Sentences with phrase «petitions supporting»

The group delivered over 8,000 petitions supporting Planned Parenthood to Sen. Blunt's Clayton office and another 1,500 to Congresswoman Wagner.

Off topic questions the Long Island Railroad and possible strike, the City's contingency plans and role in the event of a strike, whether the petitions supporting continued operation of horse carriages, with 40,000 signatures recently delivered to City Hall affect his thinking on the topic, what the 66 donors to Campaign for One New York expect from the mayor, whether he plans to take any additional vacations this year, what initiatives Campaign for One New York will next focus on, the status of the review of the 911 system upgrade and, concerning his trip to Italy, whether he is packed, whether he's packing his own bags and what food he is most looking forward to.

Swan Chamber of Commerce vice-president Eddie Peters said the Rothgard proposal had received strong community support in Midland with around 3800 people signing petitions supporting the development.

But immigration reform won't come easy, and that's why Laurene Powell Jobs today launched TheDreamIsNow.org, an online petition supporting the Dream Act, a bill that would grant a path to citizenship to undocumented young people who enroll in college or join the military.

Staten Island resident Frank Morano, who is a long time supporter of Golisano, sent out a letter today urging people to go onto the Americans Elect website and sign the petition supporting the former candidate for NY Governor.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Responding to an accusation from his primary opponent, Rep. Daniel Donovan maintains that two men associated with his campaign never impersonated Board of Elections (BOE) investigators when they questioned Conservative Party voters who had signed a petition supporting Michael Grimm.

But in general a candidate needs to get a certain number of unique signatures on a petition supporting their candidacy.

Why the GOP Wants You to Sign a Petition Supporting Uber...

Supporters recently submitted a petition supporting the measure to Cuomo that was signed by 7,500 New Yorkers.

She spoke at an Oswego rally where local leaders revealed that 3,600 people signed a petition supporting the subsidies.

More than 12,000 Rochester residents have signed a petition supporting a complete ban on casinos in the city.

A few years ago, over 500 eminent academics signed a petition supporting the statement, among them three Nobel laureates.

DeBerry's bill would have lowered the threshold of petition support from 60 to 51 percent, and extended the outcome beyond charter conversions, to include options such as replacing the principal or closing the school and sending its students to a higher - achieving one.

Outside California, only four laws — in Louisiana, Texas, Michigan and a pilot process in Columbus, Ohio — have met Parent Revolution's minimum standards, which include requiring the petition support of a simple majority of parents, serving the same students once the school gets transformed and offering at least one turnaround option that would bring on entirely new management.

Someone start a petition supporting the rights of the big publishers to price fix.

In opposition to Preston's efforts, a petition supporting Amazon titled «Stop fighting low prices and fair wages» has appeared on Change.org with signatures from a number of top - selling, self - published authors including Hugh Howey (Wool) and Barry Eisler (Fault Line).

In a petition supported by more than 118,000 people, we called upon the city of Houston's lead animal agency, the Houston SPCA, to commit to those lifesaving no - kill principles in the aftermath of disasters, including:

In Dalian, a port city in northeast China, animal advocates adorned with rabbit ears held several events that attracted 2,700 people, hundreds of whom signed HSI's Be Cruelty - Free China pledge and a petition supporting the government's plans.

The Cat Crusaders of Tampa have started an online petition supporting TNR in Hillsborough County.

The ABC petition supports «Bird - Smart» wind energy, which requires independent, science - based risk assessment leading to careful siting; effective mitigation; independent, transparent post-construction monitoring of bird kills; and compensation if public trust resources are being taken.

A petition backing the increased catch limit has garnered more than 3,000 signatures — a number that may not seem like a lot if compared to similar efforts in the United States and Europe, but, Koryürek said, definitely a success for Turkey, where a petition supporting efforts to stop global warming drew only 300.

Digital Journal reports that more than 5,200 international «researchers, professors, postdocs, [and] seismologists» have signed a petition supporting the seven defendants and the Seismological Society of America has denounced the charges as an «unprecedented legal action against members of the seismological community.»

