It appears that deep sea trawling is the culprit in the mystery of where have the chinook salmon gone. Studies show that the increase in pollock fishing on U.S. trawlers or "draggers" that drag the bottom floor and pick up EVERYTHING, has direct correlation with chinook salmon numbers going down drastically in the whole state. As a subsistence & sport fisher person on the Anchor, Kasilof, & Kenai rivers I am directly affected by the rapid decline in chinook salmon. The Yukon & all other rivers are affected too. 1. Regain ability to fish on rivers 2. Stop all bycatch practices & replace with safer/better fishing practices 3. Have 1 unbiased "watcher" on each trawling boat to keep them honest 4. See escapment returns grow to healthy sustainable numbers 5. Improve on CDQ programs through an all species inclusive sustainability policy Go to our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Trawling-Bycatch-of-Salmon-Halibut/407719715940319 PLEASE paste this address into your facebook page and forward to all your email addresses. Help push this petition! and Thank you!

Winter's depressing enough without it being dark by the time we get off work, and changing one's sleep schedule only screws up the week. Let's stay on DST forever and have evening even in the winter!

The farm bill is a bipartisan pork barrel spending spree. It provides farm subsidies redistribute wealth from taxpayers to often well-off farm businesses and landowners But the largest chunk of the farm bill in dollar terms is directed to the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the food stamp program. But the largest chunk of the farm bill in dollar terms is directed to the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the food stamp program.provides

Imagine if you were to lose your shelter. Imagine losing your medical care and life saving medications. Or imagine starving to death all because of the pennsylvania governor's budget cut to get rid of the general cash assistance and the making of revisions of the medical assistance.

46 of the 48 continental states have allowed self-service to pump gas for decades now. Oregon should join them in the name of efficiency & lower prices. Self-serve gas is consistently cheaper and prevents us from wasting time waiting around for an attendant to a> notice a customer, b> realize the pump has stopped.

With 150 addicts visiting a Methadone Clinic every morning between 6:30 & 8:30 when children are walking to school, we are trying to convince the Mayor to find a site in another area. Not in a residential area withing 1/4 mile to an elementary school, a middle school and a high school. Spectrum Health, we've been told, can go anywhere they want, no matter the zoning, because they are an "educational facility" and don't have to abide by the zoning laws the rest of the citizens of Pittsfield have to follow. 8 parking places for a building with 2 apartments and 2 offices would not be allowed for anyone else. Children play all around the designated building and they should not be exposed to this. We need to keep our children and neighbors safe. Please help by signing this petition.

Considering Romney ducked out with a deferment during the Viet Nam War to spend 2 years in Paris recruiting for his Mormon Church how the hell can he gain support among us Veterans? Not many people are aware of this - those who are often comment that Obama wasn't in the service but fail to realize he wasn't of age during the Viet Nam Conflict. You may hear that Romney had an obligation to his Church but shouldn't your obligation to America takes precedence..

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Please tell your Representitives to support AB 341 manditory recycling for businesses and family units of 5 or more.

Americans watch television so let's give the presidential candidates a regular weekly show with online interactive ability for "the people". We can ask questions and/or respond if choices are given. It should start 60 - 90 days before election day. This will enable "the people" 8 -12 opportunities to educate themselves about their presidential choices. It should be free air time for the benefit of the whole country. This can reduce the wasteful mud-slinging and force real commitment on issues.The station with the biggest profits of the year should donate prime time air.

Several reasons 1. Invasion of Privacy it amounts to unlawful search by monitoring what goes on in your home violation of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution 2. These Smart Meters give of Radation which can be a health hazzard in that this radiation is transmitted every 15 minutes 3. NV Energy will be instituting TIME OF DAY RATES at TRIPPLE the normal rate between the hours of 1 to 7 PM. Think about that when air conditioning is need in the summer months. How will people living on fixed incomes be able to afford to pay those rates? We are asking for a NO CHARGE OPT OUT from the Nevada PUC

Dolphins and whales use their hearing for survival and to find food. The Navy uses high frequency underwater sound for testing in the Hawaiian Islands and in CA. This deafens these animals and others. They die as a result. Please sign this petition so the Navy will STOP using these devices and thus killing these innocent creatures of God!