I urge you to support, SENATE BILL No. 102, to MODIFY OR OPT OUT of the Federal Ban on temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) AND FOOD STAMPS for individuals with drug convictions.

The storm is over but the healthcare crisis in New York is still unfolding – and likely to get worse. The response from city, state, and federal officials has been too little and too late. Urgent action and greater coordination are needed to help thousands of people in desperate need. Several of New York City’s critical care hospitals – Coney Island Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, and NYU Langone – are projected to be closed for months to come, making for a health hazard of epic proportions. There’s currently no Level 1 Trauma Center from 57th Street to the tip of Manhattan! Thousands of New Yorkers – in Staten Island, the Rockaways, Coney Island, and beyond – are still stuck in their homes with no heat, no electricity, and urgent, and unattended, medical needs. Many of these people will get worse the longer they go unattended. Children and seniors are especially in need of attention. Access to medication and medical devices is severely limited. We need to hold Mayor Bloomberg accountable for getting healthcare to New Yorkers who need it. Please sign this petition to demand that Mayor Bloomberg take immediate action to care for New Yorkers who have severely limited access to healthcare. Don’t let a natural disaster be followed by a public health disaster.

The American people (the 99%) have been messed with for too long. We need to demand that taxes be raised (back to Clinton-era rates) on the ultra rich. No cuts to important programs like Medicare and Social Security. The country is stronger when we the people are stronger.

All Americans throughout the USA, It is time to build for the future

Unemployment rates are decreasing slowly yet far too many are having extreme difficulty locating employment along with family or friends who want and NEED to work to elevate the economy. We will be left out in the cold with no other resources to maintain living expenses or afford healthcare. Please speak out to have these benefits extended as they were previously for the 99ers and contact your state/federal officials ASAP so this can be addressed in the Fiscal Cliff Bill!

Under the 21st century communication act, a certain percentage of T.V. shows, major movie studio released DVD's, and movie theaters are to have audio description for the blind and visually impaired. Some movie theaters in Sacramento and surrounding areas has discontinued their audio description service.

The President’s first post-election confrontation with the GOP – over the supposed fiscal cliff Republicans created – is about to unfold, and many of us fear that once again the President will lean over backwards to accommodate the party of denial and intransigence. Though a three-million vote majority re-elected President Obama, Democrats increased their Senate majority, and more people actually voted for Democratic Party candidates for the House of Representatives than for Republicans, there is a danger the President will compromise away what the majority voted for in order to avoid a fiscal crisis. This petition urges the President to defy Republican blackmail. We don't need a "grand deal" that's a "grand sell-out."

To put more money in the polititions hands, California State has imposed a new Fire Prevention Fee (NOT A TAX, THET SAY) upon habitable stuctures or parcels in what they call the responsibility areas. These fees (or really taxes) go up to $150.00 per year. I live in a 3 bedroom house and just paid $115.00 for this bogus tax. I am outraged. Jerry Brown approved this. I want to protest this effort to further strap the public for our government's failure to control their spending. I am calling upon our legislature to overturn this fee.

Lithonia is DIRTY, and lacking in sidewalks for those that use public transportation and there are plenty of taxpayers here, so how are our tax dollars being spent????

Part of the issue with Social Security and Medicare solvency revolves around the Baby Boom generation which is beginning to retire. We need to ensure those systems are there for them.

Tax all salaries and wages the same for Social Security (FICA) purposes. There is no justification for a cap on taxable earnings.

Preserve Affordable Healthcare and Social Security or strengthen it.