When condo boards ignore their legal obligations it is very difficult for a condo homeowner or renter to take the board to court and seek compliance with the law. Thus, condo boards are currently free to ignore their fiduciary responsibilities and engage in vindictive behavior secure in the knowledge that there is little a homeowner or renter can do to fight them. Each city needs an agency or office with the power to impose fines on condo boards and management companies when they fail to live up to the law or the condo associations own CC&Rs.

Please drop SB2109. The Navajo and Hopi people need the water from the Little Colorado River for their way of life and now Senators Kyl and McCain want them to give up their rights so they can give the water rights to large corporations! This is wrong! Please help the Navajo and Hopi people fight this!

We, the students of Jackson Public Schools, call for the immediate adoption of the Mississippi Student Bill of Rights. Students deserve better, and the adoption of the MS SBR is necessary to achieve this for all JPS students.

Return to the National Popular Vote! Each person's vote should carry the same weight. Presidential Elections shouldn't be decided by swing States. Make "One person, One vote" the law of the land!

We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the Securities and Exchange Commission meet the deadline of December 31, 2012 for completion of the rulemaking for H.R. 3606, Title III (JOBS Act) so that startups and small businesses will have a new fundraising tool—crowdfunding for equity—to create new jobs in America.

The NY State Senate needs to approve Senate Bill 2023- S3158. The Assembly approved its version of this legislation, however, since January, 2023, it has been sitting in the Senate Children’s and Family's Committee. The Bill will enact the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, also known as The CARE ACT, which will require clergy members to be reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.  We must contact our NY State Senators and the Governor and ask them to expedite/move this bill forward and sign it into law so that children, and adults, in NY State will be better protected from sexual predators.  The NY Senate must accomplish this as soon as they reconvene in Albany, in January 2025, and have Governor Hochul sign it. The passage of this bill will be the last step that will help reduce sexual abuses by the clergy in NY State.  

Court-Ordered Documents Reveal Maui County's "Independent" Auditor is Protecting Corrupt County Lawyers Complaint No. 24-10 will be heard during a Board of Ethics meeting Wed, October 09, 2024 at 12:30 p.m., during executive session. No testimony will be taken at this time. That is why it's so important to add your name to this petition now. Sign this petition so we can forward your name to Maui County's Board of Ethics in support of the complaint: READ THE FULL COMPLAINT SUMMARY: County attorneys have been ordered by Judge Peter Cahill to release government records which now reveal the County Auditor unethically suspended a County Audit which was requested by the members of the Maui County Council in a unanimous vote.  The Audit centers on thousands of unaccounted for agreements executed by County attorneys with private developers that allowed their roadway infrastructure financial obligations to be "deferred" until the County performed a roadway project along their subdivision frontages.  The records reveal that no system or collection was ever adopted. Consequently, the local taxpayers end up paying for the developers tab.  The amount of "deferred" developer debts is staggering, in the tens of millions of dollars at the very least.  The audit would reveal this fact.  As a direct result, the “independent” County Auditor is now seeking legal representation from the very same law firm that is currently defending Corporation Counsel's malfeasance in Circuit Court. The County Auditor's complicit conduct is covering up the evidence of County attorney's malfeasance and establishes a complete disregard for government auditing standards.  The Board of Ethics is being called upon to affirm that the responsibilities of the audited Corporation Counsel and the Office of the County Auditor are opposed to one another, and therefore KSG’s legal representation is a clear conflict of interest, and finally that the Auditor is clearly negligent for not requesting this Board of Ethics to provide a conflict-of-interest opinion. The County Auditor must seek independent legal counsel. The County Auditor must recuse themselves from the Audit. By suspending the Audit, the County Auditor provided unwarranted advantages, and treatment, and covered up evidence of malfeasance by the conflicted Department of The Corporation Counsel in violation of their professional duties and the public’s interest. Designated as Complaint No. 24-10. Chris Salem's complaint will be heard during a Board of Ethics (“Board”) meeting scheduled on Wednesday, October 09, 2024 at 12:30 p.m., during executive session. This meeting will be held at the Planning Conference Room, 250 S High Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 and virtually using interactive conference technology via Webex. Here is a link to the meeting. https://mauicounty.webex.com/meet/boardofethics

