This is a national and now international embarrassment,hundreds,perhaps thousands are trying to get that disgraceful court to listen to reason, but their arrogance and lack of intelligence does not allow them to see the public opinion is against this, instead of looking for a compassionate end of this tax payers waste of money, both the DA and the Judge Dean Dedmon in Dyersburg City Court instead are taking a confrontational position against the community ,the nation and animal lovers world wide. We are trying to save the dog from an unusual and cruel punishment by the city, this is the type of behavior that gets any community angry against the court system, and I ask, would not be more effective to listen to your community instead of confronting it?

In 2007, the citizens of San Francisco gave SFMTA authority to manage and update City parking policies, without ongoing oversight from the Board of Supervisors. SFMTA published the 'Policies for On-Street Parking Management' document in order to "provide transparency in how the agency makes decisions." The agency promised the document contained "no new policies" and only clarified "where we do (and do not) use parking meters and residential parking permits.” Public data, internal emails, and dissenting staff memos prove otherwise. SFMTA staff misled their own Board of Directors and violated the public trust by creating all new policies. Even after appeals from 20+ neighborhood and business associations and the agency's Citizen Advisory Committee to rescind the policies, the SFMTA Board has taken no action. The Board of Supervisors must step in to provide oversight and accountability.

This petition is to fight for stronger enforceable regulations and laws for the protection of Minor (children/teens) within and throughout the MUSIC INDUSTRY. Exploitation, over working, manipulation & bullying activity against performing/creative artists in the music industry has been going on for years, but now that the industry is LOSING MONEY to downloads and piracy, etc... the misconduct of many RECORD COMPANY Owners, execs, producers & their associates, have become criminal and beyond. Their titles/actions/positions are neither mandated by certification, monitored by a hierarchy of supervision, nor are they held accountable for their moral/criminal activities even when reported to authorities. Due to their 'celebrity' status, they are running free and rampant as they commit repeated counts of such criminal acts as sexual harassment, extreme intimidation, mind control activity, repeated drug/alcohol sharing and use while on the job with their employees & sexual misconduct activity on many levels, all of which seem to have NO ceiling or limits to stop them…including age. A 'minor’ child/ teen showing promising future stardom could mean more longevity & return of their investments, they see them as a way to help them maintain their status and lifestyle. With so many highly publicized reality TV talent shows allowing kids and teens of all ages to compete, these Music bosses seem to have discovered a new pool of talent to choose from continuing the same misconduct and will stop at nothing to DIVIDE these impressionable youth from their families as quickly as possible doing what they want with them. How? Using extreme intimidation on both child and parents, feeding the child lies & promising gifts as a pat on the back when these youth complain about their frustrations with the rules in their schools, home or amidst any other normal underage parent/child issues. These execs take advantage of these situations so that they turn these young kids against their own parents WAY before their frontal lobe has even developed the capacity to understand the long term effects of their interactions. Consequently, not only ruining & interfering with the development of the minor, but also ripping families apart at the core. Undoing their upbringing, using their IDOLIZED STATUS to guide these young artists in the direction of what they think is considered ‘cool’. YES, our personal experience drives this campaign! While employed by and under contract with a reputable record company, our kids were the victims of several wrong doings by this company and their associates. Hardest of all to stomach were those targeting our MINOR daughter who, upon turning 17, was gradually enticed into Statutory rape by her 35 yr old Record company CEO/Boss, and the person of authority in her new work world after months of secretly luring and transmitting and eventually exchanging pornographic text messages with her. This he did while simultaneously texting the rest of the family to say ‘how great’ we were for raising such a 'talented and amazing star' and complimenting each ‘banger’ or ‘hit’ she and her brother had recorded or created while at the studio, etc…and making promise after promise to everyone in the family. Strangely enough, we would never actually see or hear a finished music product come out of their studio, in spite of the near 40 + songs they recorded there throughout that time. What lead up to this? Our daughter, at age 16 and two of our sons, one 18 and the other 27, were ‘signed’ to what we thought was a BIG BAD (good) Record Deal. These very reputable Music execs made many promises to us all, especially repeated promises that THEIR record company was a FAMILY and so THEY could be TRUSTED, etc… We were all THRILLED to see that - after the years of hard work and musical/artistic/performance development exerted by all prior to this offer - our 'bundles of joy’ had finally landed THE BIG BAD RECORD DEAL they dreamed of! Sadly, this proved to be the worst decision we had ever made as a family! How could this have happened? We now know….it was the oldest method in the book…the 'divide-and-conquer’ method! This Record company team FIRST divided the family by pinning the three artists against each other, eventually dropping our oldest son to get him out of the way, stating many unfounded reasons and that he was asking too many questions. SOON after sent a threatening email to their Mom after she made reasonable requests for that which was best for our daughter, stating that our daughter would 'lose her opportunities' if she didn't do what she was told and if Mom didn't butt out...and Ccd our daughter! (and those were only a couple of the ways they attempted to divide the family) Soon after the CEO had his associates take our daughter to high end concerts without asking our parent permission first and then on fancy trips to 'inspire her music' as he adorned her with high end gifts. Later we learned that his sexual encounters with her mainly happened close to the times HE PLANNED FOR HER TO NEGOTIATE further business deals he wanted her to agree to or beg us to agree to. Since this was all new to her, she was so young and was secretly ‘in love’, she did not even realize that the adjoined activities were connected. As the months progressed his alluring text messages and smooth talks eventually influenced her to quit high school, sending her such messages while she was in class as, “I hate School”, “I want you laying next to me” and continued to adorn her with more gifts. All of this influenced her decisions to lie to us, her parents, as well as her brothers and others about her whereabouts, her newly acquired ’things’ and more. Over time he gradually provided her with drugs & alcohol and exposed her to guns & other criminal types of activity. All of these interactions continued up to her 18th birthday and beyond before we found out and could do anything to stop it. Unfortun...

