New Orleans is one of the few remaining large cities in America to not have a major, custom, in-ground concrete skatepark despite the longstanding and massive BMX and skateboarding communities in the greater New Orleans region even though there are numerous public amenities for traditional sports. We're calling on the New Orleans city council to allocate funds for a major, custom, in-ground concrete skatepark such as the newly completed Baton Rouge skatepark with design input from the local BMX and skateboarding communities featuring hybrid terrain for everyone from beginners to advanced users to accommodate everyone from the youth to the veterans of the New Orleans BMX and skateboarding communities.

It is about promoting fairness as a criteria to get past the culture and class wars and unite us for needed political reform. It is committing to the principle and using it as the criteria, even if we still disagree about particular programs or policies, rather than employing more divisive language such as that used in the culture wars and class warfare.

Moneys being donated from unknown sources which opens the way to buy elections.

My petition is about educating our children in another language. We have many languages in our world today. In our schools, we have to learn some of them to graduate. I want to make American Sign Language one of these languages our children have to learn. As a mother of a deaf child, I know first hand what happens when people don't take the time to try to understand him. Many problems can and have occurred. It's not like, " you live in America, so learn English! " Deaf Americans don't have a choice to learn another language ! Please sign my petition to have American Sign Language taught to our children in our schools .

The horrible and slanderous lies about our President ! I have never seen such lies and disrespect toward any of our US Presidents in all the years of my life ! I am a senior citizen of America. I hate how the conservatives are getting away with calling our President racist names, that he wasn't born in America, that he is a musleum...drawing posters with him as a Nazi !!! And, it doesn't stop..But, this horrible treatment of our great President Obama has got to stop, ASAP !!! Sincerely, Ellie Folkins, Scotts Valley, Ca. U.S.A.

Governor Nixon outlined a goal in the 2011 summit on higher education to give greater weight to revise funding to give greater weight to measurement and performance from institutions of higher education. Budget cuts have forced universities to reorganize their operating models to meet this new standard. The Missouri Academy of Science Mathematics and Computing is a high performing institution that deserves funding to operate at this excellent level of performance.

This petition is about the actions and choice of words that Mr Bolling holds towards African Americans. He has showed the uttermost disrespect for the life of Ms Whitney E. Houston, as she has recentlly passed away with his comment directed at Dem. Congress woman Ms Maxine Waters on February 16th 2012. (Eric Bolling) "how's this!... congress woman... you saw what happened to Whitney Houston.... step away from the crack pipe!...step away from the zanex... step away from the Lorazepam... it's gonna get you in trouble"~verbatim These words are detrimental and inexcusable. It shows a lack of dignity and thought. Many African Americans watch the Fox news channel and its affiliates. At the same time we should not have to be subjected to the blatant vulgar offensive type of language expressed through the mind of Mr Eric Bolling who is no more then referring to blacks as common drug addicts and "hoodlums"..... as he recently spoke of Brother President Obama "It's not the first time he's had a hoodlum in the hizzouse."~verbatim, referring to President Obama on hosting Gabonese President, Ali Bongo of Africa. He (Eric Bolling) should be removed from the Fox news organization as an anilyst for his actions is that of a child in grade school and not of a grown man in journalism. His "just kidding" remark on Congress woman Waters afterwords shows the lack of decency as his taste in judgement lacks moral in conforming to a standard of wrong behavior on the air for the public to see. This type of behavior should not be tollerated by Fox news and should relieve Mr Bolling from his duties with Fox corportation.

I spoke to a Cherokee lady that was born in Cherokee, NC. She said the casino there has only benefited the community. She said it was a high poverty area and the casino has helped restore the area.

This petition would be to insure that so many Americans are not disenfranchised by all the new bills passed at the State level to reduce the chances for Democrats to win. (Students, the poor, the less-educated, the too busy , those who cannot take time off...) This will reduce voter suppression in many swing states.

Grover Norquist has disabled Congress from doing its job.

For the sake of our personal liberties as Americans we must speak up for our rights to control what clothes we wear and how we wear them. Whether you wear baggy pants or not, stand up for those who do and sign the petition today!

Soldiers from Individual Ready Reserve were called to action in 2004 they were given 30 days before they had been scheduled for training and then sent to Iraq. Many soldiers are now feeling the effects of PTSD. The results of serving their country with Honor. My brother and many like him showed up after 30 days notice. My brother is now suffering from the effects of PTSD . My point is my brother was given 30 days to get ready for war why does it take the goverment 24 months to process his disability paper work. If compliance is required for soldiers it is reasonable to require the same of our Goverment.