Keep almost 3 billions of dollars from going to the big oil companies on april 15!

Massachusetts Bill 661 is currently being held in the Joint Committee for the Judiciary and should never be released. (http://malegislature.gov/Bills/187/Senate/S00661) Bill 661 allows Massachusetts to become a Stand Your Ground state that protects citizens like George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin in Florida. Massachusetts Law Ch 278, 8A (http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter278/Section8A) already allows for broad protection within the home. Bill 661 expands this to "any place that one has the right to be" and has no obligation to retreat from or de-escalate violence in a dangerous situation. This is a Shoot First mentality that has no place in our State and it endangers us all. Please educate yourself on the implications of passage of this Bill. Research has shown that states that have adopted similar legislation have seen an increase in justifiable homicides. It is well-known that local and national guns-rights organizations are putting pressure on its members and lawmakers to consider and pass Stand Your Ground laws. (www.iwatchnews.org) Stand Your Ground to keep this legislation from becoming law. Please contact members of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to urge non-passage through the process that proceeds towards legislation. Senate and House Members include: Cynthia Creem, Gale Candaras, Patricia Jehlen, John Keenan, Thomas McGee, Richard Ross, Gene O'Flaherty, John Fernandes, Colleen Garry, Sean Curran, Carlos Henriquez, Russell Holmes, Sheila Harrington, Kevin Murphy, Angelo Puppolo, Christopher Markey, Daniel Winslow This issue will not come to the voting booth. Your VOTE against Bill 661 is your voice being heard by your Representative. Whether or not your Representative is listed below, please contact him or her personally and voice your opinion. Should this Bill come out of Committee it will be considered for legislation. Sponsors of this Bill include: Stephen M. Brewer, Shaunna N. O'Connell, Angelo J. Puppolo, Cleon H. Turner, Elizabeth A. Poirier, Susan W. Gifford,Nicholas A. Boldyga, Thomas A. Golden, Paul K. Frost, Matthew A. Beaton, Demetrius J. Atsalis, Daniel B. Winslow, Bradley H. Jones, Dennis A. Rosa, Viriato M. deMacedo, George T. Ross, Michael O. Moore, Bruce E. Tarr, George N. Peterson, Todd M. Smola, Marc T. Lombardo, Anne M. Gobi, Randy Hunt, Christine E. Canavan, John J. Binienda, Donald F. Humason, Richard Bastien

This petition is trying to start a mens volleyball program in the Edgerton Highschool. If you sign this petition you are staing that you would be intrested in participating in a mens volleyball program.

PSNH should match our contributions for development of renewable energy sources when we sign up for THEIR EarthSmart Green Rate. C'mon PSNH, get some skin in the game!

The petition is for Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old, florida highschool student. He was walking in a gated community with a black hoodie , while holding skittles and iced tea. he was found not only shot but abused.The street watch,Zimmerman tells police he killed Martin in self defense. Taking him at his word, police do not arrest him, nor administer a drug or alcohol test.

To eliminate excessive benefits of Congress & Senate written & voted on by themselves. To cut the cost of government operation , & to keep their benefits in-align with average benefits of the working people. 100% Elimination of life time pensions, (they may pay into a 401 type plan if they choose) Medical health & Insurance to be given only well they are actively in a public held position. & possible addition of co-pays.

Purpose: To criminalize the payout & receiving of any monies, gratuities or any benefits by all members of Government & corporations. To make it a felony with immediate removal from public office & mandatory imprisonment Help stop the special interest of corporations & others in getting around laws & stop them from changing the laws for their interest. & most of all to keep our politicians honest!

Genetically altered plants & seeds have crossed into the natural environment crossing with & disseminating natural crops. Killing off natural species & many varieties of them, yet when these plants are found on a farmers land government has sided with the genetic patent holders & will destroy his crops or fine him into bankruptcy. Genetically altered plants should only be allowed to be grown in contained areas.

Let's see how compelling their message is without the money that backs them.

This is a petition to get JEM to be aired on The Hub Network 5 days a week at a reasonable time during the day or evening and not at a time where most of the world is sleeping!!!

Vote yes for discounted tickets for college students to ride to and from school on B.A.R.T. College students are a part of the community that deserves it, they are the core of the community, and our future. Don't kick students while their down and make them pay high tuition and book fees and now full price transportation. They are already in debt. Students don't have money because they don't have a job yet. That is why they are still in school, they are trying to better themselves by going to college. They are doing the right thing, they are staying out of trouble and hopefully give back to the community after they graduate. Possibly buy a discount fare to clipper card at the colleges themselves to verify school status. Lets all work together.

Cities of Albany and El Cerrito do not have school zones in their municipal codes, so there is currently a huge lack of funding, safety and attention to the schools and their community... School zones are here to ensure the safety of our kids while walking or biking to and from school. School Zones help build a healthier community by encouraging families to bike or walk safely to and from school using suggested "Safe Routes To School" using Crossing Guards and "Complete Sidewalks" During School hours speed limit 15 MPH because we are trying to make it safer, any speed faster would be too fast to slow or stop resulting in running over your kid. Speed bumps on School streets. Double fine in school zones helps raise $ for the city and makes it safer for our kids crossing the street, cost mutual solution. High visibility school signs are a very efficient way to spend money. School zones will be funded by the state as soon as School Zones" are put in the city "municipal code book" school zones will create jobs by funding the hiring of many "crossing guards" and hundreds of thousands of dollars for high visible signs. School zones also makes guns drugs and tobacco illegal on school property oup to 1000 feet away. all this is here to protect our kids & our future, safer routes to school, slower traffic around schools, allows proper street signs for school to be put in place, for high visibility crosswalks and bike lanes. I wrote a letter to Jerry Brown last year and he wrote back and said there is money waiting for the city if they add the school zone in their code book, and this is probably something that was just overlooked not realizing they don't exist in the code book. the city hall told me they don't have money to put up signs or to hire additional crossing guards, I shared with them that if they add them the state will fund all of that.. the city is missing out and also new this year the "Pedestrian Safety Act California" came out and I am probably the most excited person on the planet right now. soon it will be safer for all pedestrians to feel safe crossing the street, because not one crosswalk is any more important than another! It also creates a better local economy if more people feel safer to walk around the city to eat or shop, which in turn creates a healthier, and greener community by walking or biking instead of driving. I am a male with no kids in the school system, so I am not a powerful voice at the city hall, need all your help to make this possible.