Consuming imported food and fuel puts our economy and ourselves "at risk" to economic externalities. We are making efforts to produce our own fuels, but we are making NO EFFORT to grow the produce we currently import. We have every major component we need to build a nationwide greenhouse industry, utilizing American owned technology that was developed in the Negev Desert. After 16 years of continuous operation in the hot and dry Israeli desert, this same technology has proven effective in the cold and dark North Sea Region...in Netherlands commercial greenhouses. Thus, we know this technology will work in U.S. deserts, in Southern Droughts, or cold and dark Northern States. Even better, these engineered greenhouses also sequestered all the CO2 the Shell Oil refinery produced in Pernis. We have a unique opportunity to clean up our environment, growing the food we currently import (18.6M metric tons), and create 518,000 sustainable jobs that pay between $11 and $50 per hour. With so many returning Afghan and Iraq veterans still needing sustainable careers...there could not be a better atmosphere for returning soldiers than working in greenhouse, full of flowering plants and pleasant music. Email any questions. [email protected]

Repay the pension fund the money that has been taken from the fund with the IOU to repay. The state is responsible for taking the money, you can not decide now to walk away from this obligation, it will be a black eye for the state forever. Please do the right thing and find a way to repay!

Glenn Broadnax has been charged with assault after police officers shot two bystanders while trying to shoot him. We urge the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to drop this charge.

I would like to modify my mortgage using information from my sons job as he reside in Richmond and Japan.

We, the undersigned citizens of Syracuse, New York, urge you to ensure that the Syracuse City School District receives $12 million more in state aid for the 2015-2016 school year. Without this “increase,” programs and staffing will suffer another round of damaging cuts, further compromising the likelihood of success. Although $12 million more aid appears to be an increase, it is not. It falls far short of what was promised by the Budget and Reform Act of 2007. It falls far short of what research has repeatedly demonstrated is actually needed to ensure that Syracuse children have the educational opportunity they deserve. Although essential, this $12 million will not be sufficient to make up for years of under-funding. For example, it will not reduce class sizes, provide more basic supplies such as crayons and paper, or supply additional people needed to actively recruit all four-year-olds for Pre-K participation. Targeting failing schools without fixing the state’s failed system for funding schools dooms reform efforts to failure. Our state ranks 45th in the nation in the equitable distribution of aid, with huge gaps in spending from district to district and with the needs of many children shamefully short-changed. It’s no accident that the 17 districts with schools identified as “failing” cluster at the bottom of the funding chart. Public education is essential to our democracy. We need to be able to count on our schools to successfully serve all New York children. And, our schools need to be able to count on having adequate resources. Parents for Public Schools of Syracuse and the undersigned citizens of Syracuse call on Governor Cuomo and our elected officials to act now: • Restore $12 million in aid to Syracuse for the 2015-2016 school year as a good faith gesture toward renewing the promise that NYS will find a fair way to fund schools so that all children, even those who live in Syracuse, can enjoy their constitutional right to a sound basic education. • Eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment this year. Continuation of the GEA is destructive. It further erodes our faith that the state’s promises to schools will be fulfilled. And, it delays the essential business of finding a fair way to fund our schools.

We urge U.S. senators to block all taxpayer funding for Elon Musk and his companies. After earning billions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers, Elon Musk is now using his wealth to destroy federal agencies that protect the health, safety, and prosperity of millions of Americans.  U.S. senators must filibuster any legislation that funds or enables funding for SpaceX, Tesla, or any other company owned or part-owned by Elon Musk.

As South Berkeley residents and other concerned members of the community, we demand that the proposed development at 2902 Adeline St include the following community benefits in order to mitigate the negative impacts of the project: 1. Minimum 40% affordable housing, including extremely-low, very-low, and low income units, and family-sized units to maintain the diversity of families who live here. 2. 5% rent proceeds dedicated to community-supporting nonprofits in South Berkeley. 3. Parking spaces for 85% of the units to reduce the impact of parking on neighborhood. 4. Four story building height in compliance with existing codes. 5. Green and safe construction standards. 6. Priority for rehousing displaced South Berkeley residents and hiring local labor.

Wisconsin lawmakers are following several states who have signed Anti-Abortion bills that restrict women's rights. We need to stop the madness of telling women what they can/not do in pregnancy.

Please exercise prosecutorial discretion and immediately release him from Customs and Border Protection custody.

Stop the bill that would allow the Republican governor and legislature to remove current members and make their own appointments to the N.C. Utilities Commission, Coastal Resources Commission, Coastal Resources Advisory Board, Environmental Management Commission, and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority. The proposed bill also eliminates 12 special superior court judges, changes the makeup of the state Board of Elections, and modifies the composition of the state Lottery Commission.