Pedophilia should be treated like murder; the results are practically the same, you never get back your innocence, you will never be the same again, and it haunts you for the rest of your life. Without recourse there is no healing.

We adamently stand against a law that will unconstitutionally violate our rights as United States citizens against illegal search in the form of private e-mail and social media surveillence.

On 10/18/12 a NYC notification was issued suspending all MTA subway & commuter rails citywide effective 10/28/12 @ 7pm & MTA bus service as of 9pm. Due to the citywide shutdown & our place of business being without power until 11/3/12, the majority of city employees could not report to their work locations. No contingency plans were in place. Subsequently annual leave time has been reduced. Mayor Bloomberg has the chance to act in a humanitarian capacity & recognize the impact this unprecedented storm had on the city, in which a State of Emergency was declared, closing major roadways, bridges & tunnels. We are calling on the Mayor to do what is right & at least excuse employees the day of the storm 10/29/12 & the day after the storm 10/30/12. Furthermore, any tri state residents adversely impacted by Hurricane Sandy should have their annual leave reviewed on a case by case basis.

The fifth grade pacer test is astonishingly sexist towards girls, given that boys have to complete more than three times the number of laps that girls must perform.

New York City's progressive Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio should balance his recent controversial meeting with AIPAC by meeting with J Street, Americans for Peace Now, Jewish Voice for Peace, and other organizations that support realistic diplomacy with Iran and ending the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.

Help save our wonderful special education program from losing five classrooms. The Department of Education, along with the NY Regents, have given the Harlem Success Charter School, the green light to expand, by taking five classrooms from the special education school P811M@149. This also takes away vital space for our related services , essentially destroying our program, harming the most vulnerable students. Save our program! Help our students! We need your support! Thank you.... Please, pass this on!

In reporting on budget debates, the New York Times should put budget numbers in context, by reporting budget items as a share of a larger budget instead of merely in dollar terms.

Please join me in trying to stop the New Hanover County Fair and Expo from making a profit from the abuse of the majestic elephant. Please sign this petition and boycott these events. Did you know that elephants used for entertainment spend an average of 26 hours straight chained. In their native homelands, the animals you see in shows are free to walk and run, choose lifetime companions, and raise their families. Tragically, these animals are held captive and are forced to perform confusing acts night after night for 48 to 50 weeks every year. In order to get these animals to perform stressful acts, trainers use whips, sticks, and bullhooks with metal tips that are jabbed into elephants’ sensitive skin on their thighs and behind their ears. Please help put an end to elephant cruelty. Add your name to the petition urging Cape Fear Fair and Expo to end the cruel confinement and beatings of captive elephants by immediately retiring them to accredited sanctuaries. This petition will also be sent to New Hanover county officials to urge them to stop allowing this in our county.

Broken Windows policing is undermining public safety, not strengthening it. We call on the city of New York City to charge James Blake's arresting officer with assault and to end the ‘Broken Windows’ style of policing that encourages overly aggressive police tactics and racial profiling. End Broken Windows and aggressive police tactics now.

Sign this petition if you are against harming the environment, and to bringing low income to our town. Keep Cape May Court House affordable housing FREE!