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31. Save Smethwick Fire Station 
The West Midlands Fire Service has announced plans to close Smethwick Fire Station.
Local residents and councillors say that the closure would leave Smethwick without its own dedicated fire station: this would lead to slower response times to fires, risking both lives and property.
John Spellar MP has said:-
“There had been a previous reorganisation in the Fire Service and we had all expected and hoped that the Service could now settle down. Now out of the blue the Fire Service Management announced further closures. Yet Smethwick has a high number of ‘at risk properties’ and many industrial premises. These proposals are unacceptable and I hope residents will unite against them.”
32. Stop Oldham Council closing important local facilities
Sign our petition today to stop the proposed Oldham Council closure of important local facilities.
Join us in saying;
NO to closure of almost every youth centre across the borough.
NO to the closure of Highbarn Daycare Centre.
NO to the closure of Broadway and Stoneleigh Libraries.
NO to the cancellation of the mobile library.
NO to reduction in school crossing patrols.
Together we are stronger - help us make a difference by showing your support for our campaign!
33. Stop the closure of St John Fisher Catholic High School Sixth Form
There have been proposed plans to close Sixth Forms in the local area, one of them being St John Fisher.
We as former pupils don't want it to close as it is a major part of the Catholic Community and where are pupils going to study when they have finished their GCSE's.
34. Fighting the closure of Deepcar Post Office
It has just been announced that Deepcar Post Office has been listed as one of the South Yorkshire branches down for closure. This proposed closure forms part of a Labour programme of some 2,500 new closures across the country.
Labour holds the record for closing Post Offices faster than any other government, almost 10 a week since 1997.
Spencer Pitfield, Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Penistone & Stocksbridge says:
"By the time of the next election Gordon Brown will have closed down a third of the entire Post Office network. Countless communities will lose their only shop and millions of vulnerable people will lose a service they depend upon. Ministers have taken no account of the needs of the elderly, of disabled people, or of the most disadvantaged - the very ones who will miss out most."
Spencer added: "Local Conservatives will fight to save Deepcar Post Office. Please sign our petition."
35. Stop RLSB Workshop Closure
Community union members at the Royal London Society for the Blind workplace in London have recieved letters threatening them with redundancy.
Community the Union believes that this is a 'disgraceful, callous act performed without consultation and no regard for the needs of their disabled workforce'.
The company has initiated a consultation period, and Community intends to represent members within this process but also to oppose the redundancies and fight to keep the factory open.
36. Stop The Closure Of Fire Stations
This petition is to prevent the closure of fire stations across the south yourshire and derbyshire area.
The Sheffield city council announced yet more closures of fire stations because of lack of money and resourses.
This is totally unnessary and the closure of such stations are resulting in the loss of lifes across the county.
37. Campaign to Save Besthorpe Primary School
Besthorpe Primary School is a small rural school in Nottinghamshire for children between the ages of 4-11 which is currently under threat of closure.
See http://www.besthorpeprimaryschool.ik.org/home.ikml
'Save Besthorpe Primary School Action Group’ is a small committed team comprising of; parents, teachers, school governors and community supporters determined to do everything we can to save the school from closure and ensure this school remains open for our children.
38. Save Our Schools in Aberdeen
Aberdeen City Council is proposing the wide-spread closure of schools for purely financial reasons. The effects of this will include:
1. A potential over-crowding of other schools in the city, with a knock-on effect on the pupils' learning potential. Smaller class sizes are beneficial;
2. A higher concentration of traffic around the remaining schools at busy times of the day, will result in danger to the children, and delays to the road users;
3. Prominent historic city landmarks may be sold to the private sector, or even destroyed, never to be reclaimed by the public of Aberdeen.
Action Required:
Unused space within schools should be considered for use by other Council departments or to extend the "Educational Hubs" initiative.
Aberdeen City Council should discard their proposals for all school closures immediately, and return to the public in due course with a plan which incorporates the above.
39. Help Resurrect LA FEMME NIKITA
La Femme Nikita was an exceptional espionage/spy drama that premiered on the USA cable network from January 1997 to March 2001. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow from the original French film of the same title and ran for five consecutive seasons. During that time, it was the highest rated drama on cable television, and it went on to become a cult classic with viewers around the world.
As a weekly serial drama, La Femme Nikita was original and ahead of its time. The unique, innovative style of the show influenced numerous other television series and movies that followed. Revolving around complex moral and ethical dilemmas, it was intelligent, sophisticated, and darkly beautiful. For many, the fascination and genius of La Femme Nikita was its dark tone of modern minimalism and its unprecedented style of character development.
The program was of such outstanding caliber that there has never been another like it...before or since. La Femme Nikita has been profoundly missed and has left a void that no other program has filled. Thousands of individuals identified with the show on a deeply personal level and felt it became a part of their lives. On a global level, people passionately love it and have remained dedicated life-long fans.
Following a campaign in the summer of 2000 to save the series from cancellation, the devoted audience was given the gift of eight additional episodes. However, fans of this riveting and darkly engrossing drama were left with an unsatisfactory open-ending. Many viewers of the show felt they were denied closure and will never feel like complete resolution has been achieved until Michael and Nikita are reunited.
