Why must we pay politicians until they die, and why must we fund their health care ? !

In support of PA Senate Bill 719, we seek to bring marriage equality for the LGBT community to Pennsylvania. The relationships of LGBT Pennsylvanians deserve to be treated equally and fairly under the law.

Juveniles are sentenced to life without parole for class A felonies in our state. This gives them no hope for their futures no matter if they rehabilitate themselves or not. The judicial system does not take into consideration their culpability factors or what role they may have taken in the crime. Now our Gov. wants to keep them in for life by forcing them to serve many years with no credit for time served before giving them the chance at parole. What sort of meaningful opportunity is that considering most people don't make it past their 60s or 70s. The Gov. is still handing down life sentences. We must end this NOW! Juveniles are NOT adults, give them a chance to prove individually that they are worth a 2nd chance in life. Someone very close to my heart has been serving a life sentence since the age of 15. He is now 34 years old. He was at the scene of a murder though did not partake in the murder what so ever. He is currently working toward his business degree and is a model inmate. He has so much to offer society. He certainly deserves a 2nd chance at his life.

Since the late 70's Miami Mayors and Commissioners have barely given lip service to parks and green space. While 50,000 persons have been added to our population since 2000, no significant park land has been added. Residents know parks are necessary. Developers love to show any public space as green space on their brochures. This petition is to get the Miami Mayor and Commission to actually use one time impact fees on new construction to build new parks and to stop leasing away our scarce parks and water front with nothing tangible in return. Do not expect to see more parks overnight. We must drag Miami leaders into the 21st Century. Stay informed by joining the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MoreParksForMiamiNow/ Please ask your youth and adult friends to sign this petition to be delivered to the Mayor and Commissioners. Below are more detailed facts about this petition: Miami has the least amount of park space per resident of any high density city in the entire United States and 4 of 5 Commission Districts have little or no park space. Over the years, taxpayers from all Commission districts have paid taxes to create the parks which are mainly in District Two. During the building boom of 2000-2008 our park situation became much worse because under Mayor Diaz only two acres of parks were added when 155 acres should have been added to serve the over 50,000 new residents added by developers. Under Florida law, municipalities can hold developers responsible for paying one time Impact Fees to pay for additional classroom space, police and fire department needs and new park land, but the fees collected for parks were not enough and to make the matter worse the Miami Commission used the park fee money for improvement projects, but not to buy the needed park land. Also during the recent building boom, many developers escaped paying the new higher Impact Fees because the Commission failed to enact the new fees in time to apply to the new, mostly luxury high rise condos. A review of the Impact Fees by the Commission was due in 2008, but that review did not take place until 2013 and there were no significant changes. The City still charged Park Impact Fees on a modest single family home at a rate three times that of a luxury condo and affordable housing apartments pay no fees, while those developer are guaranteed a 15% return on their investment. A massive development, south of the Miami River, which the Commission has approved has been granted a building permit which will add over two thousand new residents, plus hotel rooms, office space and commercial space. This development by the Swire Company is paying the same old low fees. In progressive cities, impact fees for parks are collected not just on residential units, but also on hotel, commercial and office space because visitors, shoppers and office workers respectively also create a need for more park space. If Miami Impact Fees for parks had been revised in time and if they had been made commensurate with the actual cost of Miami land, then the funds collected on the Swire project alone could have created up to eight neighborhood size parks instead of perhaps one new park. Beyond Impact Fees, Miami 21, the new zoning code, allows 25% of any park to automatically be covered with buildings with no limit on the additional space allowed for parking. It is easy to see 50% of any park being covered with buildings and parking. Miami Parks need protections similar to County Parks. Miami 21 must be revised so no more than 25% of any park can be covered with a combination of buildings, parking and other hard surfaces. If more space in a park is needed for a public building, then there needs to be public process and the green park land to be covered over should be replaced in the neighborhood. This petition means Mayor Regalado and the Commission need to adjust our Level of Service for Parks from 1.3 acres per thousand residents to 3.1, where our actual park acreage was several years ago and that the Impact Fees for parks be raised to provide for the purchase and development of 3.1 acres per thousand new residents, paid for by developers who add population to our city, that these new Impact Fees be in place by March 2012 and that Miami 21 be revised to provide protections for Miami parks.

The time has come to insist on clean energy for the future of the South Jersey area; in particular, for the old B.L. England facility. We cannot support the building a 22-mile long pipeline through protected lands in order to continue to use fossil fuels for energy. "Fracking" is dangerous to our air and water.

