Taxpayers are paying for cruel native wild horse roundups in the West--where Big Oil wants to Frack for oil and natural gas--and needs water to do so. A lot of natural gas will be sold to Asia, to make electricity. During and after roundups many wild horses are injured: foals are often killed and many mares miscarry their babies. Currently 50,000 native wild horses are stockpiled in holding, at-risk of going to slaughter, and should be returned to live on public land. Less than 18,000 indigenous wild horses are estimated to be living in freedom now. The National Academy of Sciences reported there is "No Evidence" of overpopulation. www.ProtectMustangs.org has called for population studies with a moratorium on roundups yet Congress is turning a deaf ear. Is the Oil and Gas Lobby influencing our democracy? Indigenous horses fill their ecological niche on public land. They help to reverse desertification, reduce risk of wildfires and create biodiversity for many species to thrive. Please help protect our native wild horses before the herds are destroyed.

Frequently Asked Questions 1. Why is this issue important? The Hunterdon Art Museum Terrace was reopened on November 29th, after a long and costly renovation. This beautiful spot is a perfect setting for public and private events. Keeping the Terrace car-free will protect and enhance the charm of Clinton and ultimately draw more visitors who will shop, dine and enjoy our community. 2. Who owns the Terrace? The Terrace is owned by the Hunterdon Art Museum and located in downtown Clinton along the South Branch of the Raritan River. 3. Is the Terrace open to the public? The Art Museum allows free public access to the site except when the Museum is using it for private events. 4. Why is parking being considered? Parking and easy access to downtown Clinton are important issues. Prior to the recent expansion, parking was permitted on part of this site. Current approved plans call for 8 parking spaces to be constructed. When the Terrace was completed, Museum Trustees and others recognized the beauty of the Terrace and applied to the Clinton Planning Board for a variance to keep the Terrace car-free. 5. Could the Terrace still be used if parking was allowed? It could, but the space available for public use would be reduced greatly. The area where cars would park would be directly behind the best site to view the Red Mill and dam. Parking on the Terrace would create safety issues, and limit the type and scope of events that could be organized. While everyone wants more parking, the advantages of keeping the Terrace car-free far outweigh the economic benefits of 8 additional parking spots. 6. What type of public events could be held on the Terrace? We envision everything from impromptu concerts and performances to outdoor yoga classes, drum circles and story-telling sessions. The Terrace is also the perfect spot for young and old to sit by the river on a lazy summer afternoon and enjoy all that Clinton has to offer. 7. Who started this petition? The petition was started by Town of Clinton residents, not by staff and Trustees of the Hunterdon Art Museum. 8. When will the decision be made? Petitions will be presented to the Town of Clinton Council, Planning Board and Board of Adjustment on December 16th. We hope a decision will be made that night. Please consider attending and showing your support. The meeting begins at 7:00pm at the Town of Clinton Municipal Building, 43 Lehigh Street, Clinton, NJ. 9. Where can I find pictures of the Terrace? Search for Charming Clinton on Facebook to see pictures and continue the discussion. The Hunterdon Art Museum may also post pictures of the Terrace on their web site.

The US Forest Service is to release a 15 year land use management plan for the George Washington National Forest in which they can decide to either allow or prohibit horizontal drilling. Neglecting to prohibit this drilling could lead to natural gas companies exploiting the forest through hydraulic fracturing. Fracking would put our drinking water, air, and pristine forest in danger. This is unacceptable.

Everyone is tired of seeing families and people suffer because they are having their names placed on this page with the wrong info. This page is very harassing, threatening, violent, racist and more. It has caused serious panic among families thinking their loved ones are hurt and even dead! It has posted wrong pictures of people and underage individuals. It needs to STOP today. We have a folder full of copied items from this page that we have been collecting over the last 6 months to go with this petition to the Facebook team. We have talked with them several times over the course of this time and they are aware of what we are doing and requested further info. So this petition puts us at our last step. Please sign