In both 2010 and 2012, at least half the students in the San Francisco Unified School District skipped classes to attend the Giants World Series victory parades. Because schools receive state funding based on daily attendance, these absences resulted in losses of over $160,00 in 2012 alone to the school district. This is a loss our schools can ill afford, and yet who can blame students for wanting to share in the Giants' victory? We call on Larry Baer, President and CEO of the Giants, to donate at least $160,000 to the SFUSD this year (2014) to compensate for the lost funding our schools will experience as their students join in celebrating our 2014 World Champion San Francisco Giants. Let the Giants and SFUSD BE STRONGER TOGETHER! BE CHAMPIONS TOGETHER! LET'S GO GIANTS! LET'S GO SFUSD!

We are starting this petition to help end human trafficking in the U.S. We also want to end the human trafficking in other countries to save woman and children from sexual abuse.

1. THE PROPERTIES TARGETED FOR THESE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDED IN THE LEWES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PRESERVATION BECAUSE BUILDING ON THEM WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE AREA. THE COMPREHENSIVE HAS THE FORCE OF LAW. 2. THE PROPERTIES TARGETED FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF WETLANDS AND THE ONLY REMAINING WOOD IN LEWES. DESTROYING THEM WILL CREATE HAZARDS FOR OUR CITIZENS AND LOWER PROPERTY VALUES 3. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS VERY SMALL TOWN IS NOT IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL CREATE HAZARDS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, INCREASE FLOOD WATER RUNOFF, CLOG EVACUATION ROUTES, DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES, AND EVENTUALLY RAISE TAXES. 4. THEY VIOLATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MITIGATION OF FLOOD WATER MANAGEMENT, THUS RAISING OUR FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS. 5. THESE POORLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IGNORE TENETS OF GOOD CITY PLANNING.

