We as citizens of California NEED TO STOP JERRY BROWN from further destroying our State with his ill conceived and malicious ways of handling financial problems. The way to FIX our issues is not by cutting education or funding for animal shelters. The way to approach these issues is by looking at the HUGE WASTE of MONEY in Goverment Administration!

The problems with Genetically Modified (GM) foods are as many as they are varied. Respected scientists have risked everything to step forward and warn consumers that this new fast-track "solution to world hunger" is bad for their health and the environment, but to little avail. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/023238_organic_GMO_food.html#ixzz1n8Wq5uKC

Current hours in Cleveland Rec Centers are abysmal. None are open later than 7:30 pm, and this is only for scheduled programming. Studies (from the United Nations and Columbia University) have shown that the best way to reduce juvenile crime (which has shown a rise in Cleveland neighborhoods this year) is to allow public recreation centers to stay open later, preferably between 12 and 2 am on the weekends. Functional recreation facilities increase property values, decrease obesity rates, and contribute to making an entire area more desirable. A more public-friendly and crime free Cleveland is the Cleveland of the future. Michael E. Cox is the Director of Public Works in Cleveland. He has some authority in working to change this. Sign on to encourage his action.

The Maryland Legislature is poised to allow gay marriage. The sanctity of marriage between man and woman is what God intended and man should stop compromising God's laws with his own!!!

Ask them to oppose changes in our COLA. Work with the PERS Board to help enure the continued funding of our retirement system.

Yankee's plant is one of the oldest in the world: its infrastructure is precariously decrepit and in need of urgent repair. The plant's $100 million condenser needs to be replaced immediately and, according to Arnie Gunderson, speaking at Richmond's Free Public Library in VT back in November of '09, Yankee's turbine-pull rotates in a fashion that when it malfunctions, shrapnel is shot back toward the reactor containment box. This too needs to be replaced. VT Yankee has had radiation leaks time and again. There has been more than one leak at Yankee because of its aging, wooden infrastructure. In fact, in just the initial two years of operating, the plant had to be shut down seventeen times -- radioactive gases exceeding legal limits were pouring out. In July of 1976, 86,000 gallons of radioactive tritium spilled into the Connecticut River. In 1980 a thousand gallons of radioactive water spilled on the plant floor. Incidents like these rack up to well over a dozen. At the beginning of 2009, two pipes leaking radioactive water and steam were reported. And then there was a leak in April, and another in the condenser was discovered in June. In 2002, the USNRC (the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission) reported that 47 percent of facility employees are afraid to report safety issues to management. let's tell our representatives that we do not want to put our families lives at risk and risk future generation because of this irresponsible and dangerous industry.

Oklahoma is about to pass the Personhood Act, which gives embryos constitutional rights at the moment of conception. This bill would also outlaw abortions, even if its medically necessary to save the mother's life and if the woman was raped and a child was conceived because of the rape.

Our state legislature needs to stop pushing a "moral" agenda and focus on real issues. Women's rights need to be protected. Abortion is not a real issue nor is contraception. Likewise, protecting bullies in our schools and allowing gays, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students to be bullied on religious grounds is wrong. There should be no excuse for bullying anyone based on anything. Moreover, the "don't say gay" bill is nothing more than a distraction. Teachers never taught homosexuality in our schools. Every single bill our state makes, costs taxpayers thousands of dollars each. This is a waste of our tax dollars. The same money could've been used to attract new business to our state. However, these hateful bills drive away potential new business' that may have once considered to relocate to our state.

Currently in Missouri and across the country, sex offenders are put on a Public Registry for Life that allows anybody to see where they live, work, their car information, etc. Sex Offenders live in fear that their neighbor, employer or anyone else can target them, even when they have served their time and paid for their crime. Their basic civil rights are being abused and they daily face "unusual and cruel punishment" from these laws currently on the books. HB1700 is currently in the MO House of Representatives for a vote soon. It is a law to change who is on the Registry and for how long. The worst and most violent criminals will remain for the longest time. A board consisting of qualified professionals will conduct risk assessments to determine which of the Tier Levels a sex offender is placed on and that will determine how long one is on the Registry.

This petition is directly against the Anti-Vasectomy Act and its author - Rep. Yasmine Neal - House District 75. She states that just like women, men should not be able to voluntarily have a vasectomy, to use as birthcontrol - and just like women - if they are allowed to, it is only for just cause to save a life.

I calling on you to not vote against public employee pension.

In Iowa it is illegal to visit a CAFO and take photographs or videos of the animals and the conditions in which they live. I want this reversed.