We spend millions and millions of dollars on political ads attacking "the other," when that money could be better spent elsewhere to improve society. It has become a barrier for the average person to run for an office, when it costs so much to run, and political ads are part of that cost. So much money is needed to run for office and maintain a hold on that office, that politicians have become beholden to corporations and the wealthy to raise money for their political offices. This makes politicians loyal to corporations and the wealthy, not the average voter. We must change this. We can start by saying "no" to political ads. Just turn them off when they come on the radio or t.v., so that they lose their value. Once politicians know the ads aren't working, they will stop running them. Want to know who's running for office? Contact your local board of elections or read a newspaper. Want to know how politicians have voted? Read the Congressional Record or newspapers. Want to know where a candidate stands on an issue, write them, e-mail them, ask them, visit their website. We don't need to be bombarded with ads every election cycle to manipulate our votes. Just say no, Turn Them Off.

In January 2010, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) that declared corporations to be equivalent to people and money equivalent to speech, opening the door to unlimited corporate spending in elections on an unprecedented scale. This decision was a disaster for American democracy. The purpose of this petition is to urge the Huntsville City Council to pass Bill Kling’s proposed resolution expressing Huntsville’s support of a constitutional amendment or other legal or judicial action that would effectively reverse the Supreme Court’s decision, thereby limiting corporate influence and restoring democracy in our elections. This has become a unifying issue among Americans. The Washington Post has reported that 80% of voters aware of the Citizens United ruling feel that unlimited corporate spending is having a powerful coercive impact on the outcome of elections. A 2012 poll by Pew Research Center (PRC) revealed that more than two out of three (67%) of those polled, including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, felt that the ruling has had a significantly negative effect on the political process. The Supreme Court’s decision allows the free speech rights of a corporation to dilute and outweigh the free speech rights of ordinary citizens. Given the gridlock in Washington, it falls to we the people to push our local government to join the fight in overturning this decision.

On Saturday, July 28, my good friend and hero Dustin Steele, along with 19 others, walked on the Hobet strip mine and shut it down in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience. For standing up to defend his community, Dustin (of Matewan) was beaten by the state police and thrown in jail, with bail set at $25,000. Dustin has been released, but the 19 others, including more victims of police violence, remain in jail. Police brutality cannot be accepted as a response to nonviolent protests, and allowing unconstitutional bail for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience is not serving justice. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin is responsible for making sure justice is served in West Virginia. Let's make sure he knows that we expect him to intervene to stop this unacceptable injustice. "While the state police, in conjunction with the coal companies, tried to break our spirit and our resistance by using violence to quell the fire of our movement, this attempt has failed." —Dustin Steele

Are you tired of power outages? When a storm hits PEPCO immediately announces that it's "assessing" the situation and developing a "strategic" plan. This is nonsense. What it's not doing is putting adequate repair crews on the street. When PEPCO says it's getting crews from Texas or Ohio what it's really saying is that the food in your refrigerator will rot, the elderly and the young will suffer, community businesses will be closed, the police will be on traffic duty and the state and the county will lose tax money. PEPCO is also saying that it's not hiring people in Maryland, something which harms our economy. PEPCO says it has a five-year plan but the results in every storm are always the same. Meanwhile, bondholders and executives never miss a check -- and PEPCO wants higher rates! As recently outlined in The Washington Post by Eric Hansel, we can replace PEPCO with a public utility. This is not an easy or a short process, but it's very important to start now by amending the country charter. As a place to begin we want to have a public referendum on the subject. The Post article can be found at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-take-over-for-pepco/2012/07/27/gJQApg0hEX_story.html

Sandals Resort cancelled our reservations for our Vacation, after they closed the resort we were going to, then they reasigned us to another resort, after they accepted our reservatons then they ealized they could get us for more money, so they canceled them.

The reason i ask for this patition to be signed is because the federal communications commition said that all cellphones need to be accessible to blind or visually impaired people. I used t-mobile at one time and they didn't help me at all. Verizon is doing a wonderful job, but they have only certain phones that are accessible to the blind when it should be on all of them.

My name is Leanne Birchenough and after recently being involved in an auto accident, Travelers Insurance deemed our family car a 'total loss'. But our vehicle is fully operational and is suffering significant cosmetic damage to the passenger side. The client they are representing was 100% at fault. But, by deeming the car 'totaled', it is simply more cost effective for their company instead of paying the damage estimate to have our car fixed. The restitute amount is too low to fix the vehicle and too low to buy another. In addition, Travelers Insurance is charging a $733 'salvage fee' to keep my own Y2000 Volvo V40 if we wish to claim restitute and have it fixed. The mileage on this car is relatively low, is in great condition (was) and is our only transportation. This is our reliable car that we have babied and put money into. Not something an insurance company should ‘total’ because it is more cost effective. Does this sound familiar, has this happened to you? This is common practice and leaves people stranded. This shouldn’t be the way insurance companies do business, we pay mandatory auto insurance to protect us and be protected, right? Please help bring this to light and end auto insurance greed and ill-practice by signing my petition. Thank you.

To be an truly informed electrat we need to know did Mitt falsify to the SEC (a felony) or lie about when he left Bain. We need for Mitt Romney to release Tax Returns for the last several years so that we can make an informed choice of whether Mitt is a Felon, lier, corperate raider distroying jobs and the middleclass, or just a simple tax cheat gaming the system

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Since the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United, a tidal wave of undisclosed, special interest cash has crashed down on races all across the country. We don’t know where all this money is coming from, and we don’t know what kind of right-wing agenda those donors are pushing. But what we do know is that the Supreme Court won’t be revisiting its decision anytime soon. It’s up to us to stop the flow of secret, corporate cash in our elections–and a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United will accomplish that. I've signed on to a constitutional amendment that would effectively overturn the Citizens United decision, and I'm inviting you to sign on, too.

We the people deserve accurate media. Campaign ads that are outright Lies should not be allowed to air. Reporters need to call out obvious lies whenever they arise. There are too many bold lies told by Mitt Romney, his ads and the GOP. Lies are not news. Letting Lies go unchallenged hurts the integrity of any election.

Regressives use wealth, Flat earth philosophy, secrecy, and middle men to change America back into the slavery from which our war of Independence extracted us. Lincoln, Eisenhower, and now books by George Lakoff and Carl Marlantes show the framing.