Sentences with phrase «as a member of the public who»

Lopez said whether it was the governor's intent, it was hard to see Cuomo's tour as something other than a slight to lawmakers, as well as members of the public who couldn't attend the regional visits.

As a member of the public who is seeking a BC you should expect to be checked and home visited.

«Schlichtmann published the statements on his Web site... not as a member of the public who had been injured by these alleged practices, but as an attorney advertising his legal services.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

That represents a shift in public thinking from Mulvaney, who as a member of Congress was one of the most stringent budget hawks.

But the GOP congressman, Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, minced no words: «If you want to serve the public, particularly as a member of a president's staff, I don't care who you are, even if you're a Rhodes Scholar, you can't beat the hell out of your spouse.

While the EEA is a collaboration among its member base as well as with Ethereum's chief scientist and inventor, Vitalik Buterin, it is open to any members of the Ethereum community who wish to participate in the EEA's shared goals, such as providing insight to the future of scalability, privacy, and confidentiality of the public Ethereum permissionless network.

In a draft letter from the Futures Industry Association — the industry lobby group whose members include banks such as JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs — to the CFTC, the implementation of bitcoin futures contracts «did not allow for proper public transparency and input,» reports the Financial Times, who have reportedly seen the draft.

My congratulations to all the PSAC members who ran as candidates, and to all of the other public service workers who ran and who worked hard on campaigns.

 Itâ $ ™ s even more disturbing when these are produced by people who reportedly are trained as economists.  They are doing a disservice to the public, to their small business members and to the economics profession by putting out material with such misinformation and gross manipulation of the real underlying facts.

In other chapters, Wuthnow examines further significant questions, such as who goes to church or not, why different religious traditions are gaining and losing members, faith and the Internet, recent trends in religious beliefs and spirituality, the role of families in faith formation, and generational differences when it comes to religion and public life.

The petition states: «Ricardians (those who believe Richard was wrongly accused of usurping the crown by murdering his way to it, but that he was actually one of our most just and enlightened kings) are clearly aware that Shakespeare's play was fiction and probably written as a satire on the corruption of power, but members of the general public often believe that Shakespeare was accurate, so each time the play is produced it only adds to the unfair reputation that Richard has been given.

In describing such worship as «public,» we do not mean, of course, that it was opened to all and sundry, but rather that it was public for the Church and for all members of the Church who by their baptism had been initiated into the community and thus had been given the status which made it possible for them to participate in what went on when the community engaged in its regular worship of God in Christ.

Just as the state is called by God to an irrevocable task of doing public justice, so also is the institutional church called by God to proclaim the Gospel in its fullness, administer the sacraments and to ensure that its members are living up to their calling before the face of God, who has redeemed them in Jesus Christ.

It should energise you either to become a Catholic leader or to support real Catholics who will bring the faith to the public square as legislators or congressional representatives or governors or members of the Supreme Court.

Significantly, alongside this theological development the term person had also evolved in the secular sphere, and had come to be applied to all members of society with civil and legal rights, to all who could be designated as actors in the drama of public life.

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

Though they eventually rescinded the invitation, why did members of the IOC invite to Sydney as observers two representatives of the Taliban, who use sports stadiums to make public spectacle of torture and execution?

After all, what could be more depressing than the knowledge that you share a hobby, a passion, an obsession with the kind of people who will — to take this latest incident, as captured by a member of the public following Chelsea's 1 - 1 draw with Paris Saint - Germain — push a black man off a train, then sing about how proud they are to be racist.

As a public education advocate and founding member of Parents Across America, I'm one of many who are speaking up for empowering parents and educators to set the direction for our education policy — not the billionaires, hedge - funders and corporate titans who are currently driving it.

ILCA provides this directory as a service to the public by providing a list of names of ILCA members (who are IBCLCs) in your area and who may be available for a consultation.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

That's why, as with most strikes in the public sector, who backs down most will not depend on a direct conflict between workers and management as to who can inflict or sustain most pain; too many members of the public would be caught in the crossfire and both sides» reputations would suffer unacceptably.

If it's not, what then makes the case of Members of Parliament who are often addressed by their constituents and the general public as «Honourable «A or B wrong?

The blog will include contributions from the first ever cohort of students on the Blavatnik School of Government's Master of Public Policy course, who originate from 19 different countries, as well as members of the Commission and scholars at Oxford and Cambridge.

The Authorities Budget Office released a report that found over 25 percent of the 577 public authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public Authoritiepublic authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public AuthoritiePublic Authorities law.

It seems clear that Cameron has decided (i) to keep Osborne as Shadow Chancellor, which I have personally all along predicted he would, while there have been some senior right - wing commentators calling for him to be moved http://www.nextleft.org/2008/11/why-george-osborne-will-stay.html (ii) to rebalance his team to make Osborne somewhat less prominent, with Clarke in a public - facing role, while putting firmly on the record that Hague is the senior member of his team, which the well informed Daily Telegraph reported as «an interview widely interpreted as a slap - down to Mr Osborne, who is usually considered number two in the party hierarchy» and as «widely seen in Tory circles as a blow to Mr Osborne».

