The students organized the March for Our Lives to call on government to enact common sense gun restrictions. They were exercising their First Amendment rights to petition the governement for legislation so students and others are safe. Rick Santorum said they should instead take personal, individual responsibility including enrolling in CPR classes and learning ways to respond to mass shootings and not look to government or others to solve problems. Santorum should be dismissed forever as a CNN commentator and roundly condemned.

We need to hold someone accountable. The system failed these dogs. This man was on probation and although he had a plea agreement, nobody ever checked up on him. There is a 3-dog maximum in Smithfield, so why was it allowed for him to get all 25-30 dogs back last year without provisions? Accountability Needs To Start Here & Now Regardless Of The "Laws."

Fair appointment for Kenosha District 4 Alderman

All Americans are at risk of nuclear war with North Korea. President Trump has been careless and negligent in his negotiations with the government of North Korea and has made threats to destroy the country. Corruption under President Trump has grown such that many Americans are wary about the effectiveness of heretofore effective measures ensuring fairness under the rule of law.

The farm worker movement is determined to address Jim Crow era discrimination against farm workers like the UFW’s huge 2016 victory in California that ensures the implementation of more inclusive regulations for farm workers starting in 2019. In California, overtime law for farm workers ensures farm workers will have an equal right to overtime pay and continues the process of reducing discrimination in employment laws against agricultural workers. The change started in California it is time to set this standard for the entire nation. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was signed excluding farm workers from its overtime protections and this can no longer be justified or tolerated. It was wrong in 1938 and it is wrong now. A new proposal should be introduced in Congress shortly that would right this wrong and should be passed immediately. The UFW’s proposal would remedy the discriminatory denial of overtime pay and the minimum wage to all farm workers under current law. Farm workers deserve basic minimum wage and overtime protections like any other US worker. Workers in agriculture would be entitled to time-and-a-half pay for working more than 40 hours in a week. It would phase in overtime pay over a period of 4 years beginning in 2019; for employers with 25 or fewer employees, the phase-in will be delayed by three additional years. Itthat will be introduced in congress in the near future mirrors California’s phase-in requirement to ensure equity. This legislation eliminates most of the exemptions to the minimum wage for agricultural employers; although the family farm exemption would continue. We all want to feel good about the food we purchase and consume, and the continuing discrimination in employment laws against farm workers – the people who produce our food – contribute to a stain on our food system that must be stopped. Will you support farm workers? By signing the pledge you are committing to hold your representatives accountable to address this unjust exclusion of agricultural workers from the minimum wage and overtime pay.

To prevent a disastrous war in the Middle East!

I am starting this petition to prevent a completely insane and potentially catastrophic Nuclear war.

Please pass legislation that the National Security Advisor has to get Senate Confirmation!

In previous legislation, the State of Illinois has outlined the specific language and parameters for home-based bakers. The Cottage Law stipulates all baked goods allowed and deemed safe and all baked goods not allowed such as creamed pies as one an example. The home baked items have already cleared all food safety hurdles determined by health and food safety professionals. These pre-qualified home baked items are allowed to be sold at Farmers Markets statewide, including in Whiteside County. Home bakers provide high quality and innovative products which should make our rural communities proud and more inviting. The Cupcake Law provides a cap of $1,000 of, direct, home sales per month for the home baker. This cap prevents undue competition to the professional bakery. The products our home bakers make available are in many ways superior to that which is available to the residents of rural Whiteside Co Communities. Home bakers are able to use higher quality product while taking more time to prepare and provide for specific dietary needs on demand. Home bakers are committed to the quality of their products, ingredients and committed to food safety and sanitation. Many IL businesses start small and out of a home. Squelching entrepreneurship is counterproductive to the heart of small business. HB5354 must be adopted by Whiteside County to keep this spirit alive in IL.

New York is one of only a handful of states that has no early voting option. New York not only lacks same-day voter registration—but it requires voters to register at least twenty-five days before Election Day. New York also makes it hard to request an absentee ballot too. This is why there are long lines on Election Day, and why voting is as much of a mess in New York as the subway system. But we can change it! Governor Cuomo's budget includes funding for early voting and automatic voter registration. The Assembly budget includes only early voting, and the Senate budget includes vague language about voting. Budget negotiations are happening NOW. Tell Governor Cuomo to stand up for us and reject any budget that doesn't improve voting for New Yorkers. References: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-problem-with-voting-rights-in-new-york https://www.wnyc.org/story/progressive-leaders-pressuring-cuomo-and-albany-early-voting/

This petition is to raise awareness of this opportunity to register young people to vote on March 24. Increasing voter registration among our youth should increase the chance that we can change the Congress and the state legislatures to Blue!

Many Americans have been deeply disturbed by the uncertainty of the 2016 Presidential election and of the subsequent chaos. We need a non partisan body to inform us what actually occurred and if there were any crimes committed by American Citizens! Let the truth emerge!