-Evaluating teachers based on student results on tests and other student assessments that were never designed to rate educators is neither a scientifically or educationally sound way to be used for a Measure of Student Learning portion of a teacher's rating. -The Measure of Teacher Practice portion of teacher evaluations is subjective and highly unfair, particularly in NYC where the Danielson Framework has been used not to help teachers grow as professionals but as a weapon to frighten teachers into teaching to score points on arbitrary rubrics in multiple unnecessary classroom observations. We demand the repeal Education Law 3012-c and 3012-d and the return of teacher evaluation to local districts, free from state mandates. For more information, go to: http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/petition-to-repeal-nys-teacher.html http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/2018/03/uft-lobbies-in-albany-saying-nyc.html

Occidental College's 2018 commencement theme is aimed at celebrating women's leadership, yet one of the speakers is a board member who refused to believe student survivors of sexual assault, bullied activists, and physically assaulted an Oxy grad. She does not adequately represent the celebration of women in leadership, therefore we do not want her to speak at graduation. http://www.theoccidentalweekly.com/news/2016/01/01/allies-trustees-clash-over-college-policy-2/2883645 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/occidental-trustees-break-ins-investigation_n_5276222

Who lives in the Dade City/San Ann Area because they one day dreamed a Solar Plant would be in their backyard? No one! This is our town, our background a tranquil place where we want to settle. People build dream houses here and families, not a giant Solar Plant that requires a special exemption permit from TECO to change the zoning from 'Agricultural'. 350 acres of beautiful agricultural land will be destroyed and the natural habitat for many of the state's wildlife will be destroyed. Stop this project that is empowering big business over the people.

Osceola County Officials have not solved the murder nor charged anyone. The emails received by the mother of the victim shows complete lack of interest in solving this murder.

Hate, bigotry, ignorance, racism and anti-Semitism must be confronted everywhere it appears, especially when it comes from an elected government official.

I recently found out Twinkies have a small amount of beef fat. As a result, I will never eat twinkies again, as I do not consume red meat (for health and religious reasons), and I've only had 2 twinkies in my entire life, and that was, like, 7 years ago, but I still want Hostess to remove beef fat from their twinkies. So I can eat twinkies again, as it will make twinkies barely healthier, and boost their popularity in India, Nepal, and Buddhist neighborhoods. So, support the petition to remove beef fat from twinkies

I am starting this petition, because Council Member White's attitude of bigotry must not be tolerated from a DC Government legislator - or any official.

I, Carl Walden, got benefits form the Union County Office in Elizabeth NJ. They took my stuff away not giving me any fair warning about it and took my housing away form me . This had forced me to go for a fair hearing . I am currently on probation and without an address i am subjected to going back to jail . They know that i have mental disabilities. They understand this and my stuff was stolen from me in one of their establishments. This has been happening to a lot of people . Their workers are very disrespectful and not very informative. The lack of education that they have about your programs and them putting us where they want to is just unfair. They treat us disrespectfully and inhumane. They have no knowledge of the programing and their limitations and some off them do and choose not to give us any clarity of the problem.

REPEAL or AMEND THE 2015 UPCOUNTRY WATER BILL Public Documents now reveal that in 2015, Gladys Baisa, then Chair of the Water Resources Committee, Corporation Counsel, and Director of Public Works David Goode, apparently pulled a classic Bait and Switch on the rest of the County Council and the people of Maui County. THE BAIT: The Upcountry Water Bill was said to aid residents on the Upcountry Water Meter Priority List eligible to get a second water meter, which would allow them to subdivide their property into two lots. All public notices of the bill specified its intent to exempt those 2 lot subdividers from having to perform costly infrastructure improvements related only to water connections for fire protection. SWITCH #1: After numerous committee hearings, at the Council’s first reading for the proposed bill, Public Works Director David Goode testified that in addition to fire protection, costly roadway improvements could also prevent residents from building a second home for their family. So, responding to Director Goode’s suggestion, language was added to the bill that significantly extended the exemption for 2 Lot Subdivisions beyond fire suppression, to include all roadway improvements as well. Contrary to our County Charter, no public notice has ever been made of that significant change to the bill’s scope and intent. THE BIGGER SWITCH: Certainly not the public, and perhaps not even the Council Members, were made aware that when Corporation Counsel’s Jennifer Oana (who has recently been nominated for a judgeship) added David Goode’s suggested roadway exemption, the language Oana added to the bill to amend the County Code's Title 18 Subdivision Ordinance was not specific to ‘Family” Residential Subdividers on the Upcountry Priority List. Instead, Oana’s significant language change is today allowing professional residential and commercial developers, island-wide, to inappropriately avoid performing roadway improvements along their two-lot subdivisions, effectively shifting their financial burdens into Maui's taxpayers. Public documents, received through Freedom of Information requests, reveal that by virtue of the “Upcountry Water Bill”, Alexander and Baldwin has been awarded a roadway improvement exemption for a 1200 acre parcel just south of Puunene and Dairy Rd. and that Snorkel Bob's got an exemption for a commercial development on Front St. in Lahaina and that the Blue Golf Course got an exemption for 60 acres in Wailea. That’s just not fair. So far Public Works has admitted to 20 exemptions awarded to approved 2 lot subdivisions, we don't know yet how many more have their preliminary subdivision approvals. In fact, the specifics of this "mistake” and the potential for this abuse was communicated in July of 2016 to Water Committee Chair Baisa, Council Chair White, Council Member Guzman, Council Member Hokama, Council Services’ David Raatz, Corporation Counsel’s Jennifer Oana and Mayor Arakawa. None of them has ever responded, nor has anyone initiated any action to correct and stop the growing harm that public documents now prove is being done to our community. The County Council must act immediately to repeal or amend the Upcountry Water Bill and stop this extraordinary exploitation of Maui County Taxpayers.

I have been personally effected by this issue. We could not handle the work without our H2B workers in 2017 and the company lost half of its revenue, a quarter of its customers and a valuable American exmployee. This year we are in the same position. The following link explains well my experience: http://fox8.com/2018/02/25/local-landscapers-worried-about-having-workers-this-summer/ The issue is complex and involves rules set in place by Congress. At the most the number of foreign seasonal workers would be 120,000 spread all throughout the country. My goal is to teach people that it is a labor issue - NOT an immigration issue. Please tell Congress to allow seasonal businesses to use the H2B visa by increasing the number of visas available to us. Right now we are basically in a lottery system and if we lose (by not getting the visas), we might go out of business...

Gerard was my younger brother. I miss him every day. He loved being a father and husband.

Many Americans have been deeply disturbed by the uncertainty of the 2016 Presidential election and of the subsequent chaos. We need a non partisan body to inform us what actually occurred and if there were any crimes committed by American Citizens! Let the truth emerge!