Outreach prevention/education was how we curtailed the HIV outbreak in the 80's and 90's. Let's do it again with the OPIOID CRISIS.

March 11, 2012 This letter is to provide feedback on the Neshaminy School District contract impasse. Due to the number of outstanding issues, this letter will only address those items not agreed upon by both parties and considered by parents and taxpayers to be critical to the future of education in Neshaminy School District. The undersigned have reviewed and agreed with the content. The comments are divided into the following sections: Child Safety, Teacher Responsibilities, and Salary and Benefits. Each point will be supported by data and/or common sense and reasoning. Child Safety Mandatory Drug Testing Neshaminy School Board (NSB) proposal To ensure employee, student, and community safety and to maintain a drug-free environment. Neshaminy Federation of Teachers (NFT) proposal No proposal for drug testing Parent/Taxpayer Recommendation The parents and taxpayers in the Neshaminy School District believe that the NSD’s proposal is appropriate in an environment when any individual works with children, but believe it should be further expanded to specifically include alcohol testing. Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace has become increasingly common over the last decade. Many employers now test their employees for illegal drugs and alcohol as a measure to improve safety within the workplace. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides guidelines around the use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace: • An employer may prohibit the illegal use of drugs and the use of alcohol at the workplace. • It is not a violation of the ADA for an employer to give tests for the illegal use of drugs. • An employer may discharge or deny employment to persons who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs. • Employees who use drugs or alcohol may be required to meet the same standards of performance and conduct that are set for other employees. Because there have been several DUIs and two shoplifter arrests for teachers in the last three years, it is imperative that implementation of this policy is included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NSD and NFT to ensure a safe learning and working environment for students, teachers, and staff. Background Checks NSB proposal At the discretion of the Board or Administration, a background check may be conducted at any time at the expense of the District with respect to any bargaining unit member or members. NFT proposal No proposal for background checks Parent/Taxpayer Recommendation The parents and taxpayers of the NSD support the addition of background checks to the NSB/NFT CBA. In addition, we strongly encourage the addition of background checks prior to an offer of employment to ascertain whether an applicant has a criminal record, in particular related to crimes against children. Almost every organization associated with children, including Boy Scouts, churches, athletic associations, social service organizations, charities, etc., requires background checks on any individual working with children. It is not unreasonable to extend this requirement to teachers being offered a position whereby they would be entrusted with our children. We also recommend the inclusion of a mandatory clause for anyone employed by the NSD to immediately notify authorities of any report or suspicion of sexual abuse by adults on children within the School District. Reports of sexual abuse by adults on children are rampant in today’s society. The recent scandals in the Catholic Church and at Penn State have raised awareness of this problem within the Commonwealth and around the nation. Like teachers, these individuals are trusted role models for our children. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Education estimated that 9.6% of children in K-12 were victims of some type of sexual abuse (comments, contact, or both) (Section 3.2) and that teachers and coaches accounted for 33% of sexual infractions (Table 7). (Shakeshaft, 2004) Section 11.1, titled “Actions of Teacher Unions,” of this same report states, “Until recently, teacher unions in many states have actively opposed legislation that would require positive identification (e.g., fingerprinting) of teachers convicted of sexual abuse of students. In most states, teachers who are already employed are exempt from regulations such as fingerprint identification. There is no research that documents teacher union attempts to identify predators among their members.” (Shakeshaft, 2004) A potential employee or employee generally will not voluntarily admit to sexual predator tendencies. Therefore, it is the NSD’s responsibility to the children of this School District to do everything within its power to attempt to protect them from this type of potential attack. Ms. Shakeshaft further supports implementation of hiring practices (Section 12.2 of this report), “A common form should be used for all applications which includes questions on work history, identification that will facilitate background checks, and all informa...

