Sentences with phrase «advantage of elected officials»

I didn't think schools took advantage of elected officials enough to try to bridge together all the different resources available for its schools.

Not exact matches

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Mr. Jeffries, who has been aggressively securing the endorsements of politically influential unions, clubs, and elected officials in the district, would appear to have the advantage.

Legalizing recreational marijuana in the state, Arnaud de Rauly explained, is like a «game of chess»: starting with «first - mover advantage» and then figuring out how advocates, elected officials and pubic policy stakeholders fit «into the big game.»

The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club (BTRC) is calling for the resignation of Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who they feel has taken advantage of her position as an elected official and committed fraud by stealing thousands of taxpayers» dollars.

This Office will continue to pursue elected officials who attempt to take corrupt advantage of their positions.»

A loophole in the buyout law allowed for elected officials to take advantage of the program, which won't save the county any money.

«Today's arrest and allegations are certainly disturbing and each and every elected public official should be held to the highest standards and those who lack transparency and take advantage of a position of power should be held accountable and there is no difference in this situation,» Kennedy said.

Then, urging the crowd to keep up the pressure on him and other elected officials, he said, «I hope you take advantage of the fact that we embrace you.

ISPRA, Italy — The landscape is familiar to science policy experts on both sides of the Atlantic: To address serious global problems and to take advantage of important future discoveries, they will have to work effectively with elected officials and members of the public who have complex and sometimes conflicting values and interests.

Today, elected officials are taking full advantage of social media to stay connected with their constituents.

Voters being asked to pass district levies for new school construction should