There are two basic elements required in a conviction for a crime: ACTUS REUS = the guilty act, and MENS REA = the guilty mind. Absent one or the other, there can be no conviction. The US Department of Justice abuses its power, unnecessarily detaining accused persons INDEFINITELY in order to coerce an admission of guilt (to lighten the prosecution's burden of proof) in exchange for restoration of one's Constitutional rights, of which one has been deprived. Check out the Facebook page entitled, "Restore Habeas Corpus". In addition to the guilty plea, the accused is also required to waive monetary damages incurred as a result of the false imprisonment, accept the false imprisonment as "credit for time served", waive the right to an appeal, and a myriad of other conditions that may give the accused further recourse. The originator of this petition has been "released" from maximum security false imprisonment after 3 1/3 years, but is still under house arrest with a GPS sending unit strapped to his ankle in order to ensure an appearance at a trial that he contends will never occur (the January 2013 trial date was continued to March 2013, and then to November 2013, and now once again continued indefinitely, as he has refused to sign the guilty plea prepared for him by the prosecution, despite the urgings of the judge, and his court-appointed lawyer). Fortunately, his family was able to retain a private lawyer. A Motion to Suppress (MtS -- the evidence was contrived from a false arrest) was subsequently filed, which was used as leverage to "release" him last 19 September 2013 although this MtS has not been ruled upon by the Court. He is accused of ATTEMPTED fraud. The MtS points out that the prosecution has a serious problem that, were the United States not currently under Martial Law and the writ of Habeas Corpus available for detainees, ought to have made a detention review available to him, possibly to be freed outright. While imprisoned at CADC in Florence, Arizona, it was observed that the system is also abused to include an ethnic cleansing that targets Latinos (mostly Mexicans). Roughly 90% of those falsely imprisoned at this private prison (not under the purview of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, nor any government agency empowered by the government to imprison individuals) are of Mexican origin, people who are coerced into signing waivers for "voluntary departure", in addition to guilty pleas for the "crime" of "re-entry", drug trafficking, or human smuggling, all without the benefit of a trial -- needless to say, some are actually US citizens or legal permanent residents who are systematically stripped of their legal status, simply because they happen to have Mexican roots. There is a clear sentiment that there is an effort to control the voting population, and that the Democrat constituency, having been successfully utilized, is now being minimized. Our (US) Foreign Policy has intermittently spiked in favor of Imperialism, which necessitates a Fascist government (in our case with a bi-partisan Dictatorship). The hyped-up threat of terrorism has created the excuse for military backing. We (the United States of America) are currently under Martial Law. It may be too late to stop the onset, but a passive resistance is necessary to peacefully dismantle the regime. A Facebook page, "Restore Habeas Corpus" contains a collection of articles and videos to outline the "legal" structure underneath our current predicament. View this interesting link containing embed code: The originator of this petition has standing (Locus Standi) to sue the US government for allowing employees of the Department of Justice (the US Attorney, the US Marshal Service, the FBI, the DEA, etc.) to torture a US citizen (the prosecution has also attempted to cause petitioner to give up his US citizenship, so that he may be deported). A team of fearless lawyers who will take up the cause on a contingency basis is required, backed by a public outcry. Hence this petition. The Department of Justice (DOJ) does have a Civil Rights department, but attempts at bringing this matter up to them has met with filibustering. Asking the Chief of Police to prosecute the serial killer when the serial killer is the COP is a practice in futility. The DOJ also has an Office of the Inspector-General that handles such complaints. The originator of this petition has lodged a complaint with that office, but I have come up against a blank wall. The predicament we are in is very political, and one solution that has worked in the past is to simply start a drive to inform the public. The internet is an inexpensive and (so far) unadulterated source. Once I was "released", attempts were made to contact interested media and tell the story, but success has been elusive in that respect. The few hundred friends the originator of this petition had who live within the State of Arizona understandably are very cautious of his attempts at contact, for fear of having their lives also inconvenienced by Department of Justice personnel. It is anticipated therefore that the initial response will be coming from outside the USA, and will gain momentum once US citizens realize the truth.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s) are controversial for a number of reasons. Questions regarding the raising of such large numbers of animals in confined spaces, the overuse of antibiotics, and the impact on consumers of meat typically dominate the public dialogue in regards to these “factory farms.” What is often neglected is the health impact that CAFO’s have on communities, both locally and globally. These effects include typical industrial pollution, inescapable foul odors, and the contamination of soil and water. With North Carolina in particular being home to so many of these operations, there is an exigent need to better quantify the damage these industrial-scale monstrosities have on health and human safety.

I am starting this because Starbucks has tons of money laying on the sidelines and won't even cater to those with allergens that can't even use their sugars and cremes. Why not have Almond Milk and Stevia or PureVia? The smaller mom and pop coffee shops do, why not them? They are the real heroes. If they did this they would bring in more customers to their locations and increase revenue. How does that not make sense?

We want to help Texas women and this includes your grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, co-workers, neighbors, friends, students, and most especially low-income women. The Texas Family Planning Program lost $73 million dollars during the 2011 legislative session. Thousands of Texas women have lost access to family planning services and low-cost healthcare. In 2012, the Women's Health Program lost it's federal funding due to Rick Perry's Affiliate Ban Rule. These setbacks have resulted in a 77 percent drop in the number of women being served by state health clinics and increased costs to taxpayers. Please consider signing our petition to restore equal funding to all family planning clinics, increase funding for the Women's Health Program and the Family Planning Program, and to integrate comprehensive sex education into school and clinic settings across Texas. Texas low-income women have lost access to family planning/birth control, well-woman exams, women's health education, breast/cervical cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment, and access to pregnancy termination. We need your help. Please sign our petition.

World Star Hip Hop and similar websites accept submissions of actual fights and feature them on their web page. This open promotion of violence creates a venue for violent individuals to gloat about their attacks. Not only is this a venue for those who are already violent, it also provides a forum for individuals who may not otherwise have been violent to gain notoriety. The most recent example of this is a video that was uploaded on World Star Hip Hop that features a brutal attack by a young lady named Sharkeisha; now #Sharkeisha is trending worldwide. To shut down this website would mean starting a dialogue not only about violence, but the promotion of violence through social media. Help this movement for social media change by signing this petition addressed to congress to make "fight video" websites illegal.

"It is a sound you never forget. Perhaps because it is so unexpected in an animal weighing two tons: a piercing, unearthly keen, like an infant child crying out in pain. It is hard to describe and even harder to endure."

Power cycling through our neighborhood has caused numerous problems including financial loss due to electronics burning out, physical distress, and frustration.

Thacher School is an architectural asset to our community and thousands of children were educated there. Members of the community would like to see the building repaired and reused, instead of demolished.