If we don't act now, we will continue to wreak havoc on our food supply by destroying the micro-organisms and worms in the soil, eliminating milkweed (monarch's food supply) and potentially losing our pollinators through poisoning of our soils in general. There has been extensive research now which is available to everyone that may not realize the importance of this.

All citizens deserve equal rights. The citizens of Huntington County should stand up and DEMAND that out legislators vote the will of the people, not the will of special interest groups that fund their campaigns!

I suffer from chronic back and neck pain and I am forced to either live in pain or take addicting and potentially deadly pain killers. I know that marijuana is much safer and it isn't addicting at all. It helps with my pain, but I can't legally use it. I am personally affected, and I would get off all of the pain medication if I could legally use marijuana. Also, I know at least 10 more people in my same situation. It is also wonderful for treating insomnia which I also suffer from. I also just read about a man with COPD or chronic obstructive pulminary disorder who is now able to work and not be on oxygen anymore all because of medical marijuana. I have also been diagnosed with COPD.

New Jack City, The Wire and Scarface did not help their respective cities. More recently, when VH1 released Sorority Sisters, the African-American Sororities acted with such swift action, it resulted in a cancellation of the show. We have to do the same. Portraying our city, our neighborhoods and our residents as violent reinforces bad stereotypes in and around our community. The film will make it more difficult for us to attract high-tech industry, businesses, shops, cafes, gyms and programs for our youth. A movie like this will create a new audience of people that currently do not think of our communities as bad places. We do not need this. Sign the petition to stop the filming of "Chiraq".

I have too many clients struggling to make ends meet, and now our government is blocking much-needed Medicaid expansion. Grandparents raising grandchildren, as a guardian and not as an adoptive parent, are hit particularly hard. The government wants to use the grandparents' income in some cases when determining Medicaid qualification, and this holds up the process for children to get braces and the other medical assistance they need.

This issue relates to many other issues-undocumented people, civil rights, health care, poverty, and crime.

I wish to improve the budget shortfalls and employ all teachers and education personnel. All families and students should be allowed access to no cost or low cost books, equipment, field trips, and special events in a safe environment.

It's something that needs to be done

I work in the downtown area of Los Angeles and I see hundreds of homeless people living on the streets and most will go hungry because they don't have enough money to eat that day. Here's a way for you to help end hunger for the homeless. This money can fund food programs for them.

I'm angry as hell, and I want to do something about it.

In 2004, Texas passed a "Medical Tort Reform" law, promising that by limiting damages from medical malpractice judgements to just $250K, consumers would benefit from lower insurance costs. They didn't. Instead, the most complex cases went unprosecuted because they cost more to pursue than the victims could possibly win, ensuring ONLY the most frivolous cases ever went to trial. End result: dangerous doctors & hospitals go unpunished with no incentive to correct their mistakes, continuing to treat patients who unwittingly entrust their lives to them. Insurance companies saved billions not having to pay out malpractice judgements, ensuring ONLY the MOST frivolous cases ever see the light of day. Texas fell to 50th in the nation as insurance rates continued to soar, and victims of these dangerous doctors were victimized again, denied justice as State Law shielded the people who harmed them. In 2013, my health-conscious mother who walked two miles a day, went to the gym, watched her weight and went dancing on the weekends, decided to ask her doctor about a lump in her cheek. Her doctor told her she had "Stage iV Lymphoma" and needed chemo. I said "No" but her doctor talked her into it anyway. Her doctor failed to tell her to take any precautions and she landed in the hospital with Walking Pneumonia that nearly killed her. The hospital then prescribed medication to "cough up the phlegm." As a result, three days of non-stop coughing later, she suffered a collapsed lung. Nine days after that, after having to tell her nurse that she hadn't had a bowel movement in FIVE DAYS, they got her out of bed (with collapsed lung and tubes in her side) to use a portable commode, went into cardiac arrest and was left a vegetable. The doctors repeatedly lied to us about what happened. When we finally learned what DID happen, no lawyer would take our "excellent" case, citing the Texas Tort Reform "cap" making the case too costly to pursue. When my mother passed away nine miserable months later, I ordered a full autopsy. The result: MY MOTHER NEVER HAD CANCER. Still, we were told we could not sue, citing the "cap" as the reason. This is a dangerous... if not deadly... law that needs to be repealed. It does NOTHING to reduce insurance costs, serving only to make insurance companies rich by denying malpractice victims justice.

Affordable healthcare should be available to all United States citizens and the people of Florida should not be left out.