Dear Livingston County Sheriff and Police Chiefs: We applaud the statement found on the Livingston County Sheriff's Office web page: " Law enforcement must respect the people that we serve. When we all work together and keep the lines of communication open, we can achieve our primary common goal–public safety." Thus, it is in the spirit of respect of *all* members of our community, our communication, and our public safety that we are writing to you. We are gravely concerned that public safety will be put at risk by entanglements between Livingston County Police Departments (LCPDs) and federal immigration enforcement agencies (FIEAs) and we urge you to minimize interactions between your departments and these agencies to those absolutely required by law. In the interest of public safety, the New York State Attorney General has issued clear and pointed guidance on how local police can minimize entanglements with FIEAs and we urge LCPDs to publicly adopt the Attorney General's guidance (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/guidance_and_supplement_final3.12.17.pdf). LCPDs are (criminal) law enforcement agencies and it is important to note that simply being an undocumented person is not a crime. We are concerned that if LCPDs become identified with immigration enforcement, then victims of crimes--real crimes, whether they are undocumented individuals or U.S. citizens with undocumented friends or relatives--will not report these crimes or cooperate with criminal investigations. This leaves criminals at large, free to continue to threaten our community. The community is not well served if local public safety resources are wasted to aid FIEAs apprehend and detain undocumented individuals who have not committed a crime. What sense does it make to use local tax revenue to apprehend and/or detain individuals who are abiding by the law? An undocumented individual who entered the country legally has not committed a criminal act by simply overstaying their visa term. Both the U.S. and N.Y. State Constitutions afford all individuals within their jurisdictions, undocumented individuals and citizens alike, certain due process rights. Thus, entanglements with FIEAs could lead LCPDs to violate these due process rights and could subject Livingston County municipalities to potentially costly litigation. Why accept these litigation risks when the FIEA entanglements do nothing to enhance public safety? To avoid entanglements with FIEAs, except in extraordinary circumstances (e.g. being a suspect in a serious crime) we respectfully request that: 1. In regard to minor offenses (e.g., traffic violations) LCPDs will prohibit its officers from contacting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for interpretation assistance or alert ICE or CBP to individuals suspected or known to be undocumented. 2. LCPDs officers refrain from inquiring into a person’s immigration status unless required by law. 3. LCPDs decline any request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into a 287(g) agreement. The 287(g) program deputizes local law enforcement officers to act as federal immigration agents within their local jurisdictions. Currently, there are no 287(g) agreements in New York State. 4. LCPDs clarify to its officers that they should not investigate violations of federal immigration law. 5. The resources of LCPDs will not be used to create or assist in the creation of any federal registry based on race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin. Let’s continue to work together to make our Livingston County communities more secure and more just for all within.

