I serve the inmates in my district with a radio show called Radio Jail where people call in and give messages to incarcerated friends and family.

I feel that the Rebel Flag has gotten a bad reputation by racist radicals, and since your legislation is without a vote for the people and by the people, then replace the Rebel Flag with the 1st Confederate Flag ever flown during the Civil War, to honor the dutiful and brave soliders that fought and lost their lives for it.

Our Founding Fathers enjoyed open debate. It is woven into the fabric of American politics. Voters in the 61st District DESERVE to hear from the two candidates in a debate forum. If we ignore our rights they will go away! Demand Del Wright debate Greg Marston and let's vote him OUT on NOVEMBER 3, 2015.

Representation allows the rich Elite to bribe, threaten, and corrupt our representatives. They are obviously ALREADY corrupted beyond belief from the actions they are taking like trying to pass TPP trade deals which puts Corporations ABOVE United States Law!!! The *ONLY* answer is TRUE Democracy as the elite could never afford to bribe or threaten EVERYBODY.

We as community members of Sedona Az have gathered on Cathedral Rock at FullMoon for our Drum Circle Ceremony for a minimum of 20 years. We go to Worship, to Pray, to Drum, to Dance, to Celebrate, to Bring More Peace to Our World. Our circle is open to All and many visitors join us and share that it is a once in a lifetime experience that they will always carry with them. The Land is US Forest Service and we have our right to use it. We gather just 8 times a year out of 365, for a few hours and are deserving of compromise.

This petition is about transparency in the standards of political conduct required for a DNC official. If one cannot in good conscience support the majority position of one's party in the Congress, one doesn't continue to hold an office which makes one in effect, a political trimmer or a hypocrite.

Maui county charter provides that the general plan and the Lana'i, Moloka'i and Maui island plans as well as community plans govern land use. But Couch and Arakawa keep trying to insert language into law and into the plans which would turn that upside down and either make the administration's zoning supercede the community plan or flat out say that the community plan is only a "suggestion" and has no force of law. The plans are the only way that the public can have a say on the rampant development occurring in Maui County and these sneak attacks on the plans are designed to remove the citizens themselves as impediments to the developer agenda of paving over our islands. Couch plays all innocent and claims he's only trying to "clean up the rules and make them uniform." But he's making them uniform by getting rid of the enforceability of what the public wants.

I'm an African American still living in SC after the mass murder of 9 people because of the color of their skin. I have worshiped with and knew of the others' good works in the community. Now I see images of this racist terrorist murder waving; you guessed it - the confederate flag.

We need a Governor in Illinois who is for ALL THE PEOPLE NOT JUST THE RICH!

I am concerned with the well being of America. We have been decieved by numerous politicians and it is to the point that it seems only the corrupt get elected to office or put in a position of authority. We the people should demand integrity in our politicians.

***NOTE***This is the original 2015 Petition: Residing along Pensacola Street in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, sits President William Mckinley High School, seemingly an apt name to honor the 25th president, William McKinley. But, to those of us who know the truth about what really happened with the overthrow of Hawaiian Monarchy and the prolonged illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States, we do not celebrate William McKinley. I urge the Superintendent of Education, Kathryn S. Matayoshi, the Board of Education members listed above and whomever is concerned, to take action in correcting a wrong and rename McKinley High School back to one of its original names, Honolulu High School. After two failed attempts by the United States of America to annex Hawaiʻi (June 16, 1897, September 7, 1897), House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd Session, also known as the "Newlands Resolution," was proposed and passed by Congress, then signed into United States law by the imperialist, President William McKinley on July 7th, 1898. According to legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, a joint resolution is “often used when Congress needs to pass legislation to solve a limited or temporary problem.” The United States’ “problem” was the Spanish-American war in 1898 and to “solve” their problem, they insisted the need for Hawaiʻi because of its strategic value to their military. The war was “temporary.” The occupation of Hawaiʻi, not so much. This joint resolution was illegal because the only legal avenue to have acquired Hawaiʻi was through a treaty, a ratified agreement between the two countries, which the United States did not obtain. Hawaiʻi was indeed known as a country through securing recognition of Hawaiian independence by powerhouse countries, Great Britain (1843), France (1843) and its eventual occupier, the United States (1846). Equally as important, a joint resolution cannot have any force and effect beyond the borders of the U.S., which Hawaiʻi clearly was. As Keanu Sai says on Hawaiian Kingdom Blog, “United States could no more annex the Hawaiian Islands by passing a domestic law, than it could annex Canada today by passing a law.” Ignoring what the people of Hawaiʻi wanted before the joint resolution was signed into law as evidenced by the 21,269 Kūʻe Petition signatures gathered by Hui Aloha ʻĀina and an official protest of treaty of annexation by Queen Liliuʻokalani submitted to and formally accepted by the U.S. Congress, McKinley had one goal in mind and that was to take power over Hawaiʻi at any cost—even if they could illegally slide by through a joint resolution. According to the McKinley High School website, the school was established in 1865 as Fort Street English Day School and renamed in 1895 to Honolulu High School. In 1907 it was again renamed to President William McKinley High School because he “helped to bring about the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.” Also, one of the school’s colors, gold, was “chosen for McKinley’s close association with Hawaiian royalty.” In front of the school, stands an eight-ton, bronze statue of President McKinley who holds a scroll in his right hand titled, "Treaty of Annexation." False advertisement much? Although William McKinley is not the only person to blame for illegally occupying Hawaiʻi, he was, at the time, the head of the country that did. By having this school still named after him today, in the most populated city in Hawaiʻi, does the Department of Education (DOE) encourage and imply that what the United States did to the Hawaiian Kingdom and its people to be lawfully and ethically correct? I ask you to please sign this petition and let the proper authorities know that honoring William McKinley and perpetuating his name in Hawaiʻi is absolutely wrong. Mahalo nui.

Our state still has no hate crime legislation. Since 2013 there've been 51 documented hate crime incidents. South Carolina has 19 known hate groups, according to Southern Poverty Center data. It's more imperative now than ever that all citizens no matter their race, creed, religion, or sexual orientation, are safe from violent persecution. Passing this bill would be a huge step forward for this state; not only in real change in law; but also in perception and solidarity of our state.