Let's be the first and best State for Education, flip the current status. Identify Top Teachers with the help of the Students, the beholders. The first State to make STUDENT INPUT a component.Then disperse our Top Teachers equally throughout the State and change the culture in every school.

Newspapers need to stop publishing letters that deny climate change.

Around 2 million people, about 75% of Utah's population live along The Wasatch Fault. Fracking for natural gas has been shown to drastically increase the potential of an earthquake. The 240-mile-long Fault is made up of several segments, each of which can independently produce earthquakes as powerful as magnitude 7.5.During the past 6,000 years, a strong earthquake (magnitude greater than 6.5) has occurred about once every 350 years somewhere along the Wasatch Fault. The economical loss alone outweighs any profit possible made from natural gas. Not to mention the loss of lives, homes, and business. We cannot afford to tempt an earthquake here in Utah. Learn about what happened in Ohio when they allowed fracking in a state with fault lines here: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fracking-practices-blame-ohio-earthquakes-8C11073601 Do a little research, it isn't hard to find evidence that fracking for natural gas can help cause earthquakes, and poison water. Fracking would undoubtedly disturb Wild Utah's outdoors and economy.We have a huge economy here based on tourism, outdoor adventure, and real estate. Fracking will destroy many of the scenic areas tourists come to see, ruin water for existing and future development. Extracting natural gas from Utah's environment will slow down or halt all three of these industries. Besides, natural gas won't be a cheaper energy source for long. USA already exports it, and many powers that be, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership want to increase natural gas export into foreign economies which will pay a lot more for natural gas, driving our prices at home up and damaging the environment further. Many cities, states, and even countries are banning fracking. The list is so long, but here is a great url for evidence:http://keeptapwatersafe.org/global-bans-on-fracking/ There is no sound reason to frack in Utah. After a few low paid temporary jobs and economical stimulation, fracking in Utah will make a few non Utahans rich, while destroying generations of clean water, scenery, and worst of all destruction like we have never seen yet in modern Utah. Let's not encourage the earth to rumble, we have many other alternatives for energy than to frack Utah.

Newspapers need to stop publishing letters that deny climate change, starting with Newsday.

On October 25th 2013 my best friend, 33-year-old Shawntah Eierdam was murdered in Youngtown AZ by 39-year-old Jose Sotelo (who later turned the gun on himself). My friend was killed because Jose Sotelo, a former boyfriend of Shawntah's, because his obsession and rage when he found out Shawntah was hanging out with another man at her bosses house. There was a history of domestic violence and harassment by Jose. If there was an order of protection, Shawntah would probably still be alive today. I am proposing, the "Shawntah's Law", were an order of protection to be automatically issued if anyone is charged with assault or domestic voice (or similar) offense. And served by the arresting officer. This way the victim has automatic protection from the alleged attacker.

PLEASE SIGN & THEN SHARE OUR PETITION TO HAVE NJ CIVIL UNIONS RECOGNIZED AS MARRIAGES NOW. 16,000+ Same Sex couples completed the process of getting “Married” when New Jersey Civil Unions were promised to provide complete EQUALITY; they followed all the rules, paid the required fees, filed the applications and they have already had their wedding day. These Couples chose the people who would be their best men and maids of honor; they meticulously planned their special events, picked out the locations, the flowers, the Tuxedos and the Dresses. These couples already stood in front of their family members and friends to vow to love, cherish and obey each other for as long as they both shall live. And such as it is with any other Marriage, this experience was meant to be a “Once in a Lifetime” celebration and for that special day to be commemorated with each Anniversary Year on that exact date. These couples entered into New Jersey Civil Unions with the full knowledge, understanding and expectations of the being granted the legal equivalent to every other New Jersey Marriage. It’s time the New Jersey Legislature honor its promise of Full Marriage Equality to these Civil Union Partnerships. More so than the injustice and the inequality created by excluding these Civil Unions from the full protections of marriage, Civil Union partners are forced to deal with a variety of legal, financial and emotional hardships. Of course with the recent court ruling most of these Civil Union Partnerships can now “get married” just like any other same-sex couple. But just as opposite-sex couples who were already Married would not be required to do this, it should not be required of Civil Unions. From a financial prospective, if these Civil Union partners are required to get "re-married', they would be doing so without preserving their original Civil Union date, in which case, they may be excluded from all types of benefits and tax deductions that can be claimed retroactively. However, the option of “getting married” is no longer available to all Civil Unions. Without the ability to have Civil Unions recognized as Marriages, the surviving partner of a Civil Union where one partner dies or has died, may be excluded from death benefits including Federal Estate/Inheritance taxes exemptions, Social Security survivor benefits as well as many types of annuities and Pensions. On behalf of the 16,000+ New Jersey Civil Union Partnerships, we respectfully and firmly request the immediate option to exchange their existing lawful NEW JERSEY CIVIL UNION PARTNERSHIP CERTIFICATES for NEW JERSEY MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES without any further fees or application requirements other than proper Identification. These newly exchanged certificates must be identical in every way with all other New Jersey Marriage Certificates and must include the original date of the Civil Union listed as the Date of Marriage. These Marriages should also be made legally retroactive as of the original Civil Union date, in accordance with the intention of the original 2006 Ruling of the New Jersey Supreme Court which ordered the State of New Jersey to provide Same Sex Couples the same exact rights of being "married" that are granted to Opposite Sex Marriages. Please help us make this right by signing this petition today and then SHARING it with your family and friends. THANK YOU!

