Monday, January 14, 2013
Nearly 250,000 people join gun violence survivors' letter to Walmart to demand the retailer stop selling assault weapons and deadly munitions. A protest is scheduled for Tuesday in front of Newtown, CT-area Walmart.
Editor's Note: The Walmart Supercenter in Eureka sells 15 to 20 types of firearms, including assault rifles, but not hand guns. Do you agree that Walmart should cease carrying assault weapons? A sporting goods employee at the Eureka Walmart tells Patch assault rifles are on back-order, and could take up to two years to replenish the inventory. This Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m. EST gun violence survivors indicated they will join dozens of Walmart customers to demand that Walmart—the nation's largest gun retailer—honor a 2004 pledge to stop the sale of assault weapons and munitions in their stores nationwide. Gun violence survivors, consumer watchdogs and concerned citizens will rally outside the Walmart in Danbury, CT, just minutes from …
Friday, February 24, 2012
Enterprise Rent-A-Car today announced its formal support for federal legislation to oversee the way car rental companies manage the safety recall process for vehicles in their fleets. Yesterday Patch reported what sparked this situation.
In case you missed this, we thought this was a very big story this week. Enterprise-Rent-A-Car beat a quick retreat after a national petition drive was started against their stance of backing legislation, blocking car rental companies for leasing out cars on recall lists. On Wednesday, Patch reported about a California mother who initiated an online, social change petition through Change.org against Enterprise Rent-A-Car because company representatives were resisting proposed legislation that would require rental car companies to remove recalled vehicles from their fleets until repaired. The petitioner, Cally Houck, lost her two daughters' lives to an accident stemming from them driving a rented vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car that was …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
A California mother, who battled Enterprise Rent-A-Car after her two daughters died in an accident allegedly caused by a known defective car they were rented, just launched a petition. Have you had any concerns about rental vehicles in this way locally?
Nearly 80,000 consumers quickly joined a grieving mother’s just-launched Change.org campaign requesting Enterprise Rent-A-Car to stop opposing proposed legislation that would prohibit rental car companies from renting cars recalled due to safety risks. However, Enterprise Holdings' representatives said that with almost 50 million vehicle rental transactions every year, customer safety is a top priority. Enterprise Rent-A-Car has an office at 410 W. 4th St. in Eureka. A receptionist at the office said there had not been any inquiries about this matter locally. The social action campaign focused on Enterprise was initiated this week by Cally Houck, a mother whose two daughters were killed in an accident when they drove a recalled car rented …
Perry Phillips
1:06 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
We all want to do the blame game when something bad happens, but yet we let our children play video games that show so much blood and death and we think that's ok! We dont want to take away auto's when a drunk or stoned driver hits someone and kills them. We see our country's moral standards drop more every year, its okay for a woman to have an abortion just because she doesnt want the child but … more ›