Daily Archives: 12/06/2017

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Washington ~ Gov. Inslee in the Newsroom


 

  • Washington will soon become the fifth state in the U.S. to offer a paid family and medical leave program for workers. It’s arguably the most forward-thinking paid family leave program in the nation.
  • Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed a bill to restructure how the state serves at-risk children and youth by creating the Department of Children, Youth and Families. It will be led by Ross Hunter, director of the state’s Department of Early Learning.

  • Washington is home to thousands of immigrants and refugees. If you or someone you know needs assistance understanding the potential impacts of these orders or are experiencing problems related to restricted travel or securing the appropriate visa or refugee documentation, the following state agencies and organizations might be able to help.

  • Washington recently ranked as the No.1 to do business, according to an annual CNBC study. The state leads in economic growth, technological innovation, workforce and quality of life.
  • Washington lawmakers have passed legislation to fully fund the state’s K-12 public schools. The agreement was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.
~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

National Monuments ~drilling,logging &mining ! Michael Brune ~ Sierra Club


 

 

The Trump Administration just released the largest rollback of National Monuments in US history:

 

  • Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument,Oregon
  • Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada
  • Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
  • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

 

And he’s changing management for 6 MORE:

 

  • Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine
  • Northeast Canyons and Seamounts,Atlantic Ocean
  • Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico
  • Pacific Remote Islands National Monument, Pacific Ocean
  • Rio Grande del Norte National Monument,New Mexico
  • Rose Atoll National Monument, Pacific Ocean

 

 

Michael Brune

Thank you for all that you do,

Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club

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in the pursuit of change … GUN REFORM

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 All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

–Edmund Burke

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 another day another shooting!!!

we need folks to push for Gun Reform

 

As more Americans watch, wait and wonder when Congress will take a stand on gun control, more say there is absolutely no reason a civilian should own or have access to an assault weapon. The fact is assault weapons; the standard infantry combat choice for most modern armies has no place in a civil society.  Police already have trouble protecting and serving our communities against illegal (hand) guns, legislation that broadly regulates the firearms industry (ammunition) and firearms owners let alone automatic weapons solely made and meant to kill people quickly.

We have also been asking for some time now, at what point will our (rational, sane & educated) members of Congress, the firearm industry(ammunition) and gun owners stand up speak up or out over the current stalemate to move gun laws into the 21st Century. The NRA has clung on to power by holding an archaic law over the heads of Americans, as well as being a thorn in all our sides, spending millions lobbying for gun rights while controlling votes in Congress.

The Second Amendment, states: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Is it possible that this amendment is in dire need of a revaluation for the lives of our citizens in this 21st Century with all the new guns& weapons now available.

In 1994, Congress added a background check system to strengthen our existing laws to keep guns out of the hands of felons, drug abusers, and the mentally ill.

In 2004, Congress let the assault weapons ban expire. It is time to recognize and change the flaws in the background check system that have been exposed again and again over the years, in the massacres at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Arizona, Michigan, Washington state ,Colorado, Indiana, Portland, China, Chicago, Newtown CT,DC ,LAX airport, families all over this country, Young Black Males and some White males

If not now when, is a good question.

written 7/26/12