Dear Attorney General Holder: Young people across this country need you to take strong action to improve the delivery of legal services to children who come into contact with the juvenile delinquency system. As the 50th anniversary of the seminal United States Supreme Court case In re Gault fast approaches, juvenile indigent defense systems across this nation remain under-developed, under-resourced, and fundamentally unfair to the children they are designed to serve. Although Gault extended due process rights to juveniles in delinquency proceedings and acknowledged the high stakes and collateral consequences associated with a juvenile court adjudication, the promises of Gault and due process are merely illusory for far too many youth. The juvenile defense field is tainted by a history of neglect and disregard of the role of the juvenile defender in the delinquency process. Wrought with systemic barriers inhibiting access to counsel, the harm associated with juvenile court involvement continues to grow exponentially. An alarming number of youth appear in court unrepresented, and youth are entering plea agreements and waiving counsel at an extremely high rate. On the front end, most states fail to appoint counsel early enough to ensure meaningful client assistance, and on the back end, a disturbing number of youth do not have access to counsel during the post-disposition phase, leaving critical legal needs unmet. Very few states deem children truly indigent, and youth and families are often saddled with costly fees, fines, surcharges, and other expenses that make representation prohibitive and can lead to future court involvement or incarceration for failure to pay. Many juvenile defenders are overburdened with heavy caseloads and work within offices that have extremely limited resources, restricting access to investigators, social workers, and even the most basic tools of legal practice such as LexisNexis or Westlaw. Nearly 20 years ago, these and other horrific systemic deficiencies were documented in A Call for Justice—a national assessment of access to counsel and quality of representation in delinquency proceedings. The National Juvenile Defender Center’s (NJDC) subsequent assessments of 21 state juvenile indigent defense systems confirm these unsettling problems and demonstrate that there is still much work to do. Recognizing the dire need to overhaul juvenile indigent defense systems and advance reform nationally, the Department of Justice (DOJ) established the Juvenile Indigent Defense Special Initiative—a collaborative project between NJDC and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to create a roadmap to fully develop the field. With this charge, NJDC intensely engaged juvenile defense experts and stakeholders across the country arming OJJDP and DOJ with substantive information and recommendations to lift juvenile defense practice. Now it is time to act. We, the undersigned, call upon you to: Promote Specialization in Juvenile Defense Practice The failure to recognize juvenile defense as a highly specialized practice has resulted in inadequate representation. Juvenile defense requires a unique skill set and knowledge base that is considerably different and broader than what is needed for adult criminal defense. The practice is equally as intellectually challenging and akin to appellate or capital work. Establishing training programs and promulgating standards that are specific to juvenile defense and incorporate adolescent development, such as the Juvenile Training Immersion Program (JTIP) and the National Juvenile Defense Standards, is imperative to promote specialization and regulate the practice. Establish Solid Infrastructure to Deliver High Quality Juvenile Defense A system is only as strong as its foundation. As it stands, there is little to no infrastructure in place to support high quality juvenile defense practice. However, the array of juvenile indigent defense delivery systems that currently exist across the country present vast opportunities for reform and innovation. High quality systems will necessarily be structured differently, but each must provide: (1) a comprehensive scope of representation, including appointment beginning no later than the first court appearance and continuing until the client is discharged from the system; (2) intentional leadership such as juvenile chiefs; (3) a commitment to specialization that is rooted in sound developmental practices; (4) access to high quality training and standards that guide and uniform practice; and (5) specialized units within the practice to handle complex juvenile defense issues, such as appeals, post-disposition advocacy, sex offenses, and juvenile transfer to adult court. Without the building blocks of a well-functioning juvenile indigent defense system that embraces the Ten Core Principles for Providing Quality Delinquency Representation Through Public Defense Delivery Systems, it is exceedingly difficult to ensure due process in juvenile court. Resource the Juvenile Defense Field to Support Widespread Innovation Advancing and sustaining meaningful juvenile defense reform requires resources. The juvenile defense community is ripe with ideas to ensure access to counsel, enhance juvenile defense practice, and expand the capacity of juvenile defenders to provide high quality representation to youth. It is imperative to resource this work at the federal, state, and local levels and invest in widespread innovation across all of the 50 states and territories to advance reform. In spite of the lack of resources and the daily challenges facing front-line juvenile defenders, the juvenile defense community works tirelessly to innovate and zealously advocate for policy and practice reforms to uphold Gault. The juvenile defense community has the expertise and talent to advance reform, and has demonstrated readiness to take on this important work; however, we cannot tackle this we...

