On August 5th, Mr. Ronald Pierce issued a complaint report to the California Bureau of State Audits (BSA). Mr. Pierce�s confidential complaint is filed under the Whistleblower Protection Act. It alleges systemic corruption, ineptitude and cronyism centered in Tulare County�s local court and auxiliary services; along with concealment of the court mismanagement and retaliation by the courts and Administration of the Courts (AOC) on a state level for Mr. Pierce�s exposing of collusively unethical and unlawful misconduct. This matter should have been a simple granting of Mr. Pierce's petition for divorce. Instead, it became a profit generator for the courts and auxillary agencies based on provable misstatement of facts and retaliation to conceal it. It has been ongoing for over five years and has taken many twists and turns which have devastated Mr. Pierce and his children. In his BSA Whistleblower Complaint, Mr. Pierce alleges and provides evidence that each court has added to the damage while refusing to acknowledge the direct evidence of prior misdeeds by prior courts, the AOC and auxiliary agencies. Many people state they have been harmed by ethics problems in the CA judicial branch that appear to be originating from the top. The ethics breaches appear to be concealed by efforts of the AOC in countless court cases. Using the courts to retaliate against whistleblowers for exposing misdeeds appears to be an alarming pattern in all types of cases. Auditing the Pierce case in the Tulare County courts, which appears to encompass many of the elements of unlawful mismanagement and often reported retaliation on a state level, could help to illustrate where the root of the problem lays throughout the state. The case could serve as a blueprint to aid to correct systemic judicial branch problems for the good of the people of California.

My name is Valerie Gray. I am starting this petition because I have personally seen the horrors of dogs who spend their entire lives on a chain, most to be completely forgotten, with no adequate food, water, shelter, or the soft touch of a human hand. Many have been on a chain so long that their collar has embedded into their necks. Sadly enough, if any of these dogs are lucky enough to be noticed, for many it will be too late, as many are too starved or too sick or because lack of human contact are too scared to let someone love them and can not be adopted out. It is a sad, cruel way to live and must be stopped.

After caring for several zebra finches, Jennifer would love to have a pair of her own to love and care for. Her family thinks they already have enough pets, but Jennifer has been trying unsuccessfully to convince them she will care for them entirely by herself. She will! Her family will not have to do any additional work, but will definitely enjoy having their energetic chirps and antics in the house.

I shut down MineXe Factions, however, if we can get 50 signatures on here, I will bring it back.

Every day while driving home from work along the same route in Newark, NJ and I watch drivers go thru the stop sign as if it doesn't exist. It only gets noticed if a cop is present which is rare. There are too many children, parents, expecting mothers, elderly folks that walk around and have yeild to drivers who run the stop sign and drive above the speed limit. I'm calling an end to this and I want us to take more responsibility and remember that driving is a privilege NOT a right. Please lets save lives, not end them.

The dogs picked up by AC are living, breathing souls; God’s creations. We must end the killing of healthy dogs that, by no fault of their own, have ended up at AC. We must improve the facility and we must stop wasting our tax dollars by putting a band-aid on the dog overpopulation problem in Sumter. We need to fix the problem. We cannot kill our way to fewer unwanted animals! We must speak up; we are their voice! Your signature is your voice! Please support efforts to save the lives of these deserving dogs and demand that they are treated humanely with compassion and decency.

Service Connected Disabled Veterans receive a small pension for their sacrifice to our nation, but many did not fall under the guidelines of the GI Bill, and went to school to further their and their families lives. Now they are burdened with educational debt that they are unable to pay, and where the interest rates make paying this debt impossible, affecting there credit for their lifetime and where this debt should be forgiven, due to their sacrifices.

I was one of the people of Yarnell who has had property in the small town of Yarnell, for 23 years. My insurance ran out in 2011 and was not told of such a situation not being under a insurance carrier. FEMA has denied any Federal Aid, I was hoping for a constuciton load of low interest rate to start over.

KEEP GRACEWOOD STATE SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OPEN (East Central Regional Hosp.)

Ask, along with me, for Michael Moore to make a feature-length documentary about PAYDAY lenders.

Stop Wake County from allowing LED signs in residential neighborhoods.

NOTE: The proposed City Council restriction on the educational tours and tastings ordinance (which is already Georgia State Law) would prevent all Savannah breweries from hosting private events (including future breweries for Coastal Empire Brewing Co and Service Brewing Co.). Southbound Brewing Company is a new brewery in Savannah, Georgia, and the city is voting on an ordinance on August 22, 2013 that would restrict their business practices, such as private events and possibly educational tours of the brewery. However, Georgia State Law allows for all Georgia breweries to conduct tours and have private events. Why should Southbound Brewing Co.'s business practices be hindered? It's unfair and would make Savannah an unfavorable place for other potential breweries to open. Breweries are job producers and good for the growing artisan and “support local” movements. Also, breweries are statistically shown to be charitable. Southbound for example donates their spent grain to the Bethesda Boys Academy, and 100% of production breweries give to charity organizations and participate in fundraising events for charities. 47% of our production breweries report that they regularly volunteer and in Georgia alone craft breweries reportedly donated $172,000 to charity organizations in 2012. I am a craft beer lover, small business advocate and want to see Savannah thrive and believe having a stronger craft beer scene will help our local economy and culture. To read the state law, copy and paste this link: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/560/2/7/01.pdf.