This petition is to recognize the achievements of the Memphis Grizzlies. Not just for what they have done in the NBA, but what they have given to the people and city of Memphis: a sense of pride and community. Every Memphian is aware of the history and fragile state of race relations in the Bluff City. However, all of that is tossed to the wayside when you step inside the Forum for a Grizzlies game. Everyone really comes together. And it is truly amazing to see what a team can do for this city. With that being said, we would like a specialty license plate that promotes what the Memphis Grizzlies mean to us.

I am a disabled person; lovingly helped by many, I’ve gained the strength to withstand pain and do volunteer work. I support the disability activists who are raising their voices against injustice here and world-wide!

I went to Virginia William’s building—a place that helps homeless people to get help with getting placed into a shelter or any place that would take my children and I. I went through all of the paperwork and did everything they asked me to. In the end, I was told that they had no place for us. I can understand, however, because many people are facing homelessness. But, so what that meant for my family is everyday staying from place to place. I had been staying between a family member house and a friend’s house. That was temporary and my family is no longer able to stay at either person’s house now. Now, I am at the end of my rope. Currently we stay in a hotel; since this Friday. I do not have means to pay for another night. So do we sleep on a park bench or will they help me if I go back to them on this Monday? That is what I am hoping for. The reason for my petition is to bring my situation to the attention of anybody who will care and help. No family should be refused to be place in a shelter and turned away back to the streets.

Dear Legislator: We need your help and it is URGENT! We are the employees all across this wonderful Country, and it’s time to focus your thoughts towards a destructive pattern called “Workplace Bullying.” Workplace Bullying is the problem and is a major epidemic all over our Country. I know as I communicate with thousands of them about this topic. I never knew anything about Workplace Bullying or even experienced it until I became a manager at Verizon Communications and I saw way too much. I never knew the magnitude of this issue, and how it destroys so many lives until I posted my story and received thousands in return. I never knew how bad Workplace Bullying was until it became a major part of my life, and now I just cannot walk away, knowing what I know now. I saw and heard things that were beyond inappropriate and should be illegal while working at Verizon. When I made a stand for others in protecting their rights and dignity - the abuse, retaliation, racism and complete hostile environment was redirected towards me. I endured a hostile work environment, was harassed, targeted; work sabotaged, racially discriminated against, blackballed, ignored and eventually was wrongfully terminated from Verizon. I thought I was alone, but I am not! •http://justiceatverizon.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/bullying-at-verizon/ •http://youtu.be/bid5DK97rq8 The current laws do not address Workplace Bullying/Abusive Conduct. A 2007 national survey by Zogby International and Workplace Institute found that: • 37% of workers have experienced workplace bullying. • 62% of employees who received complaints about workplace bullying either ignore the problem or made it worse. • 64% of bullying targets eventually are pushed out of their jobs. • 73% of workplace bullies are supervisors. The harm do to Workplace Bullying includes but is not limited to; stress-related diseases (cardiovascular, immunological, gastrointestinal), plus anxiety, clinical depression and PTSD. It also is related to, domestic violence, financial hardships, bankruptcies, divorces, deaths, strokes, heart attacks, workplace killings, suicides, workplace violence and ongoing abuse. There is a total mental and physical breakdown of good productive individuals and families. The same individuals that worked hard in life to become something, and workplace bullying destroyed them from the inside out. Enormous amount of medical cost associated to this like prescription drugs, therapy /counseling and etc. •http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2852108.shtml?cat=504 For the companies, there is loss of so much including productivity, unhappy employees and lack of commitment to a company. How about the increased of absenteeism and short term disability which is directly related to emotional distress, turnover and retraining, costing the company millions to trillions over time not including useless legal obligations. Without laws, employers can legally ignore this abusive conduct and many sweep it under the rug. Many employers are subjecting their employees to continuous abusive, malicious and health harming workplaces. Myths vs. Reality about the Healthy Workplace Bill: •MYTH: The bill takes away the ability of employers to manage their workforce. •REALITY: The bill enters the picture only when the bullying behaviors have become severe and harmful. It provides legal incentives for employers to sharply minimize their liability exposure by acting preventively and responsively toward bullying, and it reserves the right of employers to conduct evaluations and provide feedback and direction to their employees. Please help to adopt the “Healthy Workplace Bill.” In 2013 your State may have (refer below to link to see your State) an “Anti-Bullying Healthy Workplace Bill” on your table. This Bill will create stability in Corporate America and improve lives. We need your help to pass this bill. If you are in a State that does not have the Bill, please lead your state in sponsoring it. •http://www.workplacebullying.org/ •http://www.workplacebullying.org/freedom-week/state-events/ •http://healthyworkplacebill.org/ •http://www.healthyworkplacebill.org/states.php Many across this Country are severely hurting and you can stop the pain, buy voting in a “Healthy Workplace Bill” in 2013. Let’s lead this World, and show them we will no longer tolerate abusive acts in our Workplaces! “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke Neal W. Dias (former Verizon Manager) [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: “Enough is Enough – Stop Workplace Bullying”

Let The Bush Tax Cuts Expire and Leave Social Security and Medicare Alone, Mr. President

Popular support for the Employee Free Choice Act was over 70% when Congress had the chance to enact it. It is needed now more than ever to combat the abuses being suffered at the hands of CEO's and corporations. President Obama knows that Right to Work laws do not promote a healthy economy; in fact they do the exact opposite. A rising tide lifts all boats. When rights are hidden, stifled, and trampled upon it does very little to give people a helping hand out of poverty through their own hard work. To help them become aware of their Federally protected rights at the workplace, the National Labor Relations Board's poster concerning Employee Rights under Section 7 of the Act should be a required posting at all jobs ites.

Sonoma County Probate Court Judge Mark Tansil hands out large fees to sef-dealing fiduciaries, and forces the elderly and disabled with fiduciaries, guardians, and trustees to represent themselves in Probate Court.

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Do not touch Medicare and Social Security. I am close to retirement and believ e that I have paid into the system through the years of employment and have earned the right to receive these entitlements.

The issue of human-caused global warming has been largely ignored by the national government because of the influence of powerful energy-guzzling corporations. Some politicians still deny its very existence. The truth is that global warming and the accompanying damage, already evident in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, threatens our very way of life. Opponents maintain, however, that the US would suffer an economic meltdown and incredible loss of jobs should an attempt be made to shut down the gas and coal industries. The solution to global warming while maintaining a healthy economy is simple, if controversial: the US government must nationalize coal and oil corporations and gradually redistribute jobs and investments to renewable energy industries like solar and wind.

I was just fired because I received an injury on the job.

After reading an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the other day, and the comments on the online article (http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/hundreds-die-walking-the-tracks-each-year/article_b9c8bbcc-f424-559a-a0c4-bee46f8d4fe7.html) I feel that this is a very important topic that needs to be addressed. I live in Webster Groves, I go to church in Kirkwood, it's my hometown and I know so many people who live there and live close to the train tracks. I don't think it's asking too much to ask the Railroad Companies to put in ways to prevent pedestrian deaths and injuries on their tracks (such as putting in fences as just one example).