The Legalization and regulation of marijuana will bring one of the nation's largest cash crops under the rule of law. This will create jobs,businesses and increase economic opportunities for all!

My personal story is based on my employee history and my dedication to my work. With a spotless record, I was removed for political reasons by a reckless Governor and the promise of a Judgeship to the then Director Wayne Forest for moving on a plan to remove 200 employees for no reason at the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.

Two years ago, we took on Governor Malloy with a petition of over 15,000 signatures (in a month's time) to speak on behalf of the IDD community due to the never ending budget cuts for with the greatest need. It's time to take on Hartford and the legislators and Governor. The fiscal year closed without a budget, and due to the pending crisis, the control is left with Governor Malloy. We know he has no problem cutting the IDD as he has done every year since taking office. Here are the FACTS: FACT: Last year, DDS spent an astounding $45 million on overtime and more than $96 million to care for less than 270 people at Southbury Training School. This is a state run union facility with a population that had by 40% since 2010. (ie. direct-care worker with a base salary of $60,225, took in an additional $136,337 in overtime alone. Including fringe benefits, her compensation was $237,886.). By simply controlling OT and shifting those funds, millions can be redirected back into the funding for the IDD community! FACT: We need legislators to vote on a budget that funds Day & Employment Services for New Graduates and that does not eliminate Community First Choice. FACT: Governor Malloy will cut funding from community supports for people with IDD who are already receiving services in the community by more than $44 million this year alone! FACT: At the same time that key programs that serve our children receive double digit cuts (behavioral services- 11%; employment and day- 10%; rent subsidies- almost 13%), State employees at DDS are cut by only 2 percent. The never ending imbalance of fiscal irresponsibility. Its time to have a voice, a loud one and mobilize this community to make it clear that the July 18th budget cannot afford ANY MORE CUTS for the IDD community. If you care, know someone who supports this community, has a family member who is IDD, please sign this petition and pass it on. We understand there are many needs in the state. We understand the financial situation is in crisis. We understand we all have to do our part. We DON"T understand the fiscal irresponsibility serving the IDD. July 18th is the next budget meeting. We urgently need your support (anyone can sign the petition). Thank you!

As a U.S. cItizen and the father of a young daughter, I find the attacks coming from Donald Trump's Twitter account abhorrent. This is further compounded by the fact that as President his postings get significant media attention. Politics aside he is setting a poor example for the youth of our society about civility and is demonstrating sexist bahavior.

This is not only a clear invasion of voter privacy by an unstable admin, it is also spawned by untruths and Infowars/Alex Jones types, founded purely on falsehoods and paranoia. Please sign and share link with a few area folks and I will send it off for the Governor to consider.

Join the other twenty states that have refused to cooperate with Trump's request for state's voter registration information, including party affiliations, social security numbers, and voting history. Protect Washingtonians' personal information and don't legitimize Trump's debunked theory of voter fraud.

The Trump Administration's unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud are a cover for the collection of massive voter identification databases to be used for political manipulation.

to lill Congress get your ass stop cuts on the trains

With so little evidence of voter fraud, there is no reason to release our private voter information!

Members of Congress applauded after the House Appropriations Committee overwhelmingly approved Rep. Barbara Lee's amendment that would revoke the overbroad 2001 law giving the president authority to undertake war against al Qaeda and its affiliates unless a replacement provision is created. [1] The bipartisan vote was a rebuke of President Trump's abuse of this authority to use military force in Syria and Yemen against groups not affiliated with al Qaeda without authorization from Congress. [2] Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican who supported Rep. Lee's amendment, said, "It’s time for leadership to wake up, and the administration to wake up, and send over a recommended AUMF, mark it up and take it to the floor. I don’t know any other way to get their attention because we’ve been talking about it for years." [3] Unfortunately, House Speaker Paul Ryan called Barbara Lee's amendment a "mistake" and threatened to strip it from the bill. [4] Urge your Representative and Senators to support and protect the Barbara Lee amendment to sunset the 2001 AUMF by signing our petition. References: 1. MSNBC, "Rep. Lee & Rachel Maddow Discuss AUMF Repeal Amendment," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDB4-eDD9fQ; http://thehill.com/policy/defense/340066-lawmakers-applaud-after-panel-approves-language-revoking-war-authority 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-spending-bill-targets-military-authorization-in-rebuke-to-trump-on-syria-isis/2017/06/29/fe1ab982-5d05-11e7-a9f6-7c3296387341_story.html 3. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/29/ryan_effort_to_repeal_military-force_measure_a_mistake.html 4. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/29/ryan_effort_to_repeal_military-force_measure_a_mistake.html

When President Trump claimed without evidence that "millions voted illegally" in last year's election, he was roundly criticized by experts and election officials from both parties for falsely undermining faith in our democracy. But rather than back down on his outlandish assertion, Trump doubled down -- ordering Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to "investigate" the integrity of our elections -- both of whom have backed Trump's irresponsible and incorrect claim. Kobach is a particularly worrying pick given his history of voter suppression -- from leading the charge to demand documentary proof of citizenship from already legitimately registered voters, which courts later struck down as unconstitutional, to pushing a shady "cross-check" program that purges thousands of legitimate voters for no reason. We don't buy it -- the Pence-Kobach commission’s real purpose is to justify the President's false claims about illegal voting, and to push policies that will put up barriers to participation for eligible Americans. If they were really interested in dealing with voting problems, they would show how tactics like the ones Kobach has pushed in the past suppress eligible voters -- or cyber-security threats to our election infrastructure. Now, they've sent letters to election officials across the states, asking them to turn over private voter information -- requesting the full name, address, party affiliation, voting history, and partial social security number of every registered voter in the country. Many states’ laws protect how this information is used and shared. Turning everything over to the Pence-Kobach commission would permit Kobach to conduct a nationwide "cross-check" program -- a dubious tactic he says is to find illegal voters, but has flagged false positives in the past, and disenfranchised legitimate, eligible voters. Officials in some states, like California, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Virginia have already done the right thing and refused to turn over private data -- and every state should follow their example. Because the best way to truly uphold the integrity of our elections is by making sure every eligible voter can vote and have their vote counted-- not using false claims about illegal voting to suppress votes. That's why we're calling on state election officials to put their duty to voters in their state before this partisan attack on voting rights -- and refuse to turn over voters' private information to this sham commission.

I am the Secretary of State for California, and I am refusing to hand over ANY data to Trump's "voter fraud commission". You should urge your state officials to do the same. For months now, President Trump has dangerously attacked the legitimacy of our free and fair elections. He continues to repeat false and unsubstantiated voter fraud allegations, all in an attempt to explain away his stunning loss in the popular vote last November. Now, he’s created a so-called “voter fraud commission” that is run by Kris Kobach, a man with a long history of sponsoring discriminatory, anti-immigrant policies including voter suppression and racial profiling laws. It sends a clear and ominous message -- and we have to be prepared to do all we can to save our democracy from Trump and Kobach. This fight is only beginning, but let's pledge through this action to do everything in our power to defend the right of all eligible voters to cast their ballots free from discrimination, intimidation or unnecessary roadblocks. It’s going to be series of tough fights, but I’m certain that if we work together over the next several months and years, we can protect our democracy and resist Trump’s radical voter suppression agenda.