Jack's Meat Market sells alcohol 24 hours a day. Single service beers, half pints of liquor and crack pipe roses are sold 24/7. Jack's Meat Market is also located in a residential neighborhood and has no reason to sell these items at all hours of the night. Because of this operation, people drink on the streets, around abandoned buildings and side walks. There is loitering and drug dealing. No one from Jack's Meat Market calls the police. We believe this type of operation leads to more violent crimes. Please sign this petition to show your support of our cause to reduce violent crime in New Orleans. We feel Jack's Meat Market is a nuisance to the community and needs to be shut down.

To save the economy and the people from the second and inevitable collapse of the Housing Market the President, the Fed and the Congress should stop pretending that asking or encouraging the banks and Fannie and Freddie to write down the values of their held mortgages and instead, order the cessation of ALL Foreclosures on mortgages under $729K whether they are distressed, current, in default or underwater, for a period of 12 months. This should be an ORDER and not negotiable. Real Estate taxes should continue to be paid and interest deductions would of course be eliminated for the 12 month period. At the end of the period, the 12 "missing months would be added to the end of the term of the mortgage. This will free up billions of dollars for use instead of Corporate Profits on Wall St. And BANKS already did this for their OWN protection for several months to avoid prosecution.

Please pass and support 'Driver's licenses for all' in the Minnesota Senate, using the language of HF 1500.

I am a 66 year old woman that is getting ready within the next year to retire. Please STOP! this insult to my years of dedicated work to my country! Please STOP causing such treemendous FEAR and STRESS to those citizens that do not deserve such treatment.

The proposed change in legislation won't save drivers 10.00 a month. It will COST drivers more, because they have to buy more insurance to protect themselves in case of an accident.

Representante Ileana Ros-Lehtinen y Representante Mario Diaz-Balart, Gracias por ser nuestros campeones para la Reforma Migratoria durante todos estos años. Los necesitamos ahora más que nunca, para usar su liderazgo y asegurarse que Reforma Migratoria suceda este año. Cada día que pasa sin la reforma migratoria es un día en el que más de 1.200 familias son separadas y muchos niños nacidos en Estados Unidos se quedan huérfanos. Cada día se pierden oportunidades de dar la bienvenida a los futuros profesionales que fortalecerán nuestra economía, los trabajadores agrícolas que ponen comida en nuestras mesas, los trabajadores que prestan servicio a nuestros turistas e impulsan nuestras economías locales, los contribuyentes, los propietarios de viviendas y los nuevos propietarios de negocios que quieren crear nuevos puestos de trabajo y ayudar a crecer nuestra economía. Viniendo de una familia de inmigrantes y como miembros de una próspero sur de Florida que ha crecido gracias a las contribuciones de los inmigrantes, sabemos que usted puede hacer algo más que decir que sí a la reforma migratoria. Necesitamos que tomen medidas más fuertes y concretas para urgir a sus compañeros del Congreso que muevan la reforma migratoria hacia adelante: 1) denunciar a los extremistas en el Partido Republicano que están bloqueando la reforma con retórica anti-latina y anti-inmigrante 2) instar al Grupo de los 7 a finalmente introducir su tan esperado proyecto de ley bipartidista; 3) pedir al liderazgo republicano de la Cámara que defina una fecha para votar en el pleno tan pronto como sea posible; 4) si ninguna de las anteriores opciones es posible, pedir al Presidente Obama que pare todas las deportaciones inmediatamente hasta que la reforma migratoria se apruebe Atentamente,

WestAmerica Bank Corporation recently announced that its doors will close on April 24, 2015, leaving hundreds of businesses and thousands of account holders in Northshore Communities of Blue Lakes, Upper Lake, Nice, Lucerne, Glen Haven, and Clearlake Oaks without services for the first time in 94 years.

Congress must investigate Trump’s corporate-sponsored $300 million ballroom. The public deserves to know the full truth about the massive companies behind it and the influence they’re trying to buy in the Trump Administration. We urge Chairman Rand Paul, Ranking Member Gary Peters, Chairman James Comer, and Ranking Member Robert Garcia to launch a thorough bipartisan investigation into Trump’s ballroom.