Sentences with phrase «accept public campaign»

Will he accept public campaign financing in the future?

Christina Ayala has been the target of various court actions, and is now the subject of a state investigation into allegations she was using a false address while voting, campaigning and accepting public campaign financing.

Not exact matches

To stay on the air, public broadcasting stations were forced resort to year - round fund raising campaigns, to accept forms of «underwriter recognition» that looked suspiciously like commercials, and to tailor their programming schedule to whatever corporate underwriters would support.

«Few who serve the public have participated, performed or were so willing to accept the tremendous reponsibilities beyond the boundaries of her own community, «the Long Grove Village Board is quoted in the campaign flier for Verna Clayton, former Buffalo Grove village president.

Shifting swiftly to the general election, Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to «five or six» people and doesn't want to accept public money to finance a fall campaign against Clinton.

[19] During the investigation, the Commissioner accepted that Thornberry's primary motive was to act in the public interest by supporting the Electoral Commission's campaign to improve response rates, and consequently levels of voter registration.

«The enormous groundswell of support for the Take Back Parliament campaign, still only a few days old, suggests that the public are not prepared to accept this nonsense lying down any more,» Ms Runswich added.

### It is unclear what his intentions are for public office, although Scandalios has wrote time and time again that he will not accept campaign contributions on his Facebook and thus has not filed with the CFB.

Progressive leaders and Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday said they wanted a measure overhauling campaign finance that included a public system of funding for campaigns, saying they wouldn't accept any «watered down» compromises.

He had raised $ 246,610 as of Oct. 2 without accepting matching public funds, according to the city Campaign Finance Board.

Yesterday, after months of campaigning, the Government finally accepted a House of Lords amendment that got rid of the word «insulting» from Section 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act.

If a donor makes public statements about a policy they want, and a legislator accepts their campaign contribution and later votes in favor of that policy, does that imply corruption?

Alexandra Woodsworth, public transport campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said: «We're pleased that the government is accepting that there should be a review of fares, but with massively higher fare rises planned for the next three years, passengers want action now, rather than having to wait years for any savings to be passed on to them.»

Bijoy Datta, the Broome County GOP chairman and deputy couty executive, is leaving the public payroll to accept a job as deputy campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino.

They have also shown a different approach to the use of taxpayer funds for their respective campaigns, though Malliotakis — who plans to accept public matching funds — used to criticize the city's campaign finance system as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

He opposed torture and promoted campaign finance reform, a cause that Mr. Obama injured when he broke his promise to accept public financing in the general election campaign.

Cuomo has said he intends to launch a new effort for campaign finance reform, and Samuels says he could hold public hearings and create an open process to develop legislation, as well as setting a good example on his own, by saying he won't accept any more corporate donations.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

Last month, AG Schneiderman and Comptroller DiNapoli announced the arrest of former Bronx city council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing at least $ 4,500 in New York City Campaign Finance Board public matching funds during his unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

«That the Parliament looks critically at the results of a new poll on support for nuclear weapons in Scotland commissioned by Lord Ashcroft; believes that the result stating that 51 % of Scots want the Trident nuclear deterrent to be replaced is misguidedly being used to suggest that a majority of Scots support keeping nuclear weapons in Scotland; understands that the results of this poll were intended to challenge the findings of a recent poll commissioned by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that showed a decisive 75 % majority of the Scottish public is against both the cost and the reasoning behind the UK Government's intention to keep all of its nuclear weapons stationed in Scotland; understands that, while Lord Ashcroft conducted the poll to supposedly show that «more than half of Scots are in favour of nuclear weapons», the poll showed that only 37 % of Scots believe so in principle, compared with 48 % who do not; questions the integrity of a poll that, it understands, was privately paid for by a wealthy Tory backer; considers that Lord Ashcroft is spinning the results, and believes that he should stop doing so and accept what it considers the fact proven time and again that Scots want rid of nuclear weapons.»

There would also be a «pay - to - play» bill that forbids elected officials from accepting campaign contributions from anyone bidding on a public project — and prohibits the winner from donating to campaigns for six months after securing a contract.

But the Obama campaign — which was building its own fund - raising behemoth, even at the expense of the candidate's earlier pledge to accept public financing and the spending cap that came with it — didn't want outside interference.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer and Hotline's Jennifer Skala both pick up on a statement from Barack Obama hinting that, contrary to previous statements, he won't accept public financing because «We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it...» Skala argues that since Obama isn't taking money from PACs or Washington lobbyists (state lobbyists is another issue), «What would he have to prove by signing up for public financing?»

With the possible exception of public - finance advocates, most people aren't much concerned about politicians accepting campaign contributions from individuals or businesses with whom or over whom they might have influence.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who appear to be fighting for the right to meet de Blasio in a runoff — if there is a runoff — took the public advocate to task for flip - flopping on issues such as term limits, for what Quinn called «pie - in - the - sky» promises about education and for accepting campaign donations from building owners who appeared on a slumlord watch list.

Stringer can only spend about $ 4 million on his campaign because he's accepting public matching funds.

A bill by Councilman Ben Kallos (D - Manhattan), discussed at a hearing Monday, would prohibit campaigns from accepting public matching funds off money raised by lobbyists who bundle unlimited contributions from other donors.

According to campaign reports filed with the County of San Diego Registrar of Voters, the campaign committee has accepted tens of thousands of dollars from public employee unions, including the Deputy Sheriffs Association of San Diego County, the San Diego Police Officers Association and the Peace Officers Research Association of California.

Meanwhile, the system of public financing for presidential candidates that came into being after the Watergate scandal and that once was universally accepted and respected by those seeking the presidency has been systematically shredded over the course of the last four presidential campaigns.

Wills is also accused of scamming the city Campaign Finance Board by accepting public matching funds to pay Micro Targeting for helping with Wills» failed 2009 City Council bid.

Lane said, «I proudly accept their endorsement of my campaign and platform for independent investigation of police brutality, a Green New Deal of public jobs and services, taxing the 1 percent and Wall Street, and a $ 15 minimum wage for all workers.»

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

The public must hold accountable any Democratic candidate who will stand shoulder to shoulder with Silver, accept campaign funding from him or related entities, and support him for Speaker if he refuses to resign.»

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GREENWICH, Conn. — The American Pet Products Association (APPA) the organization will begin accepting poems for the 3rd Annual APPA National Children's Pet Poetry Contest through its Pets Add Life (PAL) public awareness campaign.

Massive PR campaigns were devised and executed to combat some of the misinformation already accepted as fact by the public.

GREENWICH, Ct. — The American Pet Products Association (APPA) is now accepting poems for the 2nd Annual APPA National Children's Pet Poetry Contest through its public awareness campaign, Pets Add Life (PAL).

Extremists on both sides of the issue have hired lobbyists to influence policy makers and mounted huge public relations campaigns to persuade the average person to accept their views.

According to the claims, Facebook violated the state's 1977 campaign finance law, which states that those who accept advertising dollars from political campaigns be transparent with the public about the «exact nature and extent of the advertising services».