Tell Bigoted Irmo, South Carolina Mayor to Resign Hardy King, the Mayor of Irmo, South Carolina is unapologetically posting bigoted memes and links on his Facebook account. In a story posted in the Daily Beast, King seems proud of his history of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, pro-Confederacy and racist Facebook posts. He told Columbia TV station WLTX, “If it causes some terrorist grief I do not apologize, nor do I believe they give a rip. If it caused some liberal troll to go bonkers, so what.” One of his anti-immigrant posts includes “Facts!” such as: • “95% of Warrants issued for Murder in Los Angeles are for Illegals” • “More than 66% of ALL births in California are to Illegals on Medi-Cal.” Of course, none of these “facts” are true. A mayor has to represent all of the people in her or his community. Hardy King has proven that he does not care about the minority groups in Irmo. It is clear that he cannot do the job of mayor. Sign our petition to Irmo Mayor Hardy King: “Bigotry has no place in modern American society. We demand that you resign as Mayor of Irmo immediately.”

The reason is obvious. I do not buy their baked goods because of palm oil.

to help keep our kids safe

This petition is in honor of Jade Bridier's battle with DIPG ( Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas). Many are not aware of the severity of the brain tumor in children. Parents shouldn't be the only ones raising funds. We need national support to change the 4% given to pediatric cancer research. Please consider signing and helping us start with Texas and grow nationally.

I want to fight for our families, friends, those we know and those we don't. Life is short enough. For such a preventable situation, we need financial resources, better facilities, more professionals and those that not only treat adults but minors, there is extreme lack of care for minors. We need better background checks so there isn't internal abuse to those who are seeking treatment and not adding to the list of what they are going through. We need your help today to spread the word now. Remember it starts with ONE.

We are thrilled that the Caps have finally brought the Stanley Cup to Washington, D.C.! But as your team celebrates this long-overdue accomplishment, our country and world are in crisis. For the good of the Capitals fanbase and the people of Washington, D.C., and in solidarity with professional athletes across the United States being disrespected by Donald Trump's administration, we call on you to reject any invitation Trump makes for you to visit the White House.

In response to the recent letter that bus service will be removed for the 2018-2019 school year due to the newly constructed walk zone to LPA: The members of the community feel this walk zone to be hazardous due to its proximity to a major highway 9B, the unsecured pond/wooded area that lines the walk zone, as well as the neglectful nature of allowing young children to walk unsupervised twice daily. The 2 mile analysis that was done is in fact invalid as the only pedestrian entry is at the front of the neighborhood (SJF Blvd/CR 210). The back gate on St Johns pkwy is in fact a restricted access gate which cannot be considered a pedestrian entry (children younger than 15 cannot have access to enter this gate). School bus service needs to be reinstated for the upcoming school year to ensure safety of our children.

THE ISSUE Our children are at risk. Our government does nothing. There are 99 operating nuclear power reactors in the United States today. Should an accident occur, anyone under age 40, especially children, would be threatened with cancer caused by radiation. But the risk to the general public can be almost completely eliminated by a simple pharmaceutical known as KI (potassium iodide). It’s a pill that gives virtually complete protection from the threat. In volume, the pills cost pennies. Chernobyl proved that KI works. The Soviets had some, and children who got it were protected. But children who couldn’t get the pills developed thyroid cancer at epidemic rates. In Poland, every child received KI at the time of Chernobyl, and all were protected. But in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, where no KI was on hand, at least 6000 children developed cancer due to the accident. Almost all were located more than 30 miles downwind. Nothing else had a similar effect. In fact, 10 years after the accident, medical researchers concluded that “except for thyroid cancer” no statistical increase in others cancers or radiation effects could be identified. In light of the need for childhood thyroid cancer protection, our government agreed to stockpile KI. But nuclear authorities decided to restrict stockpiling efforts to just 10 miles around our power plants, even though they knew that the danger extended well-beyond this distance. This restriction means that in an emergency most children would be unable to get the pills and thousands could develop cancer. All preventable. Radiation emergencies (from weapons or power plants) have happened in the past and are likely to happen again. Let's demand that enough KI be available to protect every child within 50-miles of our nuclear power plants. Let’s protect all of our children—not just some. HISTORY Following September 11, US authorities agreed to stockpile KI for individuals living near US nuclear facilities. Although the risk from low radiation levels (which lead to cancer) extended for at least 50 miles, the nuclear industry chose to focus their emergency response efforts only on high radiation levels—which kill before cancer has time to develop—and which are seldom found beyond ten-miles. The threat of cancer, and KI, is ignored. Instead, evacuation, sheltering, and food control are suggested protective measures. EVACUATION/SHELTERING Although any individual would be safer if they evacuate, the ability to empty cities and quickly move millions of people out of danger is far from certain. Further, millions of people all trying to leave at once would undoubtedly complicate other emergency response programs and introduce serious traffic risks. Worse, where evacuation is not feasible, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) suggests “sheltering.” In other words, staying indoors until the danger has passed. But having millions of people remain in contaminated areas, breathing radioactive air and drinking radioactive water (from irradiated reservoirs), would be a radiological disaster. For anyone remaining in an irradiated area without KI, the cancer risk would be very high. FOOD CONTROL To reduce the risk, the NRC recommends the destruction of all milk and food grown on lands that are within 50 miles of a radiation release. This is necessary to prevent highly radioactive products from reaching the public where they would be eaten and cause thyroid cancer. This has never been tried, and no one knows how many farmers will comply. But what is known is that if farms will be contaminated at 50 miles, so will the farmers—and everyone else at this distance. Only the wide availability of KI can effectively protect the millions of threatened people who live within the 50-mile range. CONCLUSION It is difficult to justify the government’s decision to protect some children and not others. It is difficult to understand how officials could consider food control and mass evacuations sufficient, and to deliberately choose to limit KI availability despite the known danger. It is hard to see how these actions serve America or what benefit they provide. There is no coherent reason why KI should not be added to the country’s emergency response plans. Our officials know this. In fact, following the Chernobyl accident, a former NRC Chairman stated that “Evacuation and potassium iodide would have significantly reduced the incidence of thyroid cancer.” He called the Soviet’s callous disregard for the health of their children a “failure of a society to take care of its people.” Surely America can do better than that. Sign the Petition to demand that our government stockpile an adequate supply of KI to protect ALL of our children. For additional information and documentation, go to www.KIFacts.com. This petition is sponsored by Anbex.com.

For all the millions of people who Richard Gerth greeted over the years at WDW Grand Floridian and made their stay that much nicer.

As someone who knows what it's like to see someone you care about get hurt by their partner, I would like to propose new laws for domestic violence in the state of Michigan. In the state of Nevada, they have a law that states, if you are CHARGED with domestic violence you must turn your weapon over to the state. This will give the victim a chance of hope that they can be safe and their predator won't come shoot them while awaiting trial or a conviction. This law will keep the victims of domestic violence safe and give them hope that they have a chance to become survivors.

Those with little or no parking who live here have a very hard time for almost half of the year. Having friends or family over for more than a couple hours is all but impossible for five whole months. It's not necessary and it's a great burden to your citizens who pay taxes for having cars in our fine town. If theres no snow on the ground, why are we punished by being unable to park? There was at least 2, closer to 3, out of the 5 months this year that the ban was ineffective and unecessary. Please help out your citizens and modify this procedure. Thank you very much for hearing us out.

Speed bumps have been removed from the streets of Plantation Acres for repaving. A significant increase in speeding vehicles has occurred which endangers the residents and pets or our neighborhood. With this petition we, the residents, urge the City of Plantation to ensure the speed bumps are reinstalled as quickly as possible.