Our Congress is under the thumb of big money courtesy of the United States Supreme Court, and of stale, defeated leadership in the United States Senate. The result of this defeated leadership is the stalemate big money so cherishes because it perpetuates their unfettered right to pollute, impoverish, outsource, tax dodge, foreclose, unemploy, deploy and otherwise enrich itself at the expense of the rest of us,

For our collective future

The children that live in the neighborhood need a safe place to play, climb and explore nature.

I do not believe that the “Diversity Questionnaire” is separated from the job application itself. When we disclose our "Race," it is then used against us, therefore not giving us a fair chance to have an interview with the employer. Let’s stop employers from using race to discriminate against people of color. Please demonstrate your concern about race discrimination by signing this petition today!

I am the Director of Eye of the Whale Research. We are a non-profit Research group studying humpback whales in the North Gulf Coast of Alaska. Humpback whales have had a great recovery in the North Pacific Ocean after commercial whaling was banned. Now thousands of whales come to feed in our coastal waters. I am deeply concerned about the Navy’s plans to use sonar and underwater explosives in this area where so many whales are feeding. The Navy’s supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) was thorough and a very updated source of abundance data for marine mammals inhabiting the North Gulf coast of Alaska. In this draft it is stated many times that there is little known about the affects of sonar and loud noises on the inner soft auditory and organ tissue and brains of marine mammals. Most of the experimentation was done with terrestrial animals, ie small mammals or bovine tissue (which is cow meat) were submerged in cages and exposed to sounds and sonar. Marine mammals are different than terrestrial mammals. They have adapted to their marine environment in many delicate and refined ways. Stranded marine mammals are difficult to study because either they are damaged by the time they are found or the tissue gets crushed during investigation. But by freezing the skulls and using cat scans it has been proven that some stranded whales have blood around their brains and have suffered from something similar to what we call “the bends”. There have been too many mass strandings that have been related to sonar activities in the vicinity to ignore the dangers it causes to marine mammals. Truly we do not have any way of knowing the whole story of the affects of Navy mid range sonar and large explosives on sea mammals. Quantifying the temporary or permanent damages caused to the animals by the Navy activities is guesswork. Many mammals affected could be dying at sea or abandoning their normal ranges. Thousands of hours of study and millions of our tax dollars have gone into it trying to prove that sonar is not damaging marine mammals and we all know it can and does. In the North Gulf coast there are many species listed as “Endangered” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act: the western north pacific grey whales, the north pacific right whales (of which there are 31 remaining in the entire ocean), the Alaska North Pacific stock of sperm whales, the Stellar sea lion , and the heavily hunted sei, and minke whales. Though not listed, there are also three kinds of beaked whales, of the family Mesoplodon, of which we know very little about. They are rarely seen and regularly dive to depths of over 2000 feet. These odd and often solitary beaked whales can stay down for over an hour and feed in the deep dark trenches off our continental shelf. This alone makes them very difficult to study. We have had a few of these mysterious whales wash up on the shores of Kachemak Bay. All these endangered whales communicate, navigate and hunt with sound. There is no arguing that both sonar and explosives affect their lives. In our remote North Gulf coast waters monitoring damages to the thousands of endangered marine mammals that feed on our food rich waters would be impossible. The next training is planned for June 2015. All the endangered whales will have just arrived from their migration to the North Gulf Coast from all over the North Pacific…bad timing. As I understand the Navy is presenting three alternatives. The “no action alternative” would be to continue their normal practice off the North Gulf coast with no sonar or explosives. Alternatives 1 and 2 would add various degrees of sonar and explosives. In the conclusions of the EIS/OEIS both Alternatives 1 and 2, I quote: • May affect, and is likely to adversely affect, the North Pacific right whale, humpback whale, blue whale, fin whale, sei whale, sperm whale, and the Western Distinct Population Segment of Steller sea lion • May affect, and is not likely to adversely affect Western North Pacific gray whale, and the Southwest Alaska stock of Northern sea otter I cannot live with these two alternatives. I suggest the “no action alternative”, which I understand would not allow the use of sonar or under water explosives. This is the wrong time and the wrong place for this kind of war practice.