Mayor Gray just released his proposed budget for 2013. Instead of raising revenue from the 1%, the Mayor has decided to go ahead with a cut of $7,000,000 in funding to homeless shelters and transitional housing. Source: http://budget.dc.gov/budget-overview (Slide 29)

Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager who was killed while walking home in his hoodie, is dead because someone who felt threatened by him took his life. George Zimmerman, Trayvon's killer, still hasn't even been arrested for the shooting. Why? Because Florida is a Kill at Will state. Astonishingly, Florida law broadensthe definition of justifiable homicide by granting people the right to use deadly force if they feel threatened. Thisextreme expansion of the right to kill, despite being fought by law enforcement officials, has occurred in 24 states. Right now, the legislature in Nebraska is considering following Florida's lead and becoming a Kill at Will state.If enough of their constituents speak out against Kill at Will, it can be stopped. Because of the negative attention theTrayvon Martin tragedy is bringing to these laws, elected officials and the media debating the legislation won't be able to ignore loud public pressure to keep Nebraska from becoming a Kill at Will state. These Kill at Will laws make us and our children all less safe. And they are a special danger to young people of color like Trayvon Martin, who may fall under "suspicion" from armed vigilantes simply by being young, black, and wearing a hoodie. Stand up for the next Trayvon by signing this petition, telling our Nebraska Government that we will not stand for a tragedy like that in our state.

Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain are trying to make the Navajo and Hopi Nations forfeit their water rights. They seek to take the water that the Navajo and Hopi people need to drink, farm, raise livestock, and maintain some economic independence, and give it to large energy corporations. We need to let the Senate know that this is deeply wrong, and that they do not have the people's support in this.

The City of Grants Pass is asking that we pay the difference toward improvements on Hubbard Lane in which this issue was never addressed by title companies and or developers. This creates hardship & anxieties to most of us due to hard financial times who are on a limited buget. I can't believe that they would want to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars on curbs, sidewalks, etc. when our police department suffers, our schools suffer, our homeless suffer, and our taxes continue to increase along with gas prices. The city of medford had a similar issue in which the City Council sided with the home owners. we are asking that our City council do the same for us.

TJMS middle school in louisville ky is having a 8th grade ceremony but no parents or guardians can come. What is the point. Who are you trying to impress you techers are your class mates ...no your parents .

I believe we should raise the age to 18 so to prevent death in thousands of immature teens behind the wheel. This has personally changed my life and needs to be addressed.

I am a 6th Grade student in the district and I am currently aware that Middle School sports have recently been cut from our budget. We are the only district in the surrounding area to cut middle school sports. Teens who participate in physical activity are proven to perform better in school . Children and teens should exercise for at least 60 minutes EACH DAY. Many teens will not reach this mark especially because we do not have Physical Education classes daily.

The Town of Carolina Shores is considering approving the removal of almost a thousand trees from the Carolina Shores Golf Course. Many of these trees are shading the golf course, but many more of them maybe even the majority, in no way shade the golf course. Let the town and the golf course that we want to protect our trees, protect our environment, and protect our property values!

As a SENIOR I would like to contribute back into the Social Security Trust with a GIFT. Every April on TAX day, I would to send a separate check to the TRUST. There are approximately 50 million Seniors and 50 million babyboomers that could leave a yearly GIFT to their children and grandchildren.

As a SENIOR I would like to contribute back into the Social Security Trust with a GIFT. Every April on TAX day, I w=ould to send a separate check to the TRUST. There are approximately 50 million Seniors and 50 million babyboomers that could leave a yearly GIFT to their children and grandchildren.

Stopping the development corporation of Abilene, Texas from using anymore of our tax money, and putting the remaining balance in to street repair in Abilene.

From at least 1996 to 2012, the Christian Broadcasting Network had a teaching paper on its Website which suggested victims of sexual abuse and molestation could "consent" to what happened to them and "allow (themselves) to be molested"--thus suggesting it is somehow the victims' fault. It also told anyone who suspected child abuse to talk to a minister before doing anything else, even though virtually every state requires those who suspect abuse to report it. The paper was taken down in March 2012, but CBN and its longtime chairman, Pat Robertson, have yet to apologize for it. We're calling for Robertson to issue a full apology for spitting in the face of victims of sexual abuse.