The Oil City School Board is attempting to outsource cafeteria and maintenance work to a private company. After decades of loyal service, dozens of trusted school employees risk losing their jobs. Instead of relying on well-trained dedicated staff to keep Oil City schools clean and safe, the School Board wants to roll the dice on unaccountable private contractors. Oil City workers and students deserve better. Take action today! The School District thinks that it will save money by outsourcing these jobs, but the truth is that contracting out often raises costs, or simply hides them. And by outsourcing these jobs, the District will have less control over keeping our school clean and safe. Sign the petition today and help Stop Outsourcing in Oil City Schools.

Mental illness isn't a focus of medical marijuana as of yet. The pharmaceutical industry markets a wide variety of medications with severe side effects and risks of dependency, for these illnesses, that have just as many health risks physically, as they claim to fix mentally. Marijuana can be a safer, cheaper, natural, more stable alternative; and the horticultural aspects of cultivation could instill a sense of accomplishment, ingenuity, and self worth in people who otherwise would be forced to take medication they don't fully understand.

The fossil fuel industry is rising up against the strongest limits ever proposed to end the worst climate change polluter: dirty coal plants. But, the industry doesn’t have the public’s support. We do. Dirty power plants are the single largest source of carbon pollution that is driving climate change. Right now, these plants are dumping as much carbon as they want into the atmosphere, and we and our children are stuck with the costs. It's time to adopt common sense limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Tell the EPA you support these limits on carbon pollution and to make them as strong as possible. The polluters and their allies will be doing everything they can to stop it. So let’s give this everything we can.

We have watched as an alarming number of homes in St. Paul neighborhoods have been torn-down/remodeled and rebuilt into manufactured spec homes that are truly out of place.   The selling prices on these homes, frequently exceeding $500K, are guaranteed to result in property tax increases for all of us. With higher taxes, we have lost views and sunlight, lots of old St. Paul charm, and our quality of life.

The city painting unnecessary no parking red lines impacts the value of all homes in the villages of Fairview. No parking signs and extra patrols should have been sufficient without feeling the need to de-value our homes and our neighborhoods.

Growing up I was enrolled in Chicago public schools, by the time I graduated high school I was obese. After high school I weighed in at 365 lbs and was living a dangerous lifestyle. I Wanted Change So I took A trip to China and stayed for almost 1 year. The trip opened my eyes to the ancient mind body practices of yoga and qigong and it helped to transform my life. After my return to the states I quickly lost 200 lbs following the principles of the mind body practices. The entire Chinese population knew these ancient practices because they where introduced at a young age in grammar school. Most of the population is by far healthier and more focused to what they want in life and are happy. Lets give our future generations the meaning of life at a young age so that we don't have to worry about a pandemic of obesity, diabetes, and, the list goes on. The mind body practices also focus in on eating only nutrient dense foods, proper rest, relaxation, exercise, and community involvement making the world a better place one neighborhood at a time. All it takes is 20-30 minutes a day of practice to get the benefits of what these ancient mind body practices have to offer. A perpetual mind body practice gives us a Reduction in BMI, stress, depression, anxiety, sleep apnea, all while increasing focus, immunity, strength, and flexibility. Yoga in schools gives our future generations the head start they need to conquer their school day.

I am a critical thinker

This proposed rezone would allow for the building of high density housing in the form of duplexes within what should be the boundaries of the Stansbury Village HOA. This greatly changes the nature of the neighborhood. Additionally this would create a neighborhood isolated by the major traffic artery of the frontage road and adding to an already congested area of the park.

To help reduce the gigantic income inequality in our country. Presently, the average CEO of American corporations is earning over 300 times the minimum wage. If it is legal to have a minimum wage law, then why not a maximum wage law? Wendell H. Williams Democratic Nominee U.S. Congress (ca.10)

I am concerned about the potential for ground water contamination and the undisclosed possible effect of the toxic chemicals used in fracking.

My son Jacob has been diagnosed with extreme anxiety most likely due to Atypical Autism (PDD-NOS), ADD and/or Tic Disorder. He has been a "special needs" child since he was about 3 years old. Our medical insurance companies, Emblem Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield, have both denied him coverage for I.V. Sedation in the hospital to get his cavities fixed (2 cavities being really bad now). Her has been to 3 different pediatric dentists, with more than 7 office visits, has been under the nitrous oxide, and no one has been able to complete any of the dental procedures, due to my son's extreme anxiety, and also due to his sensory processing disorder, which is a symptom of the PDD-NOS. It has been strongly suggested not only by his pediatric dentists, but by his behaviorist and pediatrician as well, that for my son's best interest he should be put under I.V. sedation in an outpatient room in a hospital in order to complete all of the dental work that needs to be done! I think that all medical insurance companies should be mandated to cover this, so that my son isn't scarred for life by being held down in a dental jacket while he screams in a dental chair, scared out of his mind!! Please help me by signing this petition! I am sure there are a lot of mothers going trough this, and who cannot afford a $10,000 hospital bill! If I cannot help my child, I hope to help other families going through the same situation.

Breast pumps are recommended by pediatricians and lactation consultants, not only as a way to increase milk supply, but to bottle feed breast milk to babies for working mothers. The advantages to breast feeding are well-known and if a mother chooses to breastfeed her baby, she should be able to using resources such as an effective breast pump. The harm that the defective Ameda breast pump has caused includes but is not limited to the following: physical stress to the mother's breast, low if any output, psychological stress, failure for her baby to thrive, the introduction of supplemental formula or solid foods before the mother wants to do so, increased financial burden for means to increase milk supply including doctor's appointments, vitamins, and other resources for the mother and the child, missed work due to inability to pump breast milk, and more.