US citizens should learn more about our country's history with American Indians, and reach a cooperative reconciliation concerning Indian Residential Boarding Schools.

Storm Mountain Express has been treated unfairly and discriminated against at the Yampa Valley Regional Airport. SME is not allowed to transport passengers without restrictions. No walkup reservations. The impacts include passenger quality of services, passenger safety and passenger experiences.

WSTEFUL SPENDING IS BAD FORALL OF US.

It's about the Tow Companies taking your car and impounding it, and charging you fees daily until you come up with enough money to buy your car back. Yes, I have been efffected by these humungous fees and dracconian practices.

It's about the Tow Companies taking your car and impounding it, and charging you fees daily until you come up with enough money to buy your car back. Yes, I have been efffected by these humungous fees and dracconian practices.

My two sons and I bought tickets to go see Paul McCartney in concert in Washington D.C's National Park. For just 3 tickets we paid the equivalent of one ticket in fees: Convenience Fee plus some other fees. Prices are very high and it's not fair to families or anyone for that matter.

AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND INTEGRITY OF THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I.

We have witnessed the endemic poor performance of the regulators in government. Nominating Tom Wheeler, lobbyist and venture capitalist for two of the industries he will now be regulating is another example of the revolving door where industry insiders pose as regulators whose decisions are at the very least loaded with conflict of interest. Such a nominee cannot have the general public's welfare in primary focus.

Most independent doctor practices are small businesses. In total, small businesses create about 65% of the nation's net new jobs. [1] In every industry, competition is an important check against higher prices, diminished quality, and loss of consumer choice. In the medical field, the presence of independent doctors is an important factor in our nation’s ability to sustain affordable and high quality care, and preserve patient choice. In this regard, the trends are not encouraging. According to a research firm, the number of independent doctors as a percentage of total doctors has declined from 57% in 2000, to a projected 36% in 2013. [2] More than 100,000 independent doctors have exited the practice or become hospital-employed. [3] This may be the steepest decline for small business, in any American industry. During the same period, there has been a surge in hospital-employed doctors. Today, very large hospitals have a much larger market share, and less competition, than they did 10 years ago. This dynamic – in which big hospitals have become bigger, and independent practices have declined -- has coincided with another unfortunate trend: During the past 10 years, health care costs per family of four, have more than doubled, and in 2012 exceeded $20,000 per year for the first time. [4] Recent press reports indicate often substantially higher rates charged by hospitals than by independent practices -- for the same or similar procedures. [5] When competition is diminished, all Americans pay a price. For these reasons, we support legislative efforts to ensure the continuing viability of independent doctor practices -- to preserve competition, and promote affordable and high quality health care for patients. If you agree with us, we would greatly appreciate your support, by you agreeing to the following statement/petition. While we will not disclose your identity concerning this petition, we would like to disclose the number of citizens collectively who have signed this petition. We believe this would be helpful in achieving our legislative objectives. _________________________________________________ [1] See http://web.sba.gov/faqs/faqIndexAll.cfm?areaid=24 and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203914304576630973840478808.html [2] See http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Clinical-Transformation-New-Business-Models-for-a-New-Era-in-Healthcare.pdf [3] Id. (Statistic for the period 2000-2013.) [4] See http://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2012/12/30/2012-the-year-in-healthcare-charts/ [5] See Wall Street Journal article dated 8/26/2012, Same Doctor Visit, Double the Cost – Insurers say Rates Can Surge After Hospitals Buy Private Practices; Medicare Spending Rises, too. Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577601113671007448.html. See also http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-04-03/health/os-doctors-unite-20130403_1_orlando-health-doctor-partners-independent-doctors-independent-doctors

Lakota descendents of Wounded Knee should be given back the Massacre Site land that is now up for sale by a non-Indian. Return the two 40-acre Wounded Knee tracts of land on public sale beginning May 1st for an unaffordable $4.9 million (worth $14.000) for commercial and tourist development. Call South Dakota Governor, 605-773-3212 to stop this sale for the sake of Wounded Knee descendents. Appeal to President Barack Obama at www.whitehouse.gov to reach out to the Lakota people and work on helping them regain their original native land of the Wounded Knee Massacre Site. The voices of the Lakota descendants need to be heard in honoring their 300 beloved grandfathers, grandmothers and tribal family members murdered by US Cavalry soldiers in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. Don’t hesitate to give your words, spoken and written, to prevent its commercialization. The public sale has begun. Sign this petition, contact Lakota spokesman on this sale, Nathan Blindman, at [email protected] or call him at 605-867-5690, write letters to the editor, reach out to polititions, do something now in support of returning Wounded Knee to the Lakota People!

We believe that Dartmouth is not perfect, but we also love all that is good about The College on a Hill. We believe that Dartmouth needs real reform in order to improve and continue to excel at undergraduate education. We would like Dartmouth to change for the better - which requires true dialogue with listening on both sides, careful consideration and prolonged thought. Here are several articles on the situation from campus news sources: http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/20/inside-the-dimensions-debacle.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/29/opinion/vox http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/23/why-canceling-classes-tomorrow-matters.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/24/opinion/verbum http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/28/dear-protesters-its-time-to-stop-the-hijacking.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/26/opinion/vox

The Regala Park Gymnasium is a facility meant to be used by our community--our kids to partake in sporting events and community activies. However, in order to use the facility, one must pay $300/hour. We need to have our Parish President, Natalie Robottom, along with our elected officials remove this fee and make this gym accessible to ALL of us--FREE of charge!