We plead with Rabbi Marvin Hier, as a vital moral voice in our community, to immediately and unequivocally speak out and condemn President Trump’s pattern of dangerous pandering to anti-Semitic tropes. We further ask the Simon Wiesenthal Center Board of Trustees, as stewards of the Holocaust’s twin lessons of tolerance and the danger of silence, to join us in this urgent plea.

Anderson Cooper should justify his unsubstantiated claim that having opposed the CIA’s illegal war against Nicaragua in the 1980s is a political liability in the United States today.

We would like to have the SCT (Suffolk County Transit) buses to improve services to where all routes operate 7 days a week, as well as on holidays, in Suffolk County, New York.

Do not appoint Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to any position in the federal government. Sheriff Clarke is unfit for office and needs to face criminal charges for the human rights abuses and deaths at his jail, not be hired by DHS and given federal powers to continue his racist rhetoric and advance racist policies targeting immigrants, Muslims, and Black people.

The noise and chemical pollution from leaf blowers hurts humans, pets, and the local fauna. From the World Health Organization to the Air Resources Board and local government, and a grand jury, have all clearly stated they should be banned. Help our community regain health, strengthen our ecosystem, and give night workers and home workers the ability to work and rest safely. This is why leaf blowers should be banned: NOISE POLLUTION 1. They make noise at 100 times human tolerance level that is amplified by surrounding buildings. 2. Constant motor noise is linked to hearing loss, deafness, heart palpitations, strokes and serious disturbance of brain functions. 3. Leaf blowers threaten living spaces. Those of us who are home workers, day sleepers (because we work at night) or ill can't work, sleep or convalesce. Blower not only assault our health, they hinder our ability to earn a living; 4. The sounds generated by a leaf blower cause severe suffering to domestic pets and local fauna whose hearing is so much more sensitive than a human’s. 5. In Orange County, Calif., a grand jury even took up the issue and determined the health hazards citizens are exposed to by the use of leaf blowers outweigh the questionable economic benefit blowers may bring to the cities and the County. The Grand Jury recommended that the cities, school districts, community college districts, and the County cease using gas-powered blowers in their maintenance and cleanup operations. CHEMICAL POLLUTION 1. Toxic exhaust fumes and emissions include carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons. The American Lung Association calculated that a leaf blower causes as much smog as 17 cars. 2. The high-velocity air jets used in blowing leaves whip up dust and pollutants. The particulate matter (dust) swept into the air contains lead, fecal matter, pesticides, fungi, chemicals, fertilizers, spores, and street dirt. 5 lbs of PM per blower per hour are swept into the air and take hours to settle. 3. The Air Resources Board of California calculates the quantity of pollution injected into public air at TONS of pollutants per. 4. Instructions for the majority of leaf blowers require the use of ear, eye, and breathing protection for anyone within 50 feet; innocent bystanders don't have this choice 5. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 1995, in an all-encompassing study on the costs and harmful effects of noise on health and society made a single, simple ruling on leaf blowers: "they should not be used!" We, the undersigned petition the governing officials of the city of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, Seaside, Sand City, Del Rey Oaks, and Marina to immediately ban the use of noise polluting and air polluting leaf blowers in all areas of their jurisdictions, and to declare a moratorium on the use of all leaf blowers in residentially zoned areas. We also implore them to launch an information campaign in the form of TV and newspaper ads as well as brochures to be distributed to all registered lawn care and landscaping businesses, gardening and eco-centers to inform the public of the health hazards resulting from the use of leaf blowers.

Bankers have been able to buy our legislators for the purpose of making their crimes legal, including treason. Now it’s time to confront those legislators, using the power of millions of angry citizens to demand these banking changes immediately. Sign this petition to demand the changes. Every signature adds power to the demands. If you think the demands are extreme, bear in mind that: 1. What’s really extreme is a man-made worldwide Recession and the human tragedy that has resulted. 2. We need to ask for more than they’re willing to grant, unless the American people start protesting to prove they mean business. 3. Bankers don’t want new mortgages for the same reason they’ve succeeded in emptying so many houses. They want renters because they’re more vulnerable and easier to control. So, if you ever want to get a mortgage in the future, you’d better start to work for that now, instead of expecting a free ride on the backs of those who protest, etc. Demands: That lending institutions: 1. must issue new mortgage loans based on the current value of homes and businesses, with banks taking the losses. 2. can’t charge more than 3% for new mortgage loans or refinances (commercial loans 5%). 3. must offer 40 year loans, and 30-year commercial loans. 4. can’t use credit scores or bankruptcy information, since their fraud is responsible for the damage to credit histories. 5. can’t charge more than $1000 for loan fees. 6. can’t ask for a down payment exceeding 5% of the purchase price. 7. must use either a straight line or simple interest schedule. (owners pay 3x more for their homes in interest). 8. must pay for their own mortgage insurance. 9. can’t charge late fees exceeding $100 per month. 10. must not be allowed to foreclose until the owners are six months behind in mortgage payments. 11. must return all homes foreclosed on since 2007 to the previous owners* since the banking scam was premeditated fraud and treason, in the condition they were in when foreclosed on. (*Unless previously fully compensated for their losses.) 12 must be prohibited from investing in the stock market or any speculation. 13.may not charge more than 8% for any kind of loan, including credit cards, and that must apply to all businesses and individuals. Remember, there is no power greater than the people, and the banks do fear that we will join together against a common enemy within.. They may have the money and power, but we have greater power in the numbers that can bring them down. The American people have failed to give their children a decent future for 100 years. The Fed (Rothschilds’ Federal Reserve Corp. stockholders), the greatest banking scam, was created in 1913. Instead, parents have chosen to be lazy and ignorant, which is why their children keep getting slaughtered for corporate profits. Parents need to stop acting like overgrown children and take responsibility for where their tax dollars go. It’s time parents acted like responsible citizens by signing petitions; protesting against the Fed; and moving their money to small banks, state banks, and credit unions. Learn more at: www.legalparasites.net

Illinois legislators and Governor Patrick Quinn should oppose SB 3017, which threatens free speech and academic freedom in Illinois.

Allow seniors the right to live off campus should they so choose.

Plastic bags are littering our parks, rivers and neighborhoods and clogging our sewage and wastewater systems -- and they're never going to biodegrade. Please direct city staff to develop an ordinance by the end of the year to ban plastic bags in San Antonio. Los bolsos de plástico están contaminando nuestros parques, ríos, y barrios. Están tapando nuestro sistema de desagüe y aguas residuales. Nunca se van a biodegradar. Por favor, pidan que los empleados de la ciudad desarrollen una norma para el fin del año que prohíbe los bolsos de plástico en San Antonio.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has authored three model bills that call for states to repeal federal law. As member of that organization, we call upon you to ask ALEC to remove these bills from their books.