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.

Kansas legislators have recently passed a bill, in which the state's courts will only be funded in the event that none of them rule to overturn a previously passed law that limited the administrative authority of the courts. This is a clear abuse of power as the Kansas Constitution clearly states in Article 3 §1: "The judicial power of this state shall be vested exclusively in one court of justice, which shall be divided into one supreme court, district courts, and such other courts as are provided by law", The Kansas legislature and governor are in breach of this provision as they have attempted to interfere in judicial rulings. Since the legislature and governor were not acting within their constitutionally defined powers, I believe this also constitutes bribery using state funds under federal statute 18 USCS prec § 201(b) which is explained here http://bribery.uslegal.com/federal-laws-on-bribery/ As this is a particularly brazen example of bribery, I want to call on the president to seek the harshest penalties defined under the law, that the offending legislators and the Governor be disqualified from holding public office. Please sign the official petition on "We the People": https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-kansas-legislators-who-passed-hb-2005-bribery-all-kansas-judges More information on the bill and situation can be found here: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/05/kansas-passes-law-linking-court-funding-to-judicial-rulings/

Treasury confirmed on June 17 that Alexander Hamilton and not Andrew Jackson will be the first paper currency changed to reflect America's beautiful diversity. But how can the Treasury not see the hypocrisy in retaining an avowed racist on the $20? Andrew Jackson despised Native Americans. He coerced (or deceived) proud Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi ("The Trail of Tears"). His actions triggered the death of over 46,000 Native Americans while fostering expansion of slavery in the South. Tell Treasury and Congress our currency reflects American values. Tell them their first change to currency should be the removal of Jackson from the $20.

On Thursday, June 18, with mostly Republican votes, the House passed a fast-track trade bill that would attempt to pre-approve the job-killing, environment-destroying, medicine price-raising Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, a week after a Democratic rebellion blocked the proposal in the House. Now the fate of this proposal lies before the Senate. The proposal will be blocked in the Senate if 41 Senators vote against “cloture” to proceed to a vote – that is, if 41 Senators support a “filibuster.” Populist champions Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Sherrod Brown have led the fight in the Senate against this proposal. Now we need them to pull out the stops. A “talking filibuster” – where Senators hold the floor, speaking against Fast Track - would galvanize public opposition to the bill. It would be a televised national town hall on how our current trade policies are worsening extreme inequality, undermining democracy and human rights, and giving more wealth and power to the 1% at the expense of broad public interests. Urge Senator Sanders to lead a talking filibuster against Fast Track by signing our petition.

The Jewish community needs to know we respect what happened during World War II we need to remove the Nazi Flag from all Public Display. Also the veterans of the great war and their families need to know we care about their sacrifice and their friends didn't die in vein.

Every American has been affected by this act of domestic terrorism. The state of South Carolina should lower all flags to half mast in honor and solidarity for all its citizens.