December 14, 2017 is the five-year mark of the Sandy Hook tragedy when a gunman suffering from mental illness used an AR-15 with high capacity magazines to brutally murder 20 children and six educators. Since that horrific day, over 500,000 Americans have been killed or injured by guns and there have been more than 1,500 mass shooting incidents in America. The number of gun deaths has increased to 38,000 in 2016 and three of the five deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have occurred within the last year. Gun violence is a public health emergency and Congress has been complicit. Congress has offered up thoughts and prayers but it has failed to take action to end gun violence in America. Congress must find the courage to reject the corporate gun lobby to protect all Americans from gun violence. It’s time for Congress to #HonorWithAction to #EndGunViolence by passing these common sense gun laws. 1. Background checks on sale of all guns 2. Close the Charleston loophole or “delayed denial” where federally licensed dealers can sell guns if three business days pass without a verdict from the FBI 3. Restrict and penalize firearm possession by or transfer to a person subject to a domestic violence protection order or a person (including dating partners) convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor 4. Prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt or possession by an individual who has: (1) been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) received from any court an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. 5. Fix the National Instant Criminal Background Check system (NICS) 6. Mandatory waiting period for gun purchases 7. Gun violence restraining order/extreme risk protection order to temporarily prohibit an individual deemed by a judge to pose a danger to self or others, from purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition and allow law enforcement to remove any firearms or ammunition already in the individual’s possession 8. Handgun permitting, licensing, training, and registration 9. Ban bump-fire stocks and other dangerous accessories 10. Ban future manufacture and sale of assault weapons, regulate existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act of 1934, and initiate a federal gun buyback program 11. Limits on high capacity magazines 12. Prohibit open carry 13. Make gun trafficking a federal crime 14. Repeal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to eliminate the corporate gun industry special protection from civil justice law that no other industry enjoys 15. Repeal Dickey Amendment to adequately fund government research on gun violence 16. Child access prevention/safe storage requirement 17. Provide resources for people with mental illness 18. Microstamped code on each bullet that links it to a specific gun 19. “Smart guns” with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) or biometric recognition (fingerprint) capability 20. Limit gun purchases to one gun per month to reduce trafficking and straw purchases 21. Require licensing for ammunition dealers 22. Enhance accountability of federally licensed firearms dealers 23. Digitize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) gun records

Inhumane and Discriminating law of Dubai (U.A.E) for Tuberculosis Patients My name is Charanjeet Singh, an Indian national and a former resident of U.A.E. March 2013 I was suspected with old tuberculosis by D.H.A (Dubai Health Authority) and was deported immediately. Many others are getting deported everyday just due to a scar in their lungs; Dubai calls it as Old T.B scar! March 4th i went for medical test and after 18 day i.e. on 22nd at al Muhaisna medical centre D.H.A declared i have old T.B doubtfulness, since i have a scar in my .They said I had T.B in the past, perhaps when I was born at that time, you might be unaware. Neither me while working and staying in my home country, nor my parents had any T.B infection in their lifetime. 2 times i had skin test (Mantoux) test and both time it was Negative, first test at Dubai when i saw nurse writing on my card as negative and 2nd time one at A.I.I.M.S. I went to A.I.I.M.S hospital at New Delhi and done all my checkups i.e. skin test (Mantoux), chest x-ray, blood test, 3 times sputum test and a chest C.T scan too on special advise by senior doctor to have a close look at the scar, and on that basis they did issued me the Certificate stating that I do not have any active T.B. Senior doctors (A.I.I.M.S) asked me why did they deported you when there is no sign of T.B in our body? D.H.A does guess work on T.B on the basis of mere x.ray film. Telling you the fact as it is! I really felt humiliation from U.A.E and felt depressed about this brutal and outdated law of deporting the patients just like a prisoner after he completes his punishment. I never expected this kind of behavior from U.A.E as happened with me. D.H.A was not ready to give me anything about my sickness in written! Was something concealed from me?? They might have Personal laws! Present circumstances reminds me the malpractice of untouchability existed 5 decades ago, where in an individual was deliberately excluded from social interaction permanently. Remove the sickness from U.A.E instead of removing sick. If Government is really scared from heart to help these patients then at least they should not treat them like prisoners, sent back to their home country with permanent ban to enter U.A.E just because of a small scar. Assuming the current scenario in the future, i will never suggest any citizen of my country to work and visit U.A.E whether they provide double pay of what your are getting in your home country. Finally, they will be the culprit if they still go and get kicked in case they are sick with T.B. in the mid of their growing career just and just because of U.A.E’s adamant laws. Disease may happen to anyone at any time don’t know what would be the emotional cause behind that disease. Today it’s my turn; tomorrow could be the ignoring readers from different countries!! Your support will be highly appreciated to write something for this moral cause! (Charanjeet Singh) Email: [email protected] Mob: +91 9560728263 New Delhi [India]