Curious to know Rep. Elizabeth Esty's reason(s) for voting with the Republican majority in the House for a delay in the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Health Care Act.

The City of Miami Commission has approved a "Lease" that gives away our Publicly Owned Bayfront land in Coconut Grove to private developers for the construction of 100,000 SF of Retail / Commercial Shopping Center and a massive Quarter of a Million square foot Parking Garage. If you believe as I do that this grossly inappropriate taking and proposed use of our Scenic and Publicly Owned Bayfront Land for private purposes, is ill conceived and should not move forward Please Join Us in signing this petition.

Why do American foods contain chemical additives that are intolerable to Europeans? Why is Monsanto given carte-blanche to contaminate our food supply with GMOs without our knowledge? Why is the agricultural industry using pesticides that are killing off our bees? What happened to common-sense food production practices that nourish people, sustain our planet, and allow family farms to survive and flourish? Rich or poor, left or right, we all need to eat and we all deserve access to toxic-free food. When did that stop being our basic human right? Let's join together as Americans in all our diversity and reclaim our shared, fundamental RIGHT to healthy, toxic-free, sustainably produced food.

Yes my chart at the doctor and the films in my room prove all this is truth Praying for you understanding and kindness of heart I am 54 in November. I raised 2 great kids and paid off a mortgage. Disabled I now live on $700. a month. Florida is dropping the ball on my care. I am trying to tell about myself. Hoping it will help others. I was born with a genetic disorder called Marfan Syndrome. I have intestine issues from weak connective tissue associated with Marfan Syndrome. I am in the final break down of all my connective tissue. I only have half of my bone density left. My calcium is normal. Marfan Syndrome effect all connective tissue. It even affects organs. My aorta is enlarged and I have far outlived my life expectancy with my degree of the illness, some die before adulthood. I have advanced osteoarthritis in the 4th stage. I have had intestine pain from childhood. Try not to eat unless it is good for me. Then again I am not the average person. I taught myself to slow the Marfan Syndrome . I also have Lupus, Fibro, Epstein Barr and Auto-immune neuropathy. Crazy Huh, I was sick since birth, Many times with tonsillitis, I had rheumatic fever, German Measles, and something called Erythema nodosum. My Doctor said he never uses the word normal with me, lol I had over 70 unidentified masses and cysts in my breasts 2 surgeons wanted the removed.Over 15 procedures in 5 years. Medicaid through me out of the hospital and would not cover it. A friend gave me medical cannabis for 3 years but he has been gone for over 2 years now(5 years total, but 7 years ago total). With just Cannabis, I at 7 years in & Still free of all growths! Nature rules. The man left Florida and I can no longer get Medical Cannabis, as of a year ago. I Am praying Florida will soon be medical legal. I am still alive, no thanks to Medicaid-Medi pass. Please do not let this happen to you or those you love. Florida does not take care of SSI people only SSD. I have not even been able to get my prescribed pain medication in Florida, even with my Doctor and Medicaid calling the Pharmacy for me, 7 out of the last 8 months. Florida does not enforce The American's Disabilities Act. This is only some of many issue's I am dealing with. If they won't help, they should let us help ourselves. Florida Can , PLEASE Science does not Lie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHnQ-YAqAsA&list=PLmDGUKT5-3b5GWBRMvw2Fip6WTR_IgZ5Z

Every where I go, there are folks worried about the rising cost of fuel, CO2 emissions, global warming, and depleting fossil fuel. My friends from Germany commented that there are far more installations of solar panels in their countries (with less sunshine) than here in Florida (the Sunshine State). The reason is: they have FIT (Feed-In-Tariff) for renewable energy and we, the Floridians, do not.

Stopping the cruel treatment of animals in Grant County Arkansas. To have law enforcement put laws in place where individuals that cruelly treat, neglect and do not provide animals with Food, Clean water, clean living conditions and medical treatments, including vaccines and spay/neutering. That individuas whom don't comply with the laws set forth they will be fined and or receive jail time and most importantly lose the animals and not to be allowed to own animals for a period time to be set by our County Judge.

My son is an eleven year old black male in America, along with the very small population of black males left in this great country and I fear for their lives. The land of the free? Trayvon Martin and Everett Gant are among the many black individuals in Florida that are negatively being affected by this law with no clear boundaries. Please sign this petition to boycott Florida during the spring break season to make a stand showing Florida's political officials that we will not forget and will stand in unity demanding a change within this law therefore protecting our black males from senseless killings. Find your representatives @house.org. You owe this to yourselves, your community, and your country to stand up to unjust laws! Done by Jantel Profit @alwayzprofit & Nicole Spotts @igrowmyownremy

The St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson wants drones for law enforcement. This is a major privacy concern. Electronic remote-controlled machines with high powered cameras and weapons are already in use around the world and along the U.S./Mexico border.

Small farm animals like chickens provide healthy food, are a natural way to cut down on insects, and cause few issues as small broods.

Unless we act now to enhance the Regional Climate Action Plan specifics to protect the Everglades from saltwater intrusion, increased pollutant problems and climate change rainfall stormwaters, we will be unable to assure the health of the Everglades or our southeastern counties' low-lying populations.

Gandhi said that poverty is the worst form of violence. Our Declaration of Independence states that all have the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Poverty denies those rights. At best, a person in poverty has only a half-life - if that. One has little or no liberty as one is imprisoned in the desperate struggle for food, shelter, health care etc. One cannot pursue happiness when one lives perpetually on the edge of starvation. Approximately 50 million people live in poverty in the U.S. according to government figures. 5 million children go to bed every night hungry. Clearly our system has failed and will continue to fail these people. The only solution is to make poverty unconsititutional and to require the government to do whatever it takes to get rid of this grinding poverty. For example, the government could make it a criminal offense for an employer not to pay a living wage. Not a minimum wage, for there are no minimum human beings. A living wage. Every man, woman and child has the right to adequate food, clothing, housing, medical care and education. And we have the resources to do it. If you employ somebody to help you, common humanity says that you should pay him/her a living wage, and not a sub-human wage. I hope that the good people of this country - and there are many good people - rise up and sign this Petition to make Poverty Unconstitutional? Once and for all we need to end the scourge of poverty - both here and around the world. So, let us start here, and let it be a different kind of shot that is heard around the world. We cannot be the UNITED States if we are not united. So, let us unite together to end poverty by enshrining it in the Constitution. Thank you

We vote, pay taxes, pay our bills on time; and because I graduated from graduate program and have a good job, we get denied Federal and local grants. We lost almost everything in Hurricane Sandy and have been paying our mortgage on a house we cannot live in. We have only lived in our home, our first and only, for two years.