhabited by wealthy owners. We will be harder pressed to maintain much less improve our holdings.

After reading National Geographic’s issue about Planet or Plastic, I am striving to find ways to reduce the use of it. While it might be cheap, it is ruining the earth and marine life. Paper packing material also exists and is more environmentally friendly.

Since Congress and the president aren't protecting our vote, we demand Maryland replace Bytegrid. The FBI told Maryland that the state's voter registration platform was purchased by a Russian oligarch in 2015, without state officials knowing. The oligarch has known ties to Vladimir Putin, so we must replace Bytegrid immediately to protect our vote and assure no foreign meddling in MD and federal elections.

They are attempting to damage or destroy the investigation into the 2016 elections which have proven to be racked with criminal behavior up to at least the Trump family if not Donald Trump himself and likely includes some Assembly members and senators. We must protect the integrity of this investigation until it comes to its conclusion and all involved people are punished and if currently in office they are removed. We must protect our nation from all who wish to destroy it.

We are concerned the City of Decatur and Atlanta are not aware of the people of Winter Avenues concern regarding making Winter Avenue a through street to College Avenue. We are seeking to stop this action by getting everybody on the block to sign.

Because I don’t trust anything they say. Why would they travel all the way to Russia to discuss something that Putin and Russia denies even took place? We know they helped Trump right after he asked them to! The very same day he publicly implored Russia to interfere!

I have been stuck in a crap hole apartment for 6 years due to medical bills and unfair reletting fee from Spanish Oaks Apts who has fought me whole time from removeing from my credit, it doesn't look like a reletting fee so no one even with empicable work and renters history will rent to me asept one which crap hole is putting it nicely!! The living conditions have been hazardous to our health and has only added more health issues. If any one would take the time to leave there office and come see for themselves the condition of this property and do there job it would probably be comdemed!! From lies,false advertising, constant revolving door of unqualified manager s and maittance,to a owner transfer of one slum loard to another! Raw sewage every where that isn't properly cleaned or maitained to over flowing dumpsters, no working pool! Most apartments don't have A.C 's or heat, no hot water for weeks or months at a time. Broken or cracked windows and unsecured doors. Mold and foundation issues. Some people go week's and months without stoves and referators. Then if that's not enough than let's talk about how some people are nickled and dimed with high utilities bill that cost more than a 3 bedroom house and based off of lieing about sqft. and chargeing for minor's who are occiopent s. ( They should not be allowed to charge for anyone under 16) cause so have adults who aren't on the lease and don't get charged but, then you have a single mom with two kids trying to get by and by the time you pay 150 to 200 water bill there is nothing left to feed your kids!! I also believe that if people haft to go with out basics like hot water, electrical shorts , ac,heat,stove, referators,then they should get a discount for every month they went without! At this point they owe me a years rent for sure! No security lights, broken fence's, and broken security gates and no security which are all falsely advertised!!

My birthday wish as I enter my 62nd year takes one click but will have tremendous impact if enough of us follow through. I am asking my friends and family in Santa Fe, in New Mexico and around the world to send a strong message to the Mayor of Santa Fe and the City Councilors. The message is simple and universal. Support local youth, families and public institutions. Specifically, there are three policy areas that are of critical concern, and that will be voted on or addressed by council action as early as July 25th. Here is a little background. 1. The city council may be voting as soon as July 25th to move forward with a plan for developing the taxpayer owned property formerly known as the College of Santa Fe, which was also leased for a time to pricey, private, for-profit design colleges that failed and served very few local students. Despite the city’s claims of massive public participation in the planning process, only about 1200 people responded to their surveys. Of those only 17% were Hispanos, and only 6 or so were in Spanish. These were mostly the same people that attended the three public forums, and several dozen Spanish speaking families and children from a local soccer league that uses the facilities had to demand a space at one of the forums to even be heard. So the city is trying to move forward with less than 1% of the population participating in any meaningful way. This is not equitable, not democratic and not acceptable. The most important questions have not been addressed nor even asked. We demand that the process be stopped and a new one, led by community, be supported that first addresses the most critical questions. 2. Most of the new housing development that is being built is not affordable, is concentrated in district 3 and is devouring available open space without any plan for parks, recreation, commercial or civic spaces. There is also little thought to the impact on local schools, traffic, infrastructure and existing communities. We demand that new developments be accompanied by plans, developed by local communities, for all the areas of concern mentioned. 3. A common refrain in this administration's marketing of their plans, especially around housing and economic development, is that we need to “attract and retain” talented young people to Santa Fe. We find this insulting and dismissive of local youth, their families and the educational institutions, both public and private, that help to educate and prepare them. In fact, one of the most common suggestions for the College of Santa Fe property is to “attract” an institution of higher learning, preferably from California, to locate there. They have totally ignored and insulted our own Santa Fe Community College, which is actually already there, and the partnerships with New Mexican institutions represented by the Higher Education Center. This is part of a broader dismissing of local cultures and populations, except as objects for tourists to stare at or purchase, and will not be tolerated. We demand that the city invest in and support local youth, families and institutions. By clicking on the following link you will help send a message that local youth, families and communities should be the priority, that local wisdom should lead and inform decision making, and that we need to make decisions based on equity and inclusion. Thank you for helping with my birthday wish and please share with all your networks. Miguel Acosta

Mayor Rico Medina and Council Member Irene O'Connell have not acknowledge the need to review the TCP parking requirements. They have been asked by the public to take action. Without revisions our neighborhoods will become parking for future development projects. Council member Salazar asked the council to review the TCP at the last city council meeting. Council member Marty Medina and Laura Davis supported Mr. Salazar's request. The more support we get for this petition the more likely they will be to make the revisions. The TCP requires new development to provide 0.75 parking spaces for a studio apartment, 1 parking space for a 1 bedroom and 1 or 2 parking spaces for a 2 bedroom. The new construction at 406 -418 San Mateo Ave was approved and is being built with 86 apartments and 106 parking spaces. There are (2) studios, (43) 1 bedroom, (30) 2 bedroom, (3) 3 bedroom apartments and (5) retail spaces. The city waived the parking requirements for the retail. As a result, more than 30 cars will likely park on Taylor and Mastick Ave. The TCP calls for 1610 new residential units. If they do not revise the TCP, our neighborhoods will become the parking lots for the new development. Where will you park? Please email Mayor Rico Medina, Vice Mayor Laura Davis, and Council members Iren O'Connoll, Marty Medina, and Michael Salazar, at [email protected]. Ask them to listen to their constituents, not the wealthy developers. We must make them hear us. Please sign our petition. Please share our petition with 5 neighbors, asking them to share with 5 more. Thank you.