After the Parkland, Florida shooting, fundraiser after fundraiser popped up to help victims and the victims’ families pay for medical bills, hospital bills, and heartbreakingly, funeral expenses. People across the United States—and the world—have come together to give what they can to provide financial support for the shooting victims and their families. You know who hasn’t helped out? Republican politicians who’ve received millions of dollars from the NRA. Republicans need to move beyond “thoughts and prayers” and do something actionable—like giving the same amount of money they’ve received from the NRA to the shooting victims and their families. It is unconscionable that politicians receive millions of dollars from the NRA, but Parkland victims and their families need to ask for money online. Sign the petition to Republican politicians: Donate your NRA money to Parkland victims’ medical and funeral expenses.

These types of illnesses are not well understood but affect so many. These people are living on the street. It has been so hard to get actual help. I watch my daughter struggle everyday for the past 6 years.

The Act of Net Neutrality affects schools, jobs, and education. Net Neutrality will make it harder for teachers to use technology in classrooms in that they wont be able to pull up photos and videos as easily. It will make it harder for students to complete their research. It will also affect low income schools and will make them more expensive for their students.

We have been misled about the meaning of the right to bear arms. We have been bullied by the gun lobby. We have worked unsuccessfully for minor changes in gun laws. It is time to say Enough.

Connecticut has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation. Governor Malloy recently announcing his plan to increase the gasoline tax by 7cpg, creating a new $3 tax on each tire sold in CT, in addition to implementing tolls. It's time to communicate to your local legislators that we cannot afford any additional taxes at the pump. You can help by signing this petition to stop the gasoline tax increase.

Save our country from Russian and other foreign interference and traitorous activity.

Gun violence is a problem in our country, and although it cannot be completely eliminated, steps can be taken that would save many lives in the future. The Las Vegas tragedy is another in a long line of tragic incidents. Reinstituting the federal ban on assault weapons should be a first step. Even Ronald Reagan co-signed a letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to support a ban on the manufacture of "assault weapons." Why won't Charlie Crist support such a law? According to an article in the American Journal of Medicine, Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in other developed countries. Firearm death rates per 100,000 in the US are 10.2 compared with 1.8 in Norway, 2.8 in France (where most deaths were terrorism related), and 0.6 in Spain. Just because we cannot prevent all gun violence, shouldn’t we try to prevent the 90% that is preventable with new legislation? Charlie Crist has received at least $9,900 from the NRA. The majority of Americans support prevention of gun violence, but instead of common sense legislation, we suffer the tragedies of THE BEST DEMOCRACY THAT MONEY CAN BUY!

Please sign this petition now so a representative may share it with the Trustees at tonight's Village board meeting. This will help show the Village that we are united in protecting our children from gun violence. Please ask your local friends and family to sign the petition as well.

Every 10 minutes someone in the US will die unwittingly from opioid overdose purchased from a dealer. Often opioids are laced with fentanyl to make the high more intense. The majority of the purchasers are college students. The dealers use burner phones because they are untraceable. Law enforcement has to keep up with technology.

Many voters choose to remain unaffiliated with a political party for various reasons. They consider themselves independent or may object to political parties in general or for specific reasons. These voters represent a substantial number of voters in the the state and should have a voice, in the party of their choice, in selecting candidates at party primaries. This would help assure that the state's political parties put forward strong candidates who are electable with the population of unaffiliated voters. It would also help strengthen the party system by attracting "no party" voters to vote in their primaries.

Our elected officials should not be accepting campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association. How can they be unbiased on NRA matters that come before them if they are receiving NRA money. We sent them to Washington to work on our behalf. Ninety percent of voters say they want background checks on all gun sales. And yet, the people we send to vote on our behalf do nothing to protect the American people from the proliferation of guns.

Thoughts and prayers will not change what has happened. Gaetz cannot lead us out of this problem but he can make room for the young people who will. Let the children lead us out of this darkness.