For more than a decade, Mumbai agencies have been petitioning federal port authorities to open some part of the 730-hectare docklands for public use, as other port cities around the world have done.
Of course, saying this even while petitioning for easier repayment on Greece's mountain of debt is just another example of austerity's topsy-turvyism.
Now: In 2001, Sourcewatch reports that Bouchey, Wallop and Frontiers of Freedom ran an "eco-terrorism" propaganda campaign against Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Greenpeace and other groups, eventually petitioning the Internal Revenue Service IRSS) to revoke RAN's non-profit tax status.
There he remained until 1616, busying himself with his "History of the World" and with petitioning the king, begging for a second chance.
The Supreme Court ruled that instead of petitioning a federal court in New York state to hear his case, he should have petitioned in South Carolina, where he is being held.
Indeed, Justice Department lawyers have been consistently petitioning higher courts to intervene to block Mr Walker's orders, but have been rebuffed because the time was not yet ripe for appeal.
So, it is perhaps not surprising that India's athletes are petitioning for a boycott (the Indian Olympic Association will apparently vote on the issue on December 5th).
Having failed to convince the Election Commission, they are now petitioning the Supreme Court to rule on the issue.
Officials briefly detained Mr Luo and the head teacher of another condemned migrants' school to prevent them petitioning higher authorities.
The Welsh government has proposed levying a fee on them; Washington's city council is contemplating a similar measure; Malta has adopted one, which will come into force on March 1st; and Delhi announced an outright ban last month, which bagmakers are petitioning the courts to overturn.If these measures stick, they will join a growing list of bag-bashing schemes around the world.
Angry farmers have been petitioning the government in record numbers.For now, approvals for new golf courses are to be withheld until new regulations are issued.