We believe in choice and feel that should extend to letting us choose if we want to receive email from the "MoveOn family of organizations". We do not want to be automatically subscribed just because we sign a petition. Nor do we believe that people who only support certain issues or who are overwhelmed by email should have to go through the process of unsubscribing every time they sign a petition. This discourages participation in MoveOn Petition Campaigns.

Jamestown Post Office will close July 31, 2013. One narrow street in town has always been denied delivery service. The Post office boxes will be moved to our small grocery with very limited hours. Anyone with a box will be unable to gain access to their boxes conveniently. I am also concerned with security. I will be openings box with its simple 3 letter code in front of any and all other customers of the grocery.

Performers under the age of 18 regularly perform in licensed establishments around Pennsylvania. From the Irish Dance Schools on St. Patrick's Day, to local musicians, to National Acts such as Taylor Swift; all have performed in licensed establishments and were enjoyed by those in attendance. Most of these acts had chaperones that ensure proper behavior during the performance. Enforcement of this section of the law is hurting the development of these young performers which may reduce their chances of succeeding in the entertainment business later in life. Quite frankly, if their presence in the establishment is legal, what is the harm in allowing them to perform?

We need as many Signatures and Character letters from you . To help a Young Black Scholar Athlete Battle Opponents on the court and not in the courtroom . Saving Our Youth should be our top priority, and the Accidentally reckless homicide against brother should be dropped so Eric Trigg jr. Can Continue his bright College path. We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. " Franklin D Roosevelt"

In 2011, during a routine family divorce hearing in Clark County, Nevada, Monica Contreras was sexually assaulted by a court official. She was forced into an room, subjected to an impromptu “strip search,” and subjected to cruel,unusual, and inhumane treatment. After this humiliating and dehumanzing trial and tribulation, she sought to inform Judge Patricia Doninger of the assault upon her body and her rights. She was threatened with incarceration, if she did not recant her testimony, while her and her daughter's plea for help and clemency were left unanswered. She was faced with an apathetic Judge and an vicious court staff. Refusing to take back her words, she was arrested, jailed and her daughter was taken from her. No person, of any star or stripe, should be subjected to this kind of treatment. On this day, the system of Justice stopped working for the common man. Justice was silent, unmoved by the pleas of a mother and her daughter. Instead of serving the public good, the law served the interests of the system rather than its citizens. Patricia Doninger, had a duty; an obligation, a moral imperative to serve justice and the oath she swore to uphold. Instead she allowed justice to be circumnavigated and circumvented into a perverse and twisted amalgamation of the law. Although Patricia Doninger was 'let go,' for her actions, she should be made to stand for her woeful callousness and disregard of Monica Contreras, her daughter, and the rights that all citizens enjoy. No daughter should be forced to plea for her mother, only to have her stripped away. No mother should be forced to pick between her rights and her daughter. 1) Ms. Contreras’ right to free speech was impinged upon. She was never able to exercise this fundamental right or receive acknowledgement by the Judge. 2) No probable cause was given for the strip-search, or the cause was woefully insufficient, therefore the search was invalid and extralegal. Ms. Contreras was illegally searched, which violated her rights under the fourth amendment—based on the United States Constitution. 3) Ms. Contreras was falsely accused of making 'false allegations against a public official'. No law exists in state or municipal codes. Since no cause could warrant her arrest, she was falsely arrested and imprisoned--against her will. 4) Mrs. Patricia Doninger showed conduct unbecoming of an elected public official. For this reason, she should be censured. 5) Ms. Contreras' 14th amendment rights, under the equal protection clause, were violated, numerous times. References: 1) http://politicalblindspot.org/court-marshal-sexually-assaults-woman-in-front-of-judge-then-arrests-her/ 2)http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=727 3)http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/search-seizure-criminal-law-30183.html 5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause

The next Chairman of the Federal Reserve will not just be responsible for ensuring that our economic recovery continues uninterrupted but will also work with the White House on promoting equality, workers' rights, and the welfare of low and middle income Americans. Robert Reich is deeply committed to all these issues and will bring vital balance to the role.

No one stopped the Budget Control Act from taking effect and now the number of budget cuts for low-income Americans is unbearable. Medicare co-pays have gone up and now I have to decide between buying groceries and going to the doctor's. Food Stamps were cut as well and the price of food keeps going up. Then I was cut from an approved priority list of disabled adults for Section 8 rental assistance. What are low-income and disabled people supposed to do?