My three children are involved in the junior tennis program at Lifetime Fitness Vestavia Hills, primarily because Jenny Robb is the instructor. Other clubs in the area simply hire recent college graduates and assume they have the knowledge and ability to coach young children. Jenny has the heart of a teacher, a passion for continued self learning and true experience; characteristics that are obviously valued by Lifetime Atlanta. Why can't Vestavia Hills have as good a tennis program as Atlanta? We deserve it, and shouldn't have to settle for another coach.

Raising a few chickens in our backyards has many benefits! Fresh eggs from chickens that are treated humanely and fed a healthy diet. Taking care of chickens with our kids will reach the next generation where food comes from as well as responsibility for another living thing. It will help the environment by reducing bugs and naturally fertilizing our yards and gardens. Hens aren't loud like roosters so they won't be a nuisance, and having just a handful of hens will make it simple to keep their roost clean and the chickens healthy.

Fluoridation of the public drinking water is unethical, ineffective and harmful. The Harvard School of Public Health and other recent studies have found fluoride to be linked to lower IQ in children. You cannot control the dose- Erin Brockovich explained it best- “Bottomline folks, the dose cannot be controlled. Once fluoride is put in the water it is impossible to control the dose each individual receives because people drink different amounts of water. Being able to control the dose a patient receives is critical." Water fluoridation doesn’t even work- both the CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) have noted that there is no discernible difference in tooth decay between developed countries that fluoridate their water and those that do not. Many cities across the United States and countries abroad have voted to have this known neurotoxin removed from their drinking supply and have succeeded. Let’s be next!

As an American we are required to have a driver's license AND insurance to drive a car. The personal liability is similar. Gun violence can kill your personal economy. We must require all gun owners to carry proper insurance.

Because I'm a proud American and I want our Flag made by proud Americans!

My children attend Rochester Community Schools, which has already been forced to cut 80 teachers due to budget constraints and burdens from Lansing. Bill 103 only adds additional and unnecessary burdens to school districts throughout the State of Michigan, which will negatively impact our children. Our children's education should be our top priority, and this Bill should be stopped.

Following the lead of Mayor Ras Baraka, over a dozen mayors from across the country co-sponsored a resolution at the U.S. Conference of Mayors that calls for banks to release delinquent mortgages to community based lenders. This is a major effort to stop our neighborhoods from being raided for profit over by Wall Street. Mayors and City Councils from coast-to-coast are anxiously awaiting your leadership against this crisis and are ready to stand with you in this fight against Wall Street! When Ras Baraka became Mayor a year ago, WE became Mayor! We believe in Newark and in the resilience of our communities. Unfortunately, families in Newark continue to lose homes to predatory lending and illegal foreclosures by banks. Meanwhile abandoned homes and vacant buildings created by the foreclosure crisis sit empty while private equity firms from Wall Street speculate and profit from our neighborhoods. Local elected leaders in cities hit hard by foreclosures, have looked to Newark as a model to get toxic and delinquent mortgages out of the hands of speculators and into the hands of financial organizations that will work to get large scale principle reduction for our communities. Aware of the commitments Mayor Baraka made during his campaign, a growing movement of local leaders stands ready to join the fight against the foreclosure crisis created by Wall Street. Homeowners in Newark are building a movement to push for housing justice in our city – and our work here will blaze a trail for activists and local elected leaders everywhere! We demand aggressive local action by the City of Newark to seize toxic “PLS” mortgages and to move distressed mortgages from banks into the hands of good actors, like community-based investors, who are concerned about the future of Newark families struggling to save their homes and neighborhoods from profiteering Wall Street banks and private equity firms. Mayor Baraka – your leadership on this issue has jumpstarted a national movement of municipalities demanding justice from Wall Street. It is time for Newark to lead the next phase of the battle. Please take the courageous steps that will reset these troubled mortgages and stabilize the housing market in our neighborhoods.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is trying to raise the Determination of Need (DON) scores, this will eliminate personal assistants for 10,000 Illinois disabled and 30,000 seniors. I will lose my assistant even though I am a double amputee. Please sign this petition to stop this agregious act.

Using inhabited islands for live-fire (bombing) training is in itself a violation of human decency. To approve lip service only to protecting all forms of wildlife on or around those islands is grossly negligent and should be considered criminal - NOT acceptable. But what the US military wants NOAA approves. Our islands are special, all of our species of wildlife and coral are special, some are endangered now. ALL will be endangered by the US Military if they are allowed to proceed with such an outrageous plan. We only have until Aug 4, 2015 to make our opinions known.

Church and State are separate. For the millions of religious groups or ignorant, bigoted preferences, State employees do not have the "Right to Refuse Service" do to their bigoted, political or religious choice, as they are paid employees to serve everyone in the State. They can no longer deny filing this union contract between two people including the .05% born with atypical genitalia, the surgical alteration by choice or health, or personal choice of sexual orientation is. Just as the "One Drop Rule" Texas retained their old "blood fraction" statutes de jure, but amended these fractions (one-sixteenth, one-thirty-second) to be equivalent to one-drop de facto-that would have denied Ted Cruz and Gov. Abbot's marriages due to anti-miscegenation statutes in the Dallas Records building, at the desk across from the "Whites Only" sign etched in marble above the water fountain where Ted and Abbott's wife could be arrested for being thirsty. As Texas can no longer deny the religious ideology, race, country of origin, Health premarital blood tests and pelvic examinations as it is no business of any clerk (still CT, DC, IN and MT do) or Adultery Status.

Historically, precise birth data of world leaders has always been recorded and available to the public. In monarchies, the moment of birth of any heir to a throne is (to this very day) formally announced and published by the nation of his/her birth. The births of many early U.S. presidents were recorded in family bibles. But in recent years, knowing the value of precise birth times (to astrologers in particular), many candidates have guarded that information. We believe that this information should, going forward, ALWAYS be public. In 2008 -- continuing well into his presidency, and despite publishing his long form Hawaiian birth certificate -- President Obama has been continuously harassed by unfounded charges that he was not born in the USA. This, while Ted Cruz and John McCain were born in Canada and Panama respectively. Long form birth certificates routinely state the date, precise time and place of birth. We have never seen Hillary Clinton's birth record nor that of Ted Cruz or Bernie Sanders, so clearly this is a non-partisan issue. Let's insist that all candidates be treated equally and be required to provide this important document to the American public.

I was born in Puerto Rico, and I have family on the Inland. My family has always been loyal to the USA. My grandfather fought in World War I, my father fought in World War II, my uncle fought in Korea, and my cousins fought in Vietnam. We now need help!