• Frank Skillern Jr: Has served enough time for crime.
    My brother Frank Skillern Jr. sentenced to 18 years in jail for robberies committed in 2006. He has served 9 years in prison and is a completely changed man. Frank is ready to move on from those mistakes and better himself.
    71 of 100 Signatures
    Created by tyrona Skillern
  • VOTE OR PAY THE FINE
    Get out the Vote! In Australia this type of law has been standard for many years. We need it in the USA more than ever because we often elect our representatives with less than twenty per cent voting.
    25 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Martin Pitts
  • Bring Back "Renegade" at Heinz Field
    We feel that the song "Renegade" by Styx has a history with the Pittsburgh Steelers like no other song before it. The opening a capella prelude acts as the ominous warning to the opposition, letting it know that trouble was on the horizon. Steelers' Marketing man Mike Marchinski started by playing it during games when the stadium opened. Within the last few years, it has become inexplicably connected to the Defense. Anytime the song is played on the defensive side, it brings with it a successful stop of the offense. Notably, in a Pittsburgh-Dallas game in December of 2008 Troy Polamalu notched an interception return for a touchdown. Sept. 7 of 2014 was the first time it was not played, and the defense was uninspired, and it nearly cost the game. We feel that "Renegade" should be brought back....ASAP!
    453 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Josh Widdowson
  • No light duty for PREGNANT Kentucky police officer??
    When Florence, Kentucky police officer Lyndi Trischler was five months pregnant with her second child and no longer able to wear the body armor or utility belt required for her patrol work, because they didn’t fit, made it difficult to breathe and caused her pain, she let her supervisors know. [1] She also experienced the onset of heart palpitations and, according to the Washington Post, at her doctor’s urging, she asked if she could be assigned to light duty for the duration of her pregnancy. [2] Her supervisor refused the request. [3] Why? Because of a new citywide policy that denies any modified duty to any city employee who requests it, unless they have an on the on-the-job injury. [4] This policy goes against the Americans with Disability Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pregnancy discrimination enforcement guidance, and in this case, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Urge Florence, Kentucky Mayor Diane E. Whalen to change the city’s discriminatory policy to be in full compliance with the law NOW and to let Lyndi get back to work! For more information from our partners at A Better Balance who are representing Officer Trischler in her legal efforts, click here: http://www.abetterbalance.org/web/component/content/article/50-fairnessworkplace/315-lyndi-trischler [1] The Washington Post: Pregnant women fight to keep jobs via "reasonable accommodations." [2] Ibid. [3] USA Today, Police work, pregnancy collide in Ky. Town; CBS News: Field work or no pay for pregnant Kentucky police officer Lyndi Trischler. [4] A Better Balance: We're fighting back for Officer Trischler.
    49 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Ruth Martin Picture
  • Appeal QuikTrip SAP BL-13-001
    The approval of QuikTrip SAP BL-13-001 will greatly harm the existing Neighborhoods of Berkeley Park and Underwood Hills. The QuikTrip SAP BL-13-001 has multiple Administrative Variances that do not provide greater protection to the public as required by the Beltline Overlay and the City of Atlanta Zoning Ordinance.
    377 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Heather Hubble
  • Texas Accept Medicaid Expansion
    Providing healthcare to 1.5 million poor people, mainly women and children, in Texas, thereby saving lives and, in the long run, to save money through preventive healthcare.
    36 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Lawrence Estaville
  • Denounce Mike McFadden’s tax dodge
    Showing the hypocrisy of Mike McFadden.
    166 of 200 Signatures
    Created by Mohammad
  • End the Electoral College
    The Electoral College has failed to guarantee the election of the President of the United States elected by the people. Ending it and electing presidents by popular vote in the future will provide for a president that is truly elected by the people.
    18,992 of 20,000 Signatures
    Created by Gary Revel
  • Chris Lighty - Reopen the Case
    This Petition is to reopen the case on Darrell "Chris" Lighty. Requesting that the city of New York provide the needed materials for us to do our own gun residue test and independent autospy by Michael Baden and to look closely at the facts and help my family get some closure as we do not feel that Darrell committed suicide.
    687 of 800 Signatures
    Created by David Lighty
  • END NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA NOW!!!
    I see too many images of Black people that are associated with racist stereotypes. It's especially true in reality TV, the news and music videos. There are limited representations of Black people on TV and most of what's on give Black Americans bad images which, as research proves, can affect the mindset of people who watch it. I am asking for an investigation into the corporate media's practices that promote these harmful images and hold them accountable! There is racism within the media and it has to stop!
    22 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Bro. James Wolf
  • Petition against the sale of waterfront land and the use of TID #13 in Superior, WI
    UPDATE: 1/27/2015: Mayor Hagen admitted offering Public Trust Land to ZMC during the Mayoral public forum on 01/21/2015 (watch 35 min mark here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsSXhjaoNc ). City is continuing to pursue the hotel development project despite ZMC selling off its assets. UPDATE: 1/1/2015: Per Jason Serck of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Superior, they are "still working on the site plan." UPDATE: On 9/10/2014, Jason Serck of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Superior, WI, has informed me that they are postponing the public hearing (scheduled September 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 201 at the Government Center, 1316 North 14th Street, Superior, WI) until a future date (to be determined). This gives us more time to continue voicing our concerns, gather more signatures, and talk to the Mayor, Redevelopment Authority and City Councilors. Why we started this petition: • To the best of our knowledge, the location of the Hampton Inn & Suites hotel to be built by ZMC Hotels, Inc. and Zenith Superior, LLC. may potentially violate the Wisconsin’s constitution, as part of the land that is planned to be sold to the developer used to be covered by water and was later filled to create land. Under the state’s constitution, article 9, section 1, filled land belongs to the citizens of Wisconsin and is protected by the Public Trust Doctrine. Legally, permissible uses for such filled land include public recreation and maritime commerce only. Hotels and similar developments are explicitly prohibited on such public land. The hotel site is also considered a part of the wetlands and is protected by the Rivers and Harbors Act and the Clean Water Act. Hence, legally, before the land sale and development can take place, Wisconsin DNR and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must study the area and approve the land boundaries. • Taxpayers’ money should be used to finance public goods and services. Superior, WI needs to spend public funds to fix our roads, not subsidize a private corporation. By providing a public subsidy to the developer through Tax Incremental District #13, the City of Superior will divert $2.2 million in future tax revenue from local schools, libraries, roads, fire department and other public goods and services to subsidize ZMC Hotels, Inc. and Zenith Superior, LLC. If public subsidies are used, they should be of reasonable amounts and benefit the city. For example, other cities reasonably require that TIF financing does not exceed 5-10% of the market value of a new development and that at least one full-time job is created for every $40,000 in public assistance. In this case, public assistance will constitute over 30% of the projected market value of the hotel and the developer is required to create only 13 full-time jobs, as opposed to 37 full-time jobs that other cities would reasonably require. Further, deeding a public parking lot serving the Bong Museum to a private developer, displacing a public playground, subsidizing private development costs, and providing other cash incentives to the developer – all of these constitute misuse of public funds as well.
    202 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Zamira Simkins
  • Congress pay voice to skull victims in Nevada
    Victims of voice to skull needs this to start the healing process of the torture and illegal spying and attemps of murder that has been done to us.. Voice to skull is covert weapon that is being used to murder and torture its victim and how the white house and dept of justice is doing everything to discredit and deny victims due process and life free of covert torture
    1,216 of 2,000 Signatures
    Created by Eric Griffin