We want change for the benefit of the animals. A new building will not change much. We need a caring and compassionate staff. One that is there to help the animals get homes, work with rescuers, and try to make the lives of the that animals stay there a happy and healthy one. They have hired someone for grooming and for taking photos even when volunteers offered the same services for free and did a much better job. They are not doing what they can for the animals and are just wasting tax payers money on people who are not needed or that are incompetent.

Two hundred and thirty-eight years ago, the Founders of our country took a principled stand that the United States would not sanction the archaic institution of monarchy and its inherent consequence of inherited privilege. When offered the crown, George Washington turned it down, stating, "In America, the law is king," setting a precedent that in this country, people earn wealth, power, and privilege by their deeds, not be the circumstances of their birth or marriage. Today, in the UK, there is a growing movement called "Republic," activists who promote and desire to follow our example and abolish the monarchy in their country, based on the principle that all people are created equal. Their movement has special relevance at a time when the government of the UK is cutting funding for social programs and scientific research, projects which benefit the whole country as opposed to monarchy, in which taxpayers who themselves are struggling underwrite the lavish lives of those who essentially do nothing to merit those lives. Furthermore, Kate Middleton is an extremely poor example for woman and girls, in that she has never worked or accomplished anything on her own. It is unfortunate that the media give her so much attention when there are women worldwide who are doing genuine good, whether fighting for the right of girls to attend school, like Malala Yousafzai, researching a cure for cancer, training to become an astronaut, or doing one of a myriad things that benefit humanity as a whole. Even worse, Middleton's family attained their wealth in the worst possible way--the company they own, Party Pieces, regularly utilizes child labor in Mexico, by children as young as four years old. Yes, the UK is our ally. That is why you should meet with its leaders--its democratically elected leaders, the Prime Minister, cabinet members, and members of the Parliament. Meeting with Middleton and her husband only serves, even passively, to endorse the unfair system from which they benefit. Finally, here at home, our country is in turmoil, our democracy in peril. Priority should be given to meeting with leaders of the African-American community and family members of those whose lives were unjustly cut short in recent incidents of police brutality. Your time and attention should also be directed to victims of the growing economic inequality in this country, who are struggling just to put food on the table or keep a roof over their head. When so many are facing these challenges to their survival, it is all the more offensive for you to instead focus on those who live an unearned life of privilege that we in the US rejected more than two centuries ago. Please cancel your planned meeting with Kate Middleton and William Windsor and instead meet with struggling and suffering people of this country and their representatives this holiday season.

The Yuba County Board of Supervisors meets December 9, 2014 at 9:30am to discuss this matter. Attend the meeting or sign this petition so that the voices of all Yuba County citizens are heard.

Each state in the United States has enacted statutes to punish individuals who engage in cruelty to animals. The actual codified provisions vary drastically from state to state.

Wall Street has another trick up its sleeve – one that could cost millions of American workers and retirees tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. It involves the rules for many of the financial professionals on whom we depend for retirement planning advice. The Department of Labor (DOL) has been working hard to update those rules, so that more advisers must meet a basic “fiduciary” standard - a simple duty to look out for the best interests of their clients. Because many advisers are not currently subject to such a duty, they can recommend investments designed to generate bigger fees for them, even if it means diminished retirement security for those they are advising. Big brokerage firms and insurance companies, which have enormous profits at stake, have spent millions lobbying against this reform. Now they are pushing Congress to kill the DOL proposal before it even sees the light of day. Don’t let them get away with it!

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act states that a provider's "religious reasons" could prevent a person in need from receiving medical help, housing, or a driver's license. This Act is discriminatory and unkind. We, the people of Michigan who have signed this petition, do not support this Act.

My 37-year-old son, who was 7 months away from graduation as a radiology technician, was hit head on and killed by a 91-year-old who was driving the wrong way on I-26 in Hendersonville, NC in October. The state had recently renewed his driver's license and this should never have happened. I want no one else to experience the pain we are going through right now.

The cottages on the 600 block of South Dubuque St. tell a unique and interesting story of Iowa City's history. They are currently scheduled for needless demolition. Rather than bulldozing these properties, I would like to see Iowa City and our City Council designate them as historical landmarks so that their owners and tennants can invest the care and love into these properties that they deserve rather than further adding to the senseless destruction of our city's past institutions and landmarks.

The cottages on the 600 block of South Dubuque St. tell a unique and interesting story of Iowa City's history. They are currently scheduled for needless demolition. Rather than bulldozing these properties, I would like to see Iowa City and our City Council designate them as historical landmarks so that their owners and tennants can invest the care and love into these properties that they deserve rather than further adding to the senseless destruction of our city's past institutions and landmarks.

The City of Long Beach says it will lay off five firefighters on Jan. 1, when a $910,530 federal grant — which allowed the Fire Department to bring back personnel two years ago — comes to an end. As Residents, we need to collectively voice our concern over this decision and implore the City to find the funds to keep our Fire Department staffed at its current level. Upon reviewing the financials, our elected leaders must find room in the budget or other sources of funding, our very lives depend on a solution. Our Long Beach Fire Fighters are also advanced medical technicians and save lives which may otherwise be lost without their dedication and expertise. As a coastal community, our families, children and neighbors will unnecessarily suffer from these eliminated positions. Please show your support by signing this petition to demonstrate our communal support.

As described above we need the name of our Facebook Fan Page changed to support Sean Payton (Head Coach of the New Orleans Saints)

I've had a custody hearing and Judge David S. Forrest was the judge who heard the case. I have proved my daughters mother has knowingly committed purgery and Judge Forrest did nothing. My daughters mother is a drug addict, and when my daughter was born they found multiple narcotics in her system. I fear for my daughters safety when she is with her mother. She has never had a stable home for my daughter to live in. I gave Judge Forrest all the evidence I had and he read it and set it aside. In another case involving my daughters mother in a custody case involving her oldest daughter, Judge Forrest was given evidence proving my ex unfit as a mother, and yet he gave her custody of her oldest daughter. Another couple had the same judge and the other parent was a drug addict and the other parent was stabile, and judge Forrest gave the drug addict custody and now the mother has no visitation to her daughter. Judge Forrest need's to be removed from the bench and a new Judge need's to be put in his place and rule favorably and read and take in to coincederation of all evidence that is being presented, and follow the law. If someone knowingly committs purgery then that person should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I'm asking everyone to please help me and sign this petition and ask all your friends to sign this petition and lets have Judge Forrest removed from the bench and a new Judge who will rule the right way. Please I'm asking all parents who have gone thru this to stand with me and sign this petition. I fear that if Judge Forrest remains a judge he will continue ruling unfairly, and children's lives will be put in danger.