We stopped the use of styrofoam, which has trickled out of our city and made our county less polluting. Let's lead the way with single-use plastic straws and silverware! We can do this, Takoma Park!

Dear City Council members and City Staff. We are reaching out regarding several proposed affordable housing projects that are seeking City Council approval as well as Housing Trust Funds. Specifically, these are the three projects that would be clustered in Derita, the Nevin Rd Apartments, Sugar Creek Greene, and Mineral Springs, which total to 208 units serving residents making between 30%-60% of the area median income. These are slated for an area less than one mile radius from our center at Mallard Creek and Sugar Creek Rds. We fear that clustering these projects in this already affordable neighborhood would not serve the city’s interest as a whole and certainly not the interest of the neighborhood. While Charlotte at large has an affordable housing problem, a drive through Derita or searching through listings will show you that Derita does not. The area is consistently one of the most affordable areas of the city. A meal at Maria’s Grill, a neighborhood staple, shows you a diverse community that lives and works together, in what could be a model for other areas. Residents and local community and business leaders have been working very hard to advocate for investments and improvements in Derita, battling negative perceptions and frankly, the reality of being overlooked for decades. Derita and Mineral Springs, with their proximity to University City has the opportunity to be recognized as prosperous and desirable community once again. At that time, affordable housing may indeed be warranted as people are drawn to the area and prices rise. The free market will reshape Derita – hopefully for the better. It is our belief that subsidizing what could be negative influences on the community that deter future development and redevelopments would be a mistake. The heavy industrial uses to the south and negative influences down the Sugar Creek corridor (primarily clustered at the I-85 interchange) contribute to the low land prices in this area. This has also been worsened by the massively delayed University City Connector and Graham Street Extension / Mallard Creek re-alignment. This project is still incomplete, though the neighborhood business association and Derita Statesville Road Community Organization, seeing the negative business effects, has been vocal in working with NC-DOT on seeing progress. Thank you for reading this and hearing our opinion. We trust that city staff and city council members will hear our concerns and consider other ways to disperse affordable housing throughout Charlotte.

We owe our armed forces members and veterans so much more than what any one of us could ever put into words or by a Trump parade..., especially when so many have and continue to do the lifting for us. Let's take the $30-$50 million taxpayers dollars estimated to be the cost of Trump's military parade... which in the words of Madeline Albright "is a Soviet-style military parade"...and build homes for homeless vets and pay off vets' mortgages.

As a taxpayer in the Town Of Tonawanda I don't feel we should choose a pool or rink! A multi purpose complex that includes an outdoor pool should be considered as part of the proposed project.

Ag-gag laws are designed to help Big Ag keep animal abuse hidden from the public by criminalizing the acts that expose the truth. The public deserves to know how animals are being raised and ag-gag laws are a direct attempt to keep the truth hidden. We can't sit silently by while federal laws are protecting animal abuse and preventing free speech . Sign and share the petition to end Ag-Gag!

It’s time to #OccupyStarbucks and demand change. At high noon each day, we will shine the light on racial discrimination, racial profiling, unconscious bias, and mass incarceration. Each day at noon local time, we will have meetups with multicultural, socioeconomically diverse groups of people at our local Starbucks (without making a purchase). We will demand change until Starbucks changes its policies. CALL TO ACTION 1. Find or host an #OccupyStarbucks huddle at a Starbucks in your local area. #BoycottStarbucks by not making a purchase. Choose to tip the Starbucks employees instead. 2. Follow March for Racial Justice (https://m.facebook.com/M4RJNow) for small actions you can take to dismantle white supremacy and tackle unconscious bias. 3. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/231021647633944 to find local events in your area. OUR DEMANDS 1. We demand that Starbucks immediately terminate employees at the 1801 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA location who were involved in the racial profiling incident. UPDATE: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/starbucks-manager-who-called-police-on-two-black-men-has-left-the-company-.html 2. We demand that Starbucks create a Racial Justice Campaign to address racial justice, mass incarceration, and unconscious bias in the cities that Starbucks serve. 3. We demand that Starbucks cover all legal fees for the targeted black victims and assist with erasing the victims’ arrest record related to the incident. We also demand that the victims be compensated for pain and suffering. 4. We demand that Starbucks corporate create and publish an annual report on their corporate diversity and inclusion statistics. We will demand that public spaces be safe for everyone. It’s time to serve up a venti order of racial justice.

We are starting this petition because we have also been affected by the early start of the bell schedule. People should be concerned about this issue because due to this lack of sleep, students are not performing to the best of their abilities. Also, check out our survey, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFESPV9chidCeE4Vaq57ewfd9wZFAhagjVHSuQzqVpd1YFKg/viewform?usp=sf_link

As a college athlete I feel that we should get paid because we are bringing revenue to the school, and don't have free time to get a job to support us outside of school.

According to PNM's own analysis, the San Juan Generating Station is not the most cost-effective resource option for New Mexicans. The fire and explosion in March have left Unit 1 inoperable. Before ANY money is spent on repairing the Unit, alternatives should be explored and a cost/benefit analysis should be provided to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and the public.

I am personally a resident of Hardin House and think this would be a great change to better the experience of Hardin!

I am starting this petition on behalf of my fellow University of Portland community members who were deeply disturbed by the events that took place at this years Wally Awards. The events that took place mean that we as a University have created an environment in which an individual felt comfortable delivering offensive messages that blatantly perpetuate a culture of objectifying women and disregarding sexual assault. Additionally, the lack of a timely and appropriate response by our administration is very concerning. This time should be used to bring this very prevalent issue into the forefront of our attention. It is time for a large scale open conversation about sexual assault and gender dynamics at this University and an equally large response on how our administration intends to act to prevent anything like this from happening again in the future.

Governor Jerry Brown claims he’s a climate leader, yet under his watch California has continued to aggressively drill for dirty oil and gas. We know we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground if we're going to meet our climate goals, but Governor Brown has resisted any effort to restrict oil and gas production in our state. It’s time for that to change. As we move towards the end of Governor Brown’s time in office, we’re saying loud and clear: This is Brown’s Last Chance! Over 750 organizations have already signed on, along with thousands of Californians and others from around the nation. True climate leadership will help protect the health and safety of 39 million Californians and ensure a more equitable and healthy future for the billions of people around the world who look to Gov. Brown to help set the course.