I have been told that you can't do anything to a person who is following you everywhere, drives back and forth at your work and sits outside where ever you are watching you. Your driving and look behind you and there he is. Calls or textes you way more then is needed. even follows your friends. Well I want to change the stalking law. A woman or man should not have to be hurt or killed for it to be illegal to do theses things. No one deserves to live their lives in fear because of a stalker.

The Los Angeles Times recently announced that it will no longer publish letters to the editor that deny the basic reality of climate change. It's time for the Oakland Tribune, and papers across the country, to follow suit. For too long the media has perpetuated false balance around climate change. Letters pages should be a place for reasoned debate, not conspiracy theories. As LA Times Letters Editor Paul Thornton explained: "Simply put, I do my best to keep errors of fact off the letters page ... Saying 'there's no sign humans have caused climate change' is not stating an opinion, it's asserting a factual inaccuracy."

In response to several Republican governors and legislatures refusing to extend benefits to same-sex marriage partners of Guard members, we want the President to order the Secretary of Defense to nationalize, under authority granted by the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, all Guard units in those states which refuse to comply with the law.

My son was sexually abused when he was eight years old by a sitters son, he dealt with guilt and shame for 10 years but said nothing about this until he was contemplating suicide at the age of eighteen. By the time my son had the courage to tell what had happened to him,the statue of limitation had run out and he could not prosecute the person who did this. My son was robbed of his innocence and his childhood was destroyed, today he still has a hard time living a normal life. No child should have to endure what he did but even worse then this the person who did this should not get away with what he did. Please support this petition, it might be too late for my son but may help another child going forward.

This petition is an attempt to restore the dignity and respect of Dominican who are born of Haitian Parents in Dominican Republic. It is our understanding that the United Nations have demanded member nations to prevent statelessness in their territory. in the concert of the nations, only the Dominican Republic has shown and demonstrated that they are a rogue nation with no respect for human rights. It is a radical state that knows no boundaries in its intention to clean its nation from Haitian Blood. This is a de facto ethnic cleansing policy against those with negroid attributes using the principle of sovereignty to mask their real aim. We are demanding that D.R authorities behave themselves as a civilized nation instead of taking the road of belligerence and division to rule the nation. At this moment, D.R authorities are committing a collective suicide and genocide on the name of insanity. If no action is taken, after 60 days, members of the U.S Haitian Diaspora will consider other serious measures in the coming months.

The wrongful prosecution abuse of power and retaliatory acts by ATF,IRS and United States Prosecutor and its Officials.Abuse of power by the Government, allowing Government to violate our Constitutional Rights. Both Ralph and Tammy were convicted on charges of Doing Business with out a firearms license,under reporting taxes.Our goal is to protect each and every citizen from becoming a victim of Government abuse. They are now facing up to six years each, some of the crimes have no supporting evidence or even probable cause. This could happen to anyone this is a disgrace to every American and should be stopped