We as a nation have tried to sell the world on democracy, yet we have less than 60% of eligible voters turn out to vote on any given election. Many people are unable to vote because they have to work during the polls being open. Making this day a national holiday would make voting more accessible to many of our working class.

I am an award winning filmmaker with strong ties to African elephants, esp. In Tanzania and Kenya.

Service members and their families have long been targeted by payday and other high-cost, debt-trap lenders, often with financially ruinous results. Now the Department of Defense has come out with a proposal to close the loopholes that have permitted unscrupulous lenders to go right on marketing triple-digit interest loans to the military, ignoring the 36% cap set by the Military Lending Act of 2007. Payday lenders and their allies will do everything in their power to block this effort. That’s why the rest of us must be loud and clear in telling the Department of Defense to stand by its proposal and stop these lenders from preying on the military, once and for all.

The Citizens of St. Tammany Parish are opposed to the construction of the proposed Helis fracking facility. St. Tammany zoning laws prohibit the placement of this facility. Moreover, the fact that this facility would be Lakeshore High School is unacceptable. We must protect our environment, our public health and our children.

It is overdue, to remind our representatives on Capitol Hill, that they are in our service - and that as citizens, we are not in theirs. For years, our current political parties and their candidates have failed us in fostering economic development, making unbiased decisions of policy, and in uniting the nation. Not a single political figure should be able to live a more financially stable life than members of the middle class, let alone the working class, when in service to the American people. Let alone, when they do not operate in service to the American people, but rather only to themselves.

It is inhumane for a man who has fed the homeless for years to be arrested and intimidated to stop helping the unfortunate. What are these homeless people who are accustomed to meals going to do for food. This economy is hard with so many people not back on their feet. I am deeply and emotionally affected by this chain of events.

I am starting this petition for all those people who don't have any rights who work in retail. My wife and I both work in the retail industry and every year have to give up our time with our families on Thanksgiving day, just to go watch other families having fun and hanging out. What makes people who work in retail any different? Should we not be able to have a day with our family as well? Is waiting one more day really going to change anything, are the sales not going to be there? Besides, every year you hear about another person dying over a sale, or someone getting hurt in a line. Is an object really that more important than a life? Materialistic things will always be there, but time with your family is always more valuable, and doesn't carry a price tag. Please support this and put an end to shopping on holidays.

We need a new national anthem.

We are trying to get a bus stop moved to protect our kids. Decatur Township refuses to move a bus stop that is located right in front of a sex offender's home. Other townships have moved bus stops for this very reason. Decatur chooses not to!

Should this rezoning be passed, Eastwood residents will suffer loss of open green space, depreciating home values, and increased trips per day of non-resident traffic in the community. We are also concerned about the impact this commercial development will have on our wildlife, groundwater and air quality; not to mention the safety and security of our homes and families. The adverse impact on the neighborhood and the environment of losing that much open land far outweighs the benefits of developing the property.

Many consumers are being effected by unethical billing practices from comcast. This practice is causing the consumer more money and less service.

Mayor Menino was the BEST for the past 20 years.Me being a Minority, He has done a very good job for equal opportunities in the Urban Communities...Mr. Boston Strong