Stop sending children to the juvenile justice system for non violent offenses. A child should not be arrested for doodling on a desk, for being disruptive in class, or any other non violent offense. Bring back detention, 1,000 sentences, etc. but stop throwing the children in jail!

People should be able to hold early elections to suspend an elected official term when he or she are not working for the people in their district. We are all affected by dysfunctional government we have in place and all of us should be able to end their term when they are not working and being destructive. We would be fired if we don't do our job so should they.

The Food and Drug Administration does not require safety testing of new genetically modified foods (“GMOs”), instead relying on corporations' profits from the sale of such foods to ensure their safety for us. Contrary to industry claims, GMO foods have not been proven safe, and a growing body of independent, peer-reviewed studies have linked the consumption of GMO foods to allergies, infertility, immune problems, gastrointestinal disruption, cancer, and a host of other diseases. GMO crops can easily contaminate non-GMO crops, threatening organic agriculture, and their use is linked to increases in toxic pesticide use and the emergence of “superweeds.” Further, the absence of labeling of GMO foods and seeds prohibits those with specific ethical or religious practices from making informed food choices. More than 60 other countries around the world inform their citizens if their food is genetically engineered, and national polls consistently show that more than 90% of Americans want to share this same basic human right. GMO labeling legislation has been introduced in over 25 states, and on June 3, 2013, Connecticut passed a GMO labeling law - the first in the nation. But, it requires at least four other states to adopt similar legislation before it goes into effect. One state must border Connecticut. Massachusetts now has the opportunity to help protect the transparency, integrity, and democracy of our food supply for all Americans.

The Navy will use deadly sonar for over 20 years in the only place the right whale has to birth its young. Stop the extinction of the world's most endangered whale. Like us, it is one of God's creatures. Humans cause their destruction, yet humans can and must save them.

The judicial system serves and protects its own interests and not the interests of citizens of the States. The courts establish self policing that does not work because it protects biased and prejudice judges even if they are not professionally qualified to sit on the bench. The judges do not want to be accountable to anyone even they are part of one of the branches of the government and constitution provides checks and balances for all branches. The life time tenure already afford judges great protection, but it does not give them a right to be above the law and conduct themselves like they can do whatever they want without any responsibility.

Jose Luis Diaz-Godoy, an honest, and hard-working, father of three kids, Katherine-Diaz (4), Brian Diaz (8), Jose Miguel Diaz (20) and his wife Maricela Espinal (34). Please help us reunite him with his only family here, in the only country he calls home.

A Tibetian singer named Lo Lo, is being imprisoned for six years in the Amdo region of Tibet, for writing love songs for his country. He has probably been sentenced to hard labor. He is 30 years old.

Seating members of Congress by party only reinforces the bipartisanship that is crippling the effectiveness of Congress.

I would like to fight against drug usage and abuse. Students in this generation are now addicted to drug usage that, it affects their own health and their ability to continue their education. I want to make a change by explaining to children and young adults why it's not right to use drugs on themselves.

This is a gripe of mine. General Electric spends millions to release infomercials about how great they are but does not pay a fair share of taxes to the United States. I want the company to take that money & pay it into the US treasury.

There are so many students that have signed up and wish to continue/begin to learn the French language at LHS. By not re-filling this position the district will be taking away from students' ability to further their education.

To take money out of politics and elections