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Respect Transit Workers! Lower the Transit Fares!This petition was started in December 2017 at a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus garage after many of our coworkers were unjustly fired. Some of our allies helped to create this video of two transit workers who were assaulted at work – then fired by the transit agency! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCRQHbQjvJM&feature=share We started with about 100 hand-written signatures from transit workers at this one garage and are using this online petition to ask workers from other workplaces and allies to sign with us. If you support the hard work transit workers do for society, please join us by signing this petition and forwarding the link to others to sign too.235 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Erek Slater
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Unidos por Puerto Rico money for the people in need, not the parksUse money donated to Unidos por Puerto Rico to help people who lost their homes to Hurricane Maria, and not to fix parks. The proposal from Beatriz Roselló and her “Office of the First Lady”, does not represent the intentions of the millions of people who donated money. Money should be used to build/rebuild homes of those in need.16 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Vera Rosado
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Sign the petition re: Puerto RicoUS Citizens deserve basic services like clean drinking water.41 of 100 SignaturesCreated by ken kennedy
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No cuts to Social Security or MedicarePaul Ryan and Congress want to cut Social Security & Medicare in 2018.67 of 100 SignaturesCreated by james Eberle
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Social Action Linking Together (SALT) 2018 Legislative PrioritiesIn an effort to protect the dignity of the most vulnerable in Virginia and promote the common good, you are being asked to support the legislative priorities of Social Action Linking Together (SALT). SALT'S goals are to end school lunch shaming of poor children, ensure that correctional facilities that have video visitation services do not abolish or decrease the available in-person visits, limit and end solitary confinement (which is considered to be torture by many religious leaders and healthcare professionals), provide educational opportunities that will help break the cycle of poverty, enable children in needy families to be cared for in their own home or the homes of relatives, end the lifetime ban on Food Stamps (SNAP) and TANF welfare benefits for ex-offenders convicted of felony drug crimes, oppose funding protocols (e.g., Block Grants) that eventually reduce funding for human services and Medicaid, and strengthen kinship guardian care for impoverished children.221 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Robert Stewart--Social Action Linking Together
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PennDOT Needs to Treat & Clean RT 739 of Snow/Ice!Rt 739 is typically left in very unsafe and deadly conditions before, during, and after winter weather; up to and including blizzards, snow, snow showers, sleet, and freezing rain. The entirety of the thoroughfare is left completely untreated, and often times the only tracks cleared through the snow/slush are made only by the citizens traveling the roads. This results in having to inch along an icy, curvy route at 10 MPH, tripling the travel time on the road. This not only puts many people in danger but also causes motor vehicle accidents that may have otherwise been avoided. That, in turn, causes emergency personnel to be overrun with incidents and eventually higher taxes and costs to the citizens. We implore PennDOT to consider this and give this very hazardous issue some much-needed attention.52 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Irene
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Stop Destruction of Historic 1830s Ridgewood Home at 315 East Glen!I grew up in the historic home at 315 East Glen Avenue, which was built in the early 1830s and shares many original architectural and decorative details with the Hermitage and Hohokus Inn (woodwork, moldings, floors, banisters, windows etc.) It has a fascinating history with residents including the actor Edwin Boothe, and was reputed to have been a part of the Underground Railroad. A woman named Miss Colie lived there during the Depression who was supposed to distribute flour and sugar as a part of the WPA program, but she ended up committing suicide in the garage when she was found to have stolen the supplies. Aside from the beauty, history and trees/landscaping that would be lost forever with the destruction of this home, the variances requested create issues for the town and neighborhood including: - non-conformance of buildable and usable square footage to other homes in the area - water collection, drainage and flood prevention given the reduction of trees and grass due to additional paving proposed and requirements for running of utility lines - access and safety of additional cars from secondary home - non-conformance of variances for a home to be set back and sideways - non-conformance to expand pathway to 20 ft, (currently no examples in town) Please join us in opposing the variances that would allow this home to be destroyed and help us to save this historic home for future generations to enjoy as a part of the varied architectural and historic tapestry that make up our community! Thank you for your support!!398 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Jill Williams
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Local SkateparkSurrounding counties such as Suwannee County, Madison County, and Leon County all have skate parks. We should build a skate park for our youth so that they have a safe environment to skate.111 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Cade Johnson
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The internet stays neutral. There is no question.Ajat pai made a simple mistake. Lets help him fix it.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Gork
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Protect Social Security and MedicareThese programs are vital to senior citizens and are targets for budget cuts in the future. Congress needs to protect and preserve these programs.147 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Bill Shepherd
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Tenant Rights LawMy husband and I were recently advised that our landlord was not going to renew our lease all of a sudden after 4 years. We had an issue just three weeks earlier with our car being illegally towed from our parking spot . We contacted the apartments at crystal lake at 3801 Crystal Lake Drive Pompano Beach FL Who is owned by CJM properties in Canada and was advised that we were not going to be reimbursed for the towing fee of 150.00. I contacted CJM Properties via twitter and facebook and the next day we got the 150.00 back, I believe that the owners of these apartment complexes should be forced to provide a good reason for not renewing the lease if the tenant did not violate any terms of the lease. The complexes should have to provide written proof such as if the building is being torn down. Failure to enforce this petition allows the landlord to make up a reason or give no reason thus they can throw a tenant out for retaliation but it becomes difficult to prove. I believe that the tenant rights need to be improved. So with that being said the law needs to state that if the tenant did not violate any terms of the lease, written proof needs to be provided. Cjm Properties and the apartments and crystal lake retaliated against us and throughout a disabled person with cancer2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Rose Ambrosio
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Stop Bank Foreclosures and Homeowner EvictionsThis is something I feel very strongly about and have worked on to resolve. Recent computing technologies allow for corrections of mathematical flaws in the calculation of interest which can be applied . These are solutions which can protect lender funds, family's dignity and maintain the standards and ideals of what the American quality of life should be.19 of 100 SignaturesCreated by A.M.Saad