• Let Seniors use the short tax form
    Senior Taxpayers must slog through more than 100 pages of incomprehensible 1040 long form instructions or hire professional help,even if they do not claim any itemized deductions. THIS IS A TOTALY UNNECESSARY !! THE IRS SHOULD FOLLOW THE LEAD OF 15 STATES which allow seniors to use their short tax form when filing state income taxes. FIVE OF THESE STATES distribute free software for these simple state income tax forms, that can be used on any computer which automatically performs all mathematical functions, and compute the taxes due the state or the rebate due the taxpayer; _________________________
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    Created by Roland Boucher
  • Get AAA To Stop Homophobic Contractors
    Recently, a California State University at Channel Islands student called AAA to tow his car after it crashed. Immediately, AAA responded by sending Eddie’s Towing truck driver, Bobbie, to the scene. Bobbie’s behavior towards the student was hostile. Bobbie verbally bashed him stating, “the world f****** hates you” and took pictures of the student with his cellular phone while continuing to yell homophobic comments. The AAA dispatcher could hear all of the abuse because the student was on his cell phone. The dispatcher said he would contact the supervisor and asked Bobbie to stop. Soon after this request, a furious Bobbie left the student at an IHOP parking lot in Newbury Park, roughly fifty miles short of his destination in Los Angeles. Before agreeing to unload his vehicle, Bobbie verbally threatened the student and refused to give him his car if the student did not give him any money. Furthermore, Bobbie’s behavior towards the student’s vehicle was violent as he was unloading it from the tow truck, until he realized the student was trying to record this on his now dead cell phone.
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    Created by Shawn Terris
  • BattleGrounds Park
    Carmensville park located on 152nd Amsterdam in New York,Ny have always been known as"The Battlegrounds" since the late 60's until this present day.We the community want the name of this park to change from Carmensville park to Battlegrounds Park.
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    Created by Scott Strother
  • Help the Honeybees
    Roadside are some of the last places for honeybees and other insect life to forage in this age of mono culture a flower can be hard to find. A pesticide free plant is getting harder to find in a field or along rail roads or even in parks. A road side covered in flowers would be a joy to behold for bees and people. It would save money in the long run as well as make job now, cleaning and planting the roadsides. Then we would save fuel and labor by only mowing once. A lot of plants make better ground cover then grass. Our road sides should be in bloom from spring to fall. If we wait till spring to mow the plant life hepl hold snow and give wild life a place to forage.
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    Created by Tim Childress
  • Vermont State Wide Riparian Buffer Zone Petition
    Incremental but unrelenting encroachment upon and development of the stream banks and flood plains following the devastating flood of 1927 has unnecessarily put human lives and property in harms way. The best interests of citizens and property owners, our communities, soil preservation, and the ecological integrity of Vermont rivers, streams, lakes and ponds demands that meaningful state wide riparian buffer zone legislation be drafted, approved and implemented as soon as possible.
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    Created by Robert E. Skowronski
  • Tim Sheline does not deserve to have freedom
    My mother was murdered Aug. 29 2007 in Fairview Park and she was strangled and her head and kitchen lit on fire to cover up evidence. Tim had been arrested for having her rental car and her credit cards after her death and he was one of the last people with her that day. He has a 34 yr criminal history which includes arson,attacking a police officer,possessing bombs and forgery,grand theft,the list goes on. He pretended to be a caring neighbor and handyman all the while to rip my mom off blind. I found forged checks from him out of my mothers checkbook whcih he has not been arrested for. I want the book thrown at him,he is obviously a danger to society and does not deserve to be out of jail on March 14th 2012. If you agree that people like Tim should be kept out of society please sign.
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    Created by Sue Mazzone
  • Support Funding for Pediatric GIST Reseach
    Budget cuts in Washington, D.C. will eliminate the funding for the doctor, Su Young Kim, who is the principal researcher into pediatric gastrointestinal stromal cancer (GIST).The rarity of this tumor, combined with biological differences between children and adults with GIST, have made it difficult to study the natural history of this disorder and to determine the best therapy for pediatric patients. Pediatric GIST research at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, is conducting a clinical studies of the disease, working with patients from across the country. It's an effort to better understand the disease and develop better treatments for the children afflicted by it.
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    Created by Laurie
  • Boycott Frank and Frary!
    Pomona College's recent work authorization document check has sent fear throughout this campus considering that the already racist, anti-immigrant climate of the US is at its worst yet. As students, faculty, staff, and supporters, we cannot watch as our fellow community members are intimidated by an action meant to silence us. We must take action immediately and call for at least a minimum of pushing back the December 1st deadline for documents, if not a complete moratorium on the document check. Workers have called for a boycott of Frank and Frary dining halls on Wednesday, November 30th and it is our time now to support them!
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    Created by Anthony F
  • Hey Congress, we STILL need a jobs bill!
    Congress has been fiddling while American families burn. It has to stop. Our national infrastructure needs hundreds of billions of dollars of work, and millions of Americans are unemployed and desperate for jobs. It is time for Congress to put petty politics aside and do the work Americans need it to do.
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    Created by Keith Rouda
  • make ending corruption THE issue for OWS
    Lobbiest infect our system visa vie corruption. the 1% uses this corruption machine to change the game to their advantage at the expense of the 99%. Do you support new, strick standards on lobbiest and how they can influence our lawmakers and laws written?
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    Created by Mike Doyle
  • Save Our Schools
    Save Our Schools is a national organization dedicated to eliminating high stakes testing of students and high stakes evaluation of teachers. It calls for equitable funding of schools; curriculum developed for and by local school communities; and teacher, family and community leadership in forming public education policies
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    Created by michael shaw
  • Fix Our NMLS Laws
    I want to have the SAFE ACT amended so that even loan originators who have had felonies past 7 years can get approved by their respective states. Make it a case by case situation so that each entity can determine on their own without the federal government mandating the individual is bad without understanding his rehabilitating efforts.
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    Created by Jeff Sprankle