• Stop Outsourcing HCC Jobs
    The Portage County Board will be voting on July 17 on whether or not to outsource the housekeeping jobs at the Health Care Center. This will cost 7 jobs that pay living wages and affordable benefits, it may negatively affect the residents at the HCC, the employees, and it will take money out of the local economy. Replacing jobs that pay living wages with affordable benefits with low-paying jobs with few benefits harms the local economy. We are asking the County Board to stop the contracting out of these positions.
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    Created by Collene Ottum
  • GOV. PERRY GET A CLUE!
    NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT 4.5 HOURS AT THE TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR A ROUTINE DRIVERS LICENSE ISSUE. YOUR RECENT DISMISSAL OF 50% THE ENTIRE DPS STAFF HAS RESULTED IN LONG LINES, ANGRY PEOPLE AND FRUSTRATED STAFF. .
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    Created by Cindyt Comb
  • Congress should work, at least, a 2080 hour workyear in their chamber.
    Most American workers are required to work at least 2080 hours a year - an average of 40 hours a week. Our Congress seems to "work" when they want to; or rather, they seem to not work a lot of the time. They've been telling us that they want to help job creators. Go to work and do that. Vote on legislation that's presented and let the majority rule. Stop the foolishness that's going on.
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    Created by H. Denise Thompson
  • More New Jobs Pledge
    It's about actually creating American Jobs. Wealthy people should sign it if they are sincere about helping the American Economy and not just themselves.
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    Created by Gary Ohlemiller
  • DO NOT RAISE POWER RATES
    Don't raise rates for residents that are making less due to recession...YOU are making money but we are going backwards due to lack of employment and lack of cost of living raise. You should be fighting for us not expecting us to give what we don't have.
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    Created by LYDIA MCINELLY
  • Workman's compensation protection for self-employed workers
    There currently is no insurance protection available for self-employed workers in the U.S., this creates immense hardship for workers when they are sick or injured while at work. We should have an available program to join similar to the Workman's Compensation program available to "employees".
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    Created by Debra L. Zeller
  • fiscal sanity
    changing the laws which allow State and Federal senators retirement packages. This huge drain on our resources might be corrected and free up an enormous amount of money. Why care? We the ordinary people simply can't afford the expense. We need to firmly yet kindly let our representatives know that we can't afford to carry the dead wood any longer.
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    Created by Sharon Procter
  • Stop the spending!!
    $16 Trillion or so and counting! Stop the Spending!!!
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    Created by Norma Walker
  • A Promise Made is a Promise kept
    The Illinois legislature wants to decrease pension benefits for those who are receiving a pension. This decrease in income will be a hardship for those who will have to choose between eating and buying medicine. Teachers have fulfilled their part by working and contributing for as much as 30 years. Now the legislature wants to void the Constitutional right which, according to the constitution will not be changed.
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    Created by David Platt
  • Sales Tax on Political Advertising
    Big money has taken over politics to an even greater degree and the people have very little chance of changing that. We can, however, gain some needed resources to support education, economic development, and human services.
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    Created by Stephanie Hinkle
  • Bring American Jobs Back to the USA
    Curb the outsourcing of American jobs to citizens of other countries. Reduce the wage-deflating effect of cheap foreign labor. Improve employment rates here in the USA. Have pride in our American workforce!
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    Created by Terri Pool
  • Put a maximum limit to Property Taxes
    This petition is insure that property taxes are fair. My petition is that the State of Michigan will limit the annual payment of Property Taxes to 5% of the assesed property value.
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    Created by Gary Gray