Sentences with phrase «local critics say»

Local critics say the Thruway Authority has an inherent conflict in reviewing a proposal from which the authority is expected to reap financial benefits.

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Critics of Apple's approach say its emphasis on customer privacy and local device computing over cloud computing hampers its ability to keep up.

Evangelical critics have similar reservations, said Bonk, as well as a concern about «whether a film, any film, can have the capacity to communicate the gospel without reference to local contexts.»

It's a common scene of suburban traffic congestion, but critics of a housing development proposed for construction less than a block away say traffic problems will become much worse if local officials approve the project.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's local budget cuts, which he says he wants to bring to the state as governor, have taken their toll on services, critics say.

The measure was among the proposals in Cuomo's $ 142.6 billion budget proposal designed to ease the cost of required spending on local governments, which some critics said offers too little to struggling local governments.

Critics of the patchwork system say the state Legislature has failed to provide guidance on how local municipal ethics boards should operate.

Former Southold Republican Committee chairman Denis Noncarrow, an outspoken local critic of the standards, said he's not sure a new party line would make much of a difference in the effort to halt Common Core entirely.

Critics attacked Basildon council's approach to the issue this morning, saying the local authority allowed private firms planning rights to develop greenfield land, but took a much harsher stance when dealing with the traveller community.

Critics have said local prosecutors can not properly investigate or prosecute such cases because of their close relationships with police.

The governor threatened to hold back on payments to school districts and local governments, a move that his critics said he didn't have the legal authority to do.

Critics have said it might not make sense for very small studies or some involving local communities.

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Critics say that will lead to higher state and local taxes and an increased reliance on user fees.

In a discussion held at Rochester's annual 360/365 film festival moderated by local film critic Jack Garner, Taymor said she «always jumped off the cliff instead of just standing on the cliff.»

One flaw with charter schools, critics say, is that they spend public money but don't have to answer directly to the public's elected representatives, the local school board.

Critics of the campaigns against testing, including many state and local education officials, say the unions are not acting out of concern for children but are trying to undercut efforts to institute tougher evaluations.

Despite this, critics say that the curricula and methods at the majority of the nation's 500 - plus university - based principal preparation programs remain subpar and out of step with district needs.10 A growing number of districts have become more assertive with universities and other training providers about improving their offerings, because district leaders want enough well - prepared leadership candidates to meet local learning goals and to lessen the expense and damage of early turnover among poorly prepared novice principals.

Critics say the tests pull too much time and resources away from the classroom, diminish local control of schools and are stressful for students.

Critics also say that the ability of local councils to provide extra services for schools such as help for children with special educational needs will be weakened if a lot of schools in an area become academies.

Critics of the Common Core, which the state adopted in 2010, say it waters down Massachusetts's historically strong standards, and strips autonomy from local educators.

Though state lawmakers this year passed a measure to return RSD schools to local boards by July 2018, critics say it won't make any difference because the law still maintains charter schools» operational autonomy.

Cities from Boston to Los Angeles are locked in fierce fights over charter schools, which critics say siphon off money and the most engaged families from local districts, while skimming the best students and steering away the most challenging — not always with better results.

Sen. Andy Berke, D - Chattanooga, a critic of allowing the for - profit companies to run entire virtual schools said that «when the idea was officially floated in the Legislature, one of the arguments was that locals would be able to decide whether they wanted it.

The previous year, Betsy had spearheaded an aggressive $ 5.7 million campaign to convince Michigan voters to amend the state constitution to allow for school vouchers, something critics said would divert millions in state and local funds to private and parochial schools at the expense of the public - school system.

Critics have said these contests are too prescriptive and result in too much federal intrusion in local policymaking.

«I love spending time with other local authors, but conversations about finding editors and cover designers have become heartbreaking,» said Andrea Patten, award - winning author of The Inner Critic Advantage: Making Peace With the Noise in Your Head.

The waters are further muddied in this case by ongoing fighting between the library board and local community members who want something done about both the computer use and the physical behavior that these critics say is directly tied to that computer use.

When critics say you're part of «Big Pet» or that you're hurting the local community, you can remind them that their community is supported by the jobs and taxes of hard - working, independent small business entrepreneurs.

«It has reconsecrated the painting after Dan Brown deconsecrated it,» said Vittorio Sgarbi, a leading art critic and former head of arts for the Milan local government.

The famous art critic, Robert Pincus - Witten, says of Larry Poons's works,» (they) ensure a constant shift in the experience of the painting as it oscillates back and forth from the local to the universal... Poons instrumentalizes chance (the very hallmark of Abstract Expressionist painting...).»

'' «Mr. Steyer's strategy is to spend heavily this fall to help defeat sitting lawmakers who oppose Mr. Inslee's agenda and pave the way for the governor to move his policies through next year — an example, his critics say, of the insidious influence of big money from outsiders that makes local elections less local... «Mr. Steyer has not said what he will spend in the districts, but his previous pattern indicates it will be hundreds of thousands of dollars for each candidate — a huge amount for a Washington State race.»»

Most clothing that's donated is packaged and resold to countries in Africa, creating a glut of cheap garments that critics say has choked off local textiles and garment industries.

British Columbia's revamped housing tax is still likely to be a deterrent to Canadians living outside the province and could put a drag on local economies dependent on tourism, critics say.