Oko Quaicoo, a motor mechanic according to our investigations, became frustrated after the death of their father some years ago when IC Quaye who better known in political circles as «Agbenaa» (and also known for his «Stealers» coinage to refer to corrupt public officials) became the head of the family and started maltreating the family members.

«It's a separate thing being a public servant in terms of doing budgets and constituent work,» said Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Capital Region, who as a member of the Assembly tangled infamously with Eliot Spitzer, a governor who failed to overcome the hard - charging attitude he carried as the state's popular attorney general.

The case, known as Janus v. AFSCME, was brought by Mark Janus, a public employee in Illinois who is challenging his state's policy of requiring that he pay union dues to the Illinois branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees even though he does not want to be a member.

The union is highlighting the role played by private security officers (10 of the 24 32BJ members who perished held that job), who the ad says serve as the public's «eyes and ears» because they're often first on the scene of emergencies.

In the race for Public Advocate, technically the President of the City Council, the refreshing Bill deBlasio, who bravely chose not to pursue a third term as Council Member, has led the field to the runoff against the wretched has - been Mark Green.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «The «soft system» of presumed consent which is being proposed in Wales accommodates the wishes of individuals and their family members who do not want to donate organs, while at the same time the opt - out system has the potential to profoundly benefit society as whole if it increases the availability of organs.

Witness any politician who is ambushed by a member of the public and asked awkward questions as Tony Blair frequently was.

The party sent out a press release this morning reiterating its «staunch» opposition to «the wasteful and often abused system of public financing of campaigns,» and reminding members of the Senate and Assembly who plan on seeking the Conservative line this fall that legislation that would create such a system is double rated — meaning it will carry twice the rate of other bills in determining lawmakers» score, as it were, on top party issues.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in AmericOF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americof dementia in America.

The BMG Research poll for the Evening Standard suggests a wide difference of opinion between the public at large and Labour members, who look set to re-elect Mr Corbyn as party leader next month.

Jacqui Smith: On the first point, about the use of information, I should say that today I have made absolutely clear my view that it always has been the case — and will remain so in future — that hon. Members and others who receive information should be able to use it in the public interest and that hon. Members should be able to carry out their role as Members of the House.

But according to the mayor, who is running for re-election this year, members of the public don't have the same level of concern about the investigations as the media.

«The Nigeria Police Force hereby implores members of the general public to disregard and discountenance the claim of plot by the IGP against the Senate President as a ruse, unfortunate and an attempt to divert Police investigation into the killings of more than Eleven (11) innocent people from kwara State and other States of the Federation in the recent past by the killer squad who operate under the guise of a cult group.

Each CEC consists of 12 members (9 elected members, 2 appointed by the Borough President and 1 non-voting high school student appointed by the superintendent) who serve as volunteers and provide hands - on leadership and support for their district's public schools.

Town Board member Bill Ruland said as the hearing drew to a close that it was clear from the public comments that the issue needed to be visited again and include involvement of people with expertise on the subject, including the working group, the town's agricultural advisory committee and others who offered their help Tuesday evening.

Iowa's senior senator, Republican Charles E. Grassley, who celebrates his 82nd birthday Thursday, is a long - distance runner, both in his political career (first elected to public office in 1958 as a member of the Iowa Legislature) and in his exercise regimen.

· All public officials who personally provide services whether they work individually or as a member or employee of a business or firm, such as lawyers and real estate brokers, and receives compensation from a client / customer in excess of $ 5,000 must disclose the name of the client / customer, the services rendered, the amount of compensation and whether the services were related to governmental action.

As an example of such thinking, he cited the former leader of the State Senate who instructed his members to deliver their public disclosure forms by hand rather than mailing them so as to avoid any possible federal mail fraud charges — the unspoken assumption being that lawmakers might have lied on those formAs an example of such thinking, he cited the former leader of the State Senate who instructed his members to deliver their public disclosure forms by hand rather than mailing them so as to avoid any possible federal mail fraud charges — the unspoken assumption being that lawmakers might have lied on those formas to avoid any possible federal mail fraud charges — the unspoken assumption being that lawmakers might have lied on those forms.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any such committee, by a two - thirds vote of the members present and voting shall have the right to hold an executive session or to exclude members of the public who fail to conduct themselves as required by this section; such vote may be made at any time.

Get Serious aims to bring together everyone who has a connection with Diabetes UK as well as supporters and members of the public new to the cause - all working towards a shared goal: to Get Serious about diabetes.

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

The court documents which appear below and reveal that Huntley, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in January, recorded meetings with nine different people, seven of whom were elected officials and two others who had previously worked as a consultant or staff member to a public official.