After seven years absence, the fans feel the return of La Femme Nikita would reward them for their loyalty and faithfulness, update them on the lives of the characters, and provide a positive and cathartic closure to a much beloved story.
Gurnard Primary School is a high achieving village Primary School, cited for closure under the Isle of Wight Schools reorganisation.
We are resisting the closure on the grounds that Gurnard is a viable and successful school, and should be saved for the good of our children and our community.
See www.gurnardsos.ik.org for more details.
41. Keep The Highway Public House in Hoddesdon open
The Highway public house in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire is at risk of losing its license to trade because of a recent police drugs raid.
The raid resulted in only 2 arrests, both of which were for possession of illegal substances and were later released by the police.
The size of the raid and resulting action was disproportionate to both the size and character of this family oriented pub. The pub licensees, Ian and Sue Bradford have never condoned the use or dealing of drugs of any kind on their premises and would immediately bar anyone caught doing so.
The Highway is a responsibly run, friendly, non violent venue, which accommodates family clientèle with their children, including the licensee's own.
Action resulting in closure of the pub would be tragic, as it is a pillar of the local community and would ruin their continuing work for the Royal British Legion charity.
42. Opposition to Proposed Closure of Squash Courts at Small Heath Leisure Centre
Squash courts regularly used; no consultation with leisure centre users on closure.
Block bookings should be offered which would guarantee revenue to the leisure centre for these facilities.
43. Saving local Trade - Stop shop closure by Sainsbury group
A local shop which was recently taken over by the Sainsbury group is going to close.
I believe that this would not be in the interest of the local community, because the business provides a very good service for people who are not the most affluent.
44. Remove Jeff Edmonds' Dog Lot
The dog lot located at 5206 Mockingbird Road has been a nuisance to the neighbors of Lynwood Lakes for more than three years. The "Coon hounds" being maintained and bred for sale at this location have been the source of hundreds of complaint calls to the residents of the property, the owners of the property, and both the Guilford County Sheriff's Department and the Guilford County Health Department.
A number of these complainants have medical problems and have suffered additional problems and resultant costs associated with ongoing noise. Their complaints and the citations that have resulted from them have had no influence on the behavior of the dogs owner who continues to refuse to control his animals.
We, therefore ask that the Guilford County Sheriff's Department use it's maximum efforts to bring to bear the force of the new animal control law passed by the county commissioners last year and force the closure of this business and that associated dog lot.
45. Keep Cloverdale Traditional School Open
Regarding the possible closure of Cloverdale Elementary
On November 20th 2006, the Greater Victoria School Board of Trustees passed a motion, “That the Cloverdale school transition to a traditional school in September 2007 be approved by the board as a school of choice, and that this decision will be reviewed in May 2008.”
Unfortunately, on January 29th 2007, the same Board that voted in favor of us to become a school of choice, passed another motion, “That the Board approves a consultative process to consider closure of Cloverdale Elementary School and Lampson Elementary School effective July 1, 2007 and that the Board agrees to commence the consultative process as follows:…”
If the Board chooses to close Cloverdale, they will be:
• Closing a local, well loved school with a rapidly expanding and desperately needed Out of School Care facility.
• Denying all Capital Region residents a new and promising School of Choice – Traditional Public School.
You are welcome to find out more information about our fight to keep Cloverdale Traditional Elementary School open at http://members.shaw.ca/cloverdale_PAC
Thank you for your support.
Cloverdale Elementary Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
46. SJCC ECS Closures Letter to the Board
To all full-time ECS families:
We are all aware of the unprecedented number of full-day and 3pm school closures this year, and we have individually and collectively tried to work with the administration to revise this year's ECS calendar and increase the days of full-time care provided. Unfortunately, the solutions offered by the administration thus far have been unacceptable. Several families have come together to write a letter to the JCC Board of Directors to present at their next meeting on Tuesday, November 28th. We believe that the Board is unaware of the changes, and we are asking for their support in pursuading the ECS administraton to provide childcare during non-holiday closures. We are also hoping that the Board will help ensure that such calendar issues are avoided in the future.
Please review the attached letter and indicate your support by signing via this online petition tool. It is critical that we (full-time families) present a unified voice to the administration and to the board. We are circulating the letter to nine full-time classrooms and anticipate strong support.
Thanks in advance for your support. And please feel free to contact any of the letter's authors with feedback or questions.
Shalom,
Liz Friedman, Lam Nguyen, Deborah Schneider, Rachel Schwartz, and Ilyse Wagner
47. ECS closures
This e-petition is exclusively for parents of full-time ECS children at the SJCC.
It is a letter to the SJCC Board, to call their attention to the unacceptable number of ECS closures, and to ask for their help in addressing the issue.
48. Save Queen Mary's Hospital
www.savequeenmarys.com
This petition is for concerned individuals and groups in the community who strongly oppose the closure of Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. The Secretary of State for Health should abolish any plans to close it.
49. Bring back the BBC Scotland Boards
August 1, 2006
After the unfair closure of the BBC Scotland MB, we the undersigned would please like to hear the REAL reason for the closure.
