Petition Coalition Roundup - February 23, 2014

Join the "Petition Coalition" by following these links and signing those that you agree with!  

Even though marijuana is now legal in Colorado, sentences for jailed marijuana "offenders" have not been commuted. Tell Governor Hickenlooper that it's only right to pardon those individuals: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/772/849/170/colorado-pardon-those-convicted-on-outdated-pot-laws/

Join Senator Bernie Sanders in demanding an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour: http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/Sanders_Minimum_Wage/

PNC Bank and other Wall Street firms invest huge sums of money in companies that wreck our wilderness by doing "mountaintop removal" mining. Tell them to divest immediately: http://action.sumofus.org/a/pnc-mountaintop-removal/

In the past, the USPS provided limited banking services. Allowing them to do it again would not only provide them much needed revenue, but would help a huge number of poor people who don't have access to services from Wall Street banks: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/654

Imagine that you woke up in a motel room with no memory of how you got there, reported to the police that you thought you'd been drugged and raped, and instead of being given victim services, you were tied to a chair, pepper sprayed, and had your hair cut off. Demand justice for Charda Gregory and get these abusive cops fired: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/502/327/855/fire-cops-who-stood-by-during-brutality/

Ask the Olympics to make a permanent rule change, disallowing any country from hosting the games if they have laws that conflict with Principle 6's anti-discriminatory sentiments: https://www.allout.org/en/actions/change-the-rules

Tell the President that political folk legend Pete Seeger deserves a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: http://www.change.org/petitions/click-sign-to-create-a-pete-seeger-memorial-on-the-national-mall-in-wash-d-c

Texas's Department of Transportation plans to bulldoze trees that are hundreds of years old. Tell them to find an alternate route to save these ancient beauties: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/288/092/062/stop-the-state-of-texas-from-destroying-500-year-old-live-oak-tree-and-forest/

Tell Kansas that anti-gay discrimination is NOT a "religious" value: http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/kansas_freedom/

Some cities are trying to battle the housing crisis through the use of eminent domain, but the banking industry is fighting them every step of the way. Ask the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to let localities follow through on this effort: http://act.presente.org/sign/EminentDomain/

A Missouri man waiting for a verdict on his death sentence appeal was dragged from his cell and executed. Demand that the state's attorney general investigate this criminal act: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/250/067/009/missouri-investigate-execution-of-man-awaiting-appeal/

The US Department of Agriculture actually might allow chicken farmers to perform their OWN inspections. Tell them this can only lead to dirtier and less safe products: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/680

Thanks for fighting the good fight, and for all the little ways you change the world!