The group has set up a Web site, ConvictBushCheney.org, where it is soliciting signatures on a petition supporting its demand for immediate impeachment in the event of pardons.

Not exact matches

It refers to negative comments Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made about various groups of people, including Mexicans, Muslims, and women, asking that people support the petition to encourage Starbucks to cut ties with the businessman.

In the comment section of the petition, some of Clarkson's most passionate fans give their reason for having pledged their support:

Still, Trujillo stressed that Uber's «toxic culture» needs to change — even if many of the company's workers have said they supported the status quo, with more than 1,000 employees signing a petition to reinstate Kalanick as CEO.

SolarWorld supported its petition.

«This court should read Section 135 as enforcing a near - absolute civil ban on the use of names belonging to charitable organization or names that are confusingly similar,» Schiller writes in the brief supporting his state court petition.

The court granted her request but also allowed a visitation petition by the child's non-biological mother, ruling it would be inconsistent to consider the latter a parent only for purposes of paying support.

The company fought back, enlisting prominent investors to drum up support for a petition.

That petition challenges a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that, as the Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, and a group of law professors explained in a supporting amicus brief, exacerbates a «system» already «stacked in favor of the government.»

Part of the web cultural phenomenon called «hacktivism» (internet activism)- petitioning is a means of getting signatures in protest of or support for an issue or cause.

September 2013: The PMA submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of petitions recently filed by Amazon and Overstock with the US Supreme Court.

The letter of the forty - four Senators highlights the remarkable level of support that the rulemaking petition has received.

After this vocabulary lesson, the priest asks, more or less rhetorically, whether Nick has recently signed a petition in support of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

While hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions urging it to remain illegal, many of them Christians, there was also strong support for gay marriage across the UK.

On June 9, an international group of scholars produced a petition, which was subsequently translated by volunteers into twelve languages and in less than two days received the support of more than one thousand Orthodox scholars from all over the world.

C4M's high - profile campaign attracted around 668,000 signatures to a petition which said: «I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.

Humbly, respectfully and prophetically, she petitioned for a religious freedom to uphold and support the sacredness of every at - risk, unborn child, saying, «I want the child.

On an interesting side note, back in my fundie days, I refused to vote for the politicians that supported marriage equality and even wrote a letter to my member to that effect; the only thing I ever felt strongly enough about to actually write rather than be content just signing my name to a petition.

Open Doors Syria petition has gained almost 100,000 signatures A campaign to help persecuted Christians in Syria has gained the support of the Archbishop... More

In One By One and his other writing, Loury is petitioning the rest of us for support.

Her church — The Father's House Church in Poole, Dorset, has campaigned tirelessly on her behalf, drawing support from the local media and MPs including Ann Widdecome, and delivered a petition to Downing Street.

Affinity, a fellowship of evangelical churches and individuals, are encouraging Christian organisations to support them and sign a petition by ourreligiousfreedom.org to prevent the potential persecution of religion in the future.

Open Doors Syria petition has gained almost 100,000 signatures A campaign to help persecuted Christians in Syria has gained the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury after a special event at the Church of England General Synod in York.

Please support my petition for the Girl Scouts to sell a gluten free and allergen free cookie.

The petition is adding even more voices to the thousands already supporting Bill 173.

Grace Boyle, chair of the student union's Love Veggie society, played a key role in Ulster's adoption of MFM by starting a petition to gather support for the move, because of a lack of meat free and vegan options at Ulster, and because the university does not formally acknowledge that the meat and dairy industries are major contributors to climate change.

Lyla Springate and her friends Sreeja Bhowmick and Eva Sarah Patten — who call themselves the Planet Savers — started a petition to garner support for meat free food to be served at their primary school, The Firs, in Sale, Cheshire, on Mondays.

GPI Letter to FDA in Response to Petition Related to Bisphenol - A, September 17, 2012 The Glass Packaging Institute filed a letter with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in support of a petition to ban bisphenol - A in infant formula conPetition Related to Bisphenol - A, September 17, 2012 The Glass Packaging Institute filed a letter with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in support of a petition to ban bisphenol - A in infant formula conpetition to ban bisphenol - A in infant formula containers.