We would like please a reinstatement of one if not both boards please.
July 26, 2006
I am looking for people to give me their signature in support of my campaign to stop the closure of 'Orchard House'
Orchard House is a long term care facility for those suffering from the many dementia diseases that are on the increase today. Plans are to close it and move the current terminal residents to another care home twenty miles away.
This is lunacy as the number of case of dementia are on the increase our health authority are planning to cut the number of beds for our terminally ill Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, Sisters, Aunts and Uncles etc.
Dementia sufferers all have one thing in common - they will all need specialist full time care eventually. Why cut beds and move our loved ones away from near their relatives.
This closure will see my Husband Ken Pearson moved to another home where local public transport is expensive and infrequent. I, like many others who I have met whilst visiting the Orchard House, need to be able to see my husband daily and more importantly he needs to see me.
Orchard House is a rare place with caring staff and friendly community feel. Please help me stop it from closing and sign this petition.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Megan Pearson
51. Save the Human Sciences Department at George Washington!
We, the student body of The George Washington University, petition against the closure of the Human Sciences department.
The Human Sciences department is of essential worth to the university and closing this department would result in an overall detriment to the educational value of the university.
52. Stop the Closure of RMIT Bundoora East Campus
This Petition has been started in an effort to stop the closure of RMIT University's Bundoora East Campus at the end of 2006.
The decision to close the Campus was reached by the Executive Committee of the CS&IT School on Wednesday, 20th July 2005.
On Thursday, 21 July 2005 the following email was sent to students:
"Dear Bundoora Campus Students
Yesterday, the Executive Committee of the CS&IT School made a decision to stop all intake of students into our programs at Bundoora East Campus with the aim of vacating all of our offices at Bundoora by the end of 2006.
This decision was not taken lightly and the Executive Committee realises this decision will have an adverse impact on many of you. The main reason that has led to this decision is that the School has been operating below critical mass at the Bundoora East Campus for some years now. We do not see any major changes occurring in the near future to alter this. The School is therefore unable to provide you with the range of services we consider so vital throughout the duration of your studies. To continue indefinitely with a lack of critical mass is not desirable nor conducive to a quality teaching and learning experience.
Thus, the Executive has decided to concentrate the School's energies into strengthening its teaching and learning activities at the City Campus. Also, yesterday the Teaching Committee of CS&IT decided to continue the C&IT program, but transfer it to the City campus, i.e. the first year courses for this program will be offered at the City Campus in 2006, while second and third year courses will continue at Bundoora for 2006.
Regards,
Professor Heiko Schroder
Head of School
School of Computer Science & IT
RMIT University"
53. BBC Cult closure
Sadly, as part of the restructuring of the BBC's online activities, this BBC Cult site is closing at the end of the month.
54. Stop Groton Submarine Base Closure
As part of Connecticut's proud history, the Gronton Submarine Base, is one of Southeastern Connecticut's most treasured establishments.
The decision to close the Submarine Base in Groton will devastate our communities economically, culturally, and most of all, socially. We must prevent the base closure.
55. Stop the closure and restriction of motorcross tracks in the UK
This petition has been created after discussion amongst many people involved directly and indirectly with the sport of motorcross, whom share a belief that the ability for one individual or small group of individuals to make complaints leading to the restriction or closure of a motorcross track must now be reassessed.
56. Stop the closure of local jobcentres in Lanarkshire
The closure of the majority of jobcentre offices in Lanarkshire means job seekers and those claiming benefits will have to travel at their own expense to other areas to attend these offices. Offices to close include Carluke, Wishaw, Shotts, Larkhall - rearragments of offices also means that those in the more rural areas of Lanarkshire not served by good travel links will suffer.
DWP staff have no secure job prospects as a result and communities will lose a vital link to local and national govermental departmental changes.
57. No Plowing Ahead with Welsford Garage Closure
The employees of the Welsford Government Garage were advised their location would be closed and their jobs terminated at end of May, 2004. There was no previous warning provided. There were no explanations, nor any ideas as to how their functions were to be carried out in the future. The Concerned Citizens about the Welsford Garage Closure need to see a detailed plan on how their roads will be maintained with the same or better grade of service. No plan? No Plowing Ahead!
58. Bon Jovi . com Chatroom Closure
The Bon Jovi fan website www.Bonjovi.com has had a chatroom for many years but since they updated the site they have decided to shut down the chatroom option for good. Their response to this when asked why was "Folks cannot self-moderate in the chatroom and that has left it as a less than civil space on the internet - NOT a good representation of Bon Jovi or their real fans. Since a full-time moderator is not something that can be implemented at this time, the chatroom will be closed. IT will only be opened on specific occasions in the event of a chat with band member(s)".
59. Save the Heart Unit at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Tony Clement has decided to close the Heart Unit at CHEO. All children requiring heart surgery, oxygen in their blood, or specialized bypasses will be required to go to Toronto.
Many children are not able to travel to Toronto, with the closure of the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario last year, all of Ontario's children requiring heart sugeries will be required to travel to Toronto. Many children do not have the time left to travel to Toronto and will die on the way. Keeping the Heart Unit in Ottawa will save many lives.