Currently, gas stations are not environmentally conscious, cost effective, or convenient for Hybrid car owners. Hybrid cars are consistently gaining popularity and gas stations should begin to cater to their needs to improve environmental impacts and the cost for hybrid car owners.

Starting this petition because the senator has abused the powers granted to her to influence the contract to be given to her husband for tremendous financial gain. These abuses can no longer be tolerated.

The 19th and 23rd districts were combined in 2011. The 19th district had a staffing of 249 officers while the 23rd district had a staffing of 214. With the consolidation of these two districts, staffing decreased to 356. In addition, 57 police officers are detailed out to other jobs, which leaves the 19th district with only 299 officers. From 2011 to 2013 overall citywide police staffing dropped by less than 7%. In the 44th Ward we had a decrease of 35%. There is a vast difference between citywide and 44th ward decreases of manpower with no explanation. The 19th district is a well known entertainment district. It is the home of the historic Wrigley Field, the lively Clark Street tavern and food district, the historic gay community, most commonly known as "Boystown” with its 30 liquor licensed establishments, and most importantly, it is our HOME. Crime dominates the daily news in the 44th Ward and countless crimes go unreported because residents have given up on reporting, therefore the distorted low crime rate. The perception of an unsafe neighborhood is pervasive and is a detriment to our community. Please see articles http://ow.ly/qmB7R and http://ow.ly/qtS0M on crimes in the Lakeview neighborhood. The residents of 44th Ward are grateful for our distinguished police commander, District Commander Elias Voulgarus, and his continued tireless dedication to the neighborhood. However, the faces of our Commander, his police officers, and the residents of the 44th Ward show the daily frustration due to the lack of sworn officers. The true crime increase in the 44th ward is directly related to the decrease in police staffing which also decreased our quality of life. While the manpower statistics speak for themselves, perception is stronger than reality and we feel unsafe. Please return our full appointment of police to our district.

Contrary to what Speaker Boehner has said, members of the LGBT community suffer a great deal of job discrimination. Just as it is illegal to discriminate against persons of color in the work place, it should be illegal to discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation.

I spend all day talking about the importance of college to my students. After years of talking up college to my own daughter, she has come to the grim reality that we don't have money for college. My heart broke into a million pieces when she said, "We can't afford college and I'm not smart enough to get a scholarship." How can I send her off to college when I live paycheck to paycheck? How can I fight for a system that excludes my child? Like many others, we will have to make the decision to take out loans and be indebted to a system that has given nothing to hard-working families like ours and other teacher families. Teachers instill in students the importance of higher-education. Our own children should be granted access to higher-education. Federal, State and local officials must find a way to help educate the children of teachers.

This is the most important political issue today in America that will have significant impact on the world for decades to come and there is no better time that now to bring it to the forefront. Mr. Obama has nothing to lose by making it matter in the minds of the public and everything to gain for us all if he can move us a little bit closer towards making it happen.

The National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health has published information about Cannabis and Cannabinoids indicating they may have medicinal benefits. Preclinical studies have investigated antitumor activity and shown that cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells. Cannabinoids also show promise in stimulating the appetite, pain relief, reducing nausea and vomiting, and small case studies show that inhaled marijuana had improved mood, improved sense of well being and reduced anxiety. Anecdotal evidence has shown that cannabinoids can help reduce seizures and improve the lives of patients with ALS. It is time to act with an executive order to allow research to move forward and to regulate, control the plant and end the drug money related violence the schedule 1 designation promotes.

We finally have a strong bipartisan supported House bill that will strengthen our economy, keep families together, and offer a clear roadmap to citizenship for nearly 11 million tax-paying, aspiring Americans. All we need now is for a Democrat to start a discharge petition and introduce the bill for an up-or-down vote. As an American citizen, and the great-grandchild of immigrants from Ireland and Slovakia, I want legislators to stand on the right side of history, and side with the majority of Americans who believe that we need comprehensive immigration reform now - reform that represents our true values of family, community and opportunity for all.

Considering that we are not even allowed to go across the street to Tandoor Indian Restaurant (the greatest eating establishment in the Western hemisphere) for lunch, we deserve a variety of quality Bosco Pizza breadsticks.

This petition is necessary because the Japanese government has been denying the gravity of the problem and therefore not giving it the attention it deserves.

We have to act quickly. Time is running out for the House of Representatives to pass a bill that includes a pathway for citizenship for the 11.5 million undocumented immigrants among us. Congressman Eric Cantor holds a lot of power as the House Majority leader. He has the influence to help push through a bill that would fix our broken immigration system. We need him to hear our voices, our stories and our shared hope that thousands of immigrants who call this country home will have a chance to become citizens. Too many families have been torn apart by deportation. Too many individuals live on the margins of our society because they have been denied the full promise of citizenship. We are a nation of immigrants. We must not close the doors of opportunity for others who come here seeking to build a new life and to strengthen our country.

Jill Rappaport’s BOW TO WOW series on the NBC Today Show has had a 100% adoption rate and it has been brought to our attention that the NBC Today Show plans to cancel her segment. Over 5 ½ years Jill has saved millions of animals lives because of the visibility of this segment across the country. She has made going to a shelter to adopt fashionable when people wouldn't even look at a shelter pet. The awareness that she has brought to the animal and the shelter world has made great strides in helping to save millions of lives! Without this wonderful segment perfectly adoptable animals will be forgotten and euthanized. Don’t let NBC’s Today Show cancel her segment! Please sign this petition to show NBC, including the producer of the segment, Don Nash, how vital this segment is to its viewers and shelter animals alike!