Cruelty to animals is never justifiable, but it is particularly disturbing when it is done stricly for vanity and profit. A PLEDGE AND PETITION FOR A FUR FREE BOCA RATON We pledge to refrain from purchasing any and all Fur and Fur trimmed items and clothing including coats, hats, scarves, boots, shoes, gloves, pet toys, household furnishing etc. We support the Ban of the sale of Fur and Fur trimmed clothing and any apparel/household items in the City of Boca Raton, Florida and elsewhere. We urge the City Council to propose and make final a resolution of such a ban within the city of Boca Raton . We find the cruelty perpetrated on fur bearing animals to be barbaric, unnecessary, unacceptable and choose not to support an Industry that raises animals solely for the purpose of ripping their skin from their bodies and using it as decoration. Fur coats are not a necessity, they are a luxury item which causes extreme cruelty to living beings. Fur trim and other items made from fur are not necessities, they are decorative only. Of the 40 million animals a year slaughtered for the Fur Industry, 85% of them come from China, a country that has no humane standards at all. After being raised in unnatural, crowded conditions, at the age of about 8 months ,most animals are anally electrocuted prior to skinning, their bodies being discarded as waste. Horrifyingly, for the sake of efficiency, some Chinese fur farmers place animals into boiling water while still alive, so that their skin pulls away from their bodies easier. This has been recorded and documented by world wide news organizations and is available for viewing on the Internet for those people that are skeptical that humans could be capable of that degree of indifference to suffering. Even in America, there are no protections for the animals raised for their fur and they, too, are raised in horrifying conditions, electrocuted and slaughtered at a young age , their bodies discarded. For more information about the cruelties of the Fur Industry, visit www.CompassionForTheAnimals.org

There is not a single a single issue more important than this. Without campaign reform there will be no progress meaning affordable healthcare, equal taxation for all. Equal rights for everyone. Both Republican and Democrats are driven by campaign funding, perks, and jobs after retirement. Every other civilized country in the world has it. Not the U.S.A.

If we really want to solve the problems in government, I beleive term limits for both the senate ( two terms) and congress (three terms) would help immmensely.

Social workers incur large debt relative to their prospective salaries. We're calling on the University of Maryland Baltimore's Board of Regents to take an active role in advocating for training, legislation, and loan forgiveness. ** There is an error in the petition body-- the accurate amount of UMB SSW Student Debt upon graduation is $62,000. Please make note of this before signing.

The State of Delaware is a right to work state. However, its been noted that a high percentage of employers, there HR staff a firing people that question pay and policies of numerous company's in this State. People are desperately need employment in this state. Moveover there are still thousands of unemployed auto workers that are having difficulty because of this Law. Were asking the Governor to please take a look at this and reverse this law in the State of Delaware and Nationally. There are unfair practices going on and it there's no voice for the people and their families that are being harmed. Reverse The Right to Work Law.

The United States Supreme Court, on April 2, 2012, upheld strip searches and body cavity searches for those arrested or detained without requiring probable cause or reasonable belief for those searches. Prior to 2003, Maine used to prohibit such searches of those arrested for misdemeanors and other minor offenses unless reasonable cause existed to believe that the detainee was concealing a weapon, contraband or evidence of a crime. The purpose of this petition is to reinstate the requirement of reasonable cause to permit such searches of those arrested for minor offenses.

People want to rename Burien Skatepark "Jasmine Tully Memorial Park". Jasmine Tully hung out at the skatepark but didn't have anything to do with the skate community. She was not a skater or a biker. Her murder had nothing to do with the skatepark. Please don't exploit her death by renaming our beloved park after someone who didn't respect it.

To prevent congressional members from relinquishing government authority to individuals or corporations that can lead to an ineffectual federal government.

The people in congress and some who have been in the whitehouse have hidden their past through legal means to prevent us from knowing about their past. Bush military records were hidden, Nixon hid info, Obama hides all of his scholastic records as well as his Ill senate records. We need transparancy.

All elected officials will be paid a 15x multiple of the minimum wadge for their pay and expenses will be based on the lowest price lodging and meals. Health and other benefits will be single payer stripped down medicare treatments with co-pays the same as the poor receive. Retirement will be social security the same as the lowest paid wadge earners now receive

To establish a 50% tax on paid political speech to fund publicly financed candidates.

With all the issues facing our country the one that concerns me the most is voters suppression laws. It is so obvious to me and many others, what these Republicans are doing, suppress a segment of voters who traditionally vote for Democrats by lying and using the argument that they are trying to eliminate voter fraud, which is a total fabrication. People's right to vote is protected in the constitution. This extreme effort by these Republicans Governors is a very dangerous and slippery slope with devastating consequences for our country's future. We must protect that right for future generations.