With the cost of power affecting everyone and the hot dry summer affecting our atmosphere, why should the coal powered plants continue to be powered up when demand is low? Wind power should be the alternative to the dirty coal emissions used unnecessarily when demand is low.

There is a petition on signon.org asking congress to reinstitute the ban on assault weapons. This petition seeks to represent the people who do NOT support reinstating the ban.

A significant rise in the noise level from the increased numbers of helicopters and other aircraft during the last two weeks has become unbearable. Our quality of life and right to peaceful enjoyment is in jeopardy. East Hampton Airport has now ceded control to the FAA and by the End of August, the FAA plans to make the flight path over NOYAC, North Sea, Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor the only permanent helicopter/aircraft route to be used to and from Manhattan. The new proposed permanent route is for all helicopters to go North to South over Jessup’s Neck and the Morton Wildlife Preserve and over Noyac, North Sea, Bridgehampton and parts of Sag Harbor. The noise affects a wide swath of residential properties from here to the airport. Our property values will forever be negatively impacted by this noise and pollution.

Tax the wealthy, not middle class, lower class

It's about for people to stop bullying MattyB, an amazing 9 year old rapper who is just trying to make covers and live his life.

In hotly contested elections, political parties will do everything they can to win, including efforts to suppress votes for the opposition. Don't allow this to happen. Please sign this position to ensure that every eligible voter gets the chance to participate in this most fundamental democratic exercise.

Maine prides itself in its independent spirit. As out-of-state groups increasingly exert their influence on local issues, we lose Maine voices. A most recent example is the election of Gov. LePage and marriage equality referendum. Please make your voice heard and sign this petition: Tell U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Prosperity, and other out-of-state, corporate-funded groups to stop trying to influence elections in Maine.

Health Insurance should provide funding for programs like Jennie Craig and nutrisystem. It would help with the obesity problem in America.

It is always fine to have a difference of opinion. Every day, you have to work with others who have a different opinion than you. Being mature enough actually work through your differences, and that of the other person, or group, to get things accomplished is at the very foundation of our democracy. So any person holding any office who represents any political affiliation, especially one of the major political parties, and resorts to calling a person, or groups of people, names are childish and should not be tolerated. Here is the offense. Allegheny County GOP Chairman Jim Roddey said: "There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed," Roddey told the crowd, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly–he looked like he was sort of in distress. And I said, 'Sir, here's a place.' And he said, 'That's a handicapped space.' I said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker, and I thought you were mentally retarded.'" (Copied from The Huffington Post.) I am requesting that this person apologize in public and in print to the Republican Party, to all handicapped individuals, and to mentally challenged persons for using the derogatory comment to further polarize people and damaging the integrity of the electoral process.

Our Founding Fathers never intended for politics to be a "career" and once you've served your term, you go home. I believe that Congressional members should have term limits just as the President and Governors do. They get too comfy with all the perks and prestige and then spend up to half their term fundraising and campaigning for re-election. Who's doing their job they were elected for while they are out of their office? Term limits of no more than three terms. Then they go back to their "real life." This might have a positive effect on campaign financing as well. Please sign the petition if you believe Congress should have term limits.

My petition is about the rise in bullying in school. Children are required to abide by guidelines/rules in schools, i.e. dresscode, no firearms/drugs, attend class regulary, be on time to class etc. Instead of schools just declaring their school a no bully zone, have each child in elementary, middle, and high school sign a promissory note not to bully. With consequences to follow if they do. i.e. verbal warning, suspension, expulsion, depending on the damage/harm caused. This record will stay in their files until they graduate. If they change schools, the establishment will know their past history. It should be signed during school registration, each year. With no statute of limitation.

My daughter’s birthday is Sept. 20, 2007 and because Florida's Public School age requirements states that children attending Pre-K need to turn age 4 on or before Sept. 1 of the year attending, she was forced to stay home for an entire year. Florida’s age law for Public Schools needs to change, we are holding back our children from learning and interacting with others their own age. We are calling for flexibility on age when it comes to Pre-K and/or Kindergarten; we are asking that Florida adopt New York's requirements for Public School where children are allowed until December 31 of the year attending to turn 4 or 5 respectfully.