Since 2006, the number of wells in our county has increased from 3 to 141 and the need for protection is now! Oakmont Council must pass an ordinance that protects the health, safety, and welfare of the residents in Oakmont from the harms of oil and gas drilling, including fracking. I say no to the proposed ordinance as it stands -- and support amendments that would increase setbacks to 2,000 ft, eliminate the Borough exemption, and provide for all Oil and Gas infrastructure in industrial zones only!

WHY IS KERSHAW CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PRISON ON LOCKDOWN?, THEY WERE NOT A PART OF THE UPRISE/ AND UNFORTUNATE MAYHEM AT LEE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OF SC

The Montgomery County Council is considering Bill 19-15 to: • Require landlords to offer 2 year leases at each renewal • End excessive month-to-month lease fees • Increase code inspections • Require the use of clear, legal "model" County leases • Publish information about landlords who raise rents 100-150 percent higher than County recommended guidelines • Require landlords to distribute the Landlord/Tenant handbook at lease signing • Require accurate and thorough rental housing data collection for use in public policy

Wish to request an exceptional pardon consideration by the state board of pardons and paroles concerning Malik White. I believe the board should consider him for parole before the scheduled time because of the lack of evidence to support said charges.

This summer, Sunday Home, a furniture store, commissioned artist Seth Carnes to create a mural on the side of their building. They had permission from the building’s owner and a signed contract. The words “time to unperson” were to be painted in large white letters on a black wall, part of the artist’s ongoing project.  After four days of painting, a local man approached Carnes and ordered him off the scaffold. He called the mural “vulgar” without explanation, and threatened to paint over the mural immediately. This man is not a town official and has no financial interest in the building.  A report was filed with the NY State Police against the man. To protect the mural from vandalism, surveillance cameras were installed and signs have been posted.  Since then, the mural remains unfinished, with continuing threats and efforts to censor and remove the mural by those who find it objectionable. Carnes has been issued a citation from the town claiming the mural is commercial signage which requires a permit. The citation includes a threat of fines and imprisonment. This mural is artwork. It is not a commercial sign. It is simply paint on a wall.  The phrase “time to unperson” does not discriminate against any protected class. Misinterpreting an artwork as objectionable should not lead to censorship . Questions of meaning, or perceived offense should be a matter of discussion and tolerance, not brazen aggression. We believe this censorship is a violation of the artist’s First Amendment rights. If you believe in freedom of speech, tolerance, and 1st amendment rights for artists under the US Constitution, please sign this petition! BACKGROUND ON THE ARTWORK AND ARTIST This mural is part of the Miniluv project, created by Seth Indigo Carnes and originally co-curated as an intervention in 2023 with Rodney Harder at the Deep Water Literary Festival in Narrowsburg, New York, with the work of George Orwell as a theme. Similar versions of the same artwork, with the same wording have been displayed over the last two years in nearby public places like Narrowsburg, NY without complaints. The word “unperson” comes from the George Orwell novel 1984, a fictional depiction of an oppressive government using language to control citizens. Carnes takes an interpretive approach to the invented poetic phrase “time to unperson,” which combines the language of Orwell, advertising, self-help, escapism, and social media, with an intention that meaning will form in the eye of the beholder, where art acts as a mirror. Here’s what Seth Carnes writes in his artist statement: One of the concepts in 1984 was called doublethink, where words and phrases contain contradictory meanings and people may hold both to be true… Some invented words in the novel, such as ‘unperson’, suggest a meaning, but it is never clear, only implied. In this imaginary world, without free speech and open public discourse, there is no established meaning, only constant edits, censorship, and control by those in power… Art and poetry often feature a related but less severe effect, where symbolism, metaphor, irony, and play with language leave the work open to multiple interpretations. MORE INFORMATION: “Un-muraled: Community backlash leaves mural half-finished in Roscoe”, River Reporter https://riverreporter.com/stories/un-muraled-community-backlash-leaves-mural-half-finished-in-roscoe,210127 Artist Website: www.sic.studio

Memphis and Shelby County are overwhelmingly Democratic. The Republican echo chamber is in full force, and Trump money is pouring in to normalize their fringe positions. Our issues need to be debated.

New evidence supports allegations that the Fairbanks Four were falsely convicted of the 1997 murder of John Hartman. The Alaska Innocence Project filed petitions in September 2013 to exonerate George Frese, Kevin Pease, Marvin Roberts, and Eugene Vent - the Fairbanks Four - based on this new evidence. The State of Alaska was given six months to conduct an investigation of the new evidence and perform a thorough review of the entire case. The State of Alaska has a vested financial interest in upholding the guilty verdicts of the Fairbanks Four, as numerous lawsuits against law enforcement and the court system would result if these men were to be found innocent. This vested interest compromises the State of Alaska's ability to conduct a fair and impartial review of the new evidence. Sixteen years after the murder of John Hartman, who was white, the guilt or innocence of the four men incarcerated for this crime, who are Native American, remains highly controversial. If the State of Alaska again finds these men guilty, many will legitimately suspect a cover-up by the State, and this murder case will remain controversial and unresolved in the minds and hearts of many Alaskans. The controversy surrounding John Hartman's murder can only be resolved if a third, neutral party conducts the investigation of the new evidence that exonerates the Fairbanks Four. The State of Alaska, by mere virtue of investigating itself, cannot be neutral in this investigation, and therefore should not conduct it. The people who sign this petition respectfully request that the federal Department of Justice conduct the investigation of the new evidence in the John Hartman murder.

Launch an investigation of Exxon and its fellow fossil-fuel companies for deliberate and malicious climate deception.

We call on the Boston City Council to pass a resolution declaring Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October.

Sign our petition for Disney to disclose the names in the Toxic File List so those employees know where they stand with this employer.