I believe accessible, affordable child care is fundamental to public education and that the College of Alameda childcare center must stay open at full capacity. There is no good reason to shut down the College of Alameda childcare center. The Peralta Board and administration are trying to balance their mismanaged budget on the backs of working class moms who depend on child care to get an education at Peralta. The closure is especially egregious because the District has presented no legitimate reason for doing so. The District says there is no money, but the Peralta Children's Center Fund had $1.19 million in reserves at the end of 2008-09 - enough to keep COA open for at least two years. Contrary to District misinformation, the COA center has run under-budget and has met its contract with the State in recent years while the Sheriff's department, for example, went $1 million over-budget last year. The District says people are not asking for child care, but in truth there are over forty families on the wait-list for COA. The District wants to consolidate Peralta's childcare centers, but the Laney and Merritt centers are full, many current COA mothers cannot commute, and all the COA staff are being laid off. These workers who have built personal bonds with the kids - where will they go? The District has not presented a good reason for the closure of the center because such a reason does not exist. OUR DEMANDS: 1. We demand that the College of Alameda childcare center stay open at full capacity. 2. We demand that the Peralta Board of Trustees immediately agendize the COA childcare issue to give parents, students and the public the right to make decisions about our education. At the April 27 Board meeting, Chair Abel Guillen promised to put COA child care on the May 11 Board meeting agenda. Child care is not on the agenda on May 11, but an additional 18.5 layoffs of classified staff are. Nothing about us without us! 3. We demand that the Peralta administration rescind the $500,000+ in illegal pay raises they gave themselves last year and cut their own salaries until child care is no longer in jeopardy. Chop the top!

I have become aware that the DEP is allowing Casella to move forward with the permitting process, despite the financial risk to the Town of Southbridge. The Provisional Permit allows the Landfill to increase the amount of MSW they accept from 24,960 tpy to 180,960 tpy, without regard to geographic origin. This is unacceptable. Increasing MSW will: * increase the threat to public health, safety and the environment caused by Landfill leachate and emissions to air. * increase the traffic impact on Sturbridge, Charlton, and Southbridge. * increase the impact of odor and other nuisances to residents and business owners. * increase the threat to public safety caused by aircraft birdstrikes. Issuing this permit is not timely. The appeal is still pending. If it is successful, there is no safe way for SRD/Casella to remove the tons of materials landfilled under this new permit. The financial risk is being shared by the Town of Southbridge and SRD/Casella, but the harm will impact the residents in surrounding communities. Furthermore, the DEP is currently drafting a Solid Waste Management Plan for 2010-2020 that was supposed to be completed in September 2009. Until it is completed and a concrete plan for solid waste disposal in Massachusetts is adopted for the next 10 years, the DEP will not have shown that the additional capacity in Southbridge is necessary. The DEP issued a press release on Dec. 11, 2009 embracing Zero Waste principals and the need to phase out "problem" landfills. The Southbridge Landfill is a "problem" landfill. Not only is the Southbridge Landfill in an environmental justice community, but if it accepts 405,600 tpy, it will be the largest MSW landfill in the state. It is hard to imagine a facility that would present more danger to the adjacent public airport or Southbridge's environmental justice community. Before allowing the expansion of the Southbridge Landfill, the DEP should complete its 10-year plan, and make sure that this problem landfill is necessary or advisable. Thank you!

Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, I am writing you in support of the proposal FY 2011 allocation for the Tucson Pima Arts Council. The budgeted amount of $442,000 is an investment in the creative economy of Tucson and southern Arizona; these public dollars bring a return on investment that is many-fold. Beyond their intrinsic value, arts play an instrumental role in the community: Arts and culture industry drives a creativity-based economy. Each year, TPAC directly funds 50-60 arts groups, which are part of a regional cultural industry that has an annual economic impact of $57 million. The arts earn tax revenue for local and state government, attract tourists and new tourism dollars; and contributes to the attractiveness of the area for other industries. Tucson's arts and culture industry also provides nearly 900 jobs for the region. Arts & cultural organizations enhance quality of life and make Tucson a livable city, by preserving our cultural heritage, by supporting ethnic diversity, and by helping residents to find expression, meaning, and pursue lifelong learning. We need to maintain arts and culture industry infrastructure to have a healthy community; I ask you to vote to maintain the funding at the budgeted level.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We urge Chula Vista Mayor and City Council members to join Los Angeles, El Paso, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, and other cities across the country in their COURAGE to OPPOSE Arizona's SB1070. This law is is impractical, violates our values, and divides our communities. We need real solutions that embrace fairness, equal treatment, and due process. Our immigration system is broken, but disregarding our values is not the answer to fixing it. We ask Mayor Cheryl Cox, and Council Members Rudy Ramirez, Mitch Thompson, Steve Castaneda, and Pamela Bensoussan, to work with community organizations and introduce a Resolution before the Chula Vista City Council at the May 11th City Council Meeting. We ask that the Resolution address the following two key priorities: 1.Oppose the passage of SB 1070 because it "undermines basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans, as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe." (President Barrack Obama) 2.Send a Copy of the Resolution to the Governor of Arizona, on behalf of the residents of the City of Chula Vista asking Governor Jan Brewer to repeal SB 1070. HOW YOU CAN HELP! 1. Chula Vista Residents call/email/fax the Mayor and Council ASAP! 2. Organizations (congregations, community based, student/youth, labor unions, cultural arts etc.) Submit organizational letters to the Mayor and Council Members of the City of Chula Vista. 3. Businesses- contact the Mayor and Council in whatever manner is most convenient for you. EVERYONE- Please forward to your email list! CONTACT INFORMATION for Chula Vista Council and Mayor http://www.chulavistaca.gov/City_Services/Mayor_Council/Default.asp

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Dear Council: The current Germantown Sectional Map Amendment is being considered on May 5th by Montgomery County Council’s Planning Housing and Economic Development (PHED) committee at 2 PM in Rockville. The pending Germantown Sectional Map Amendment should not be used as an opportunity to re-write the zoning code on behalf of developers. Minkoff Development is planning to have 40 acres rezoned as a part of this map amendment, which is part of the larger Montgomery County Master Plan. The subject site is vacant at Observation Drive and Seneca Meadows Parkway and is zoned for I-3 Industrial. Under the proposed map amendment, this site would be rezoned as transit mixed use (TMX). This so-called mixed use is proposed to include a 140,000sqft grocery store on the backs of residents residing in the Milestone community. This neighborhood currently features two large commercial shopping centers less than a half mile away. Many of residents have written letters, sent emails and testified before the council in protest to this rezoning proposal. As members of the PHED Committee, please vote against the proposed allowance of big boxes within the TMX zones.

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Open letter to: Mr. Todd Nielson, trustee for Bankruptcy case number 2:08-bk-32349-BR Ezri Namvar Mr. Richard Pachulski,lead attorney for Mr.Nielson; Mr. Brad Sharp, trustee for Bankruptcy case number 2:08-bk-32333-BR, NAMCO CAPITAL GROUP INC., Mr. David Poitras,lead attorney for Mr. Sharp. Gentlemen: On March 31, 2010 a petition on behalf of over 230 unsecured creditors totaling over $160 million, opposing the "Approval of Sale Procedures" for the Wilshire/Bundy property as well as sale of all other properties and assets of the above estates was filed. On April 28, 2010, declarations signed by nearly 300 unsecured creditors totaling over $210 million was filed opposing the sale of the Wilshire Bundy Property. As a concerned member of this community, I am deeply troubled about your conduct of these cases. I am calling on you to listen to the will of the creditors and STOP YOUR ATTEMPTS to sell off this property. Most, if not a good portion of the unsecured creditors are simple hard working and small business persons, or retired seniors and widows. These people have announced loudly and clearly to you that they are willing to WAIT. At the same time there are a considerable number of creditors who are real estate professionals with deep knowledge and sophistication of this area's real estate market and history. They have also announced loudly and clearly to you, they are willing to WAIT. Concurrently there are community members of high regard who are working to prepare a plan of reorganization. The plan shall include keeping the properties for disposition under better market conditions as well as paying off those who have most of their money tied up in these two estates. The plan shall also include funds to pay off the professionals who have given their time and effort during the bankruptcy period. Gentlemen: I ask you, I beseech you to listen and take into account the will of the creditors and our community. In these economic times, it is absolutely wrong to sell these properties. Think of your legacy. Think of your reputation. Think of all these people who are looking to you to protect their interests. Do not disregard their wishes. BOTH CREDITOR COMMITTEES HAVE OPPOSED THE SALE OF WILSHIRE/BUNDY. DO NOT AUCTION OFF THE PROPERTIES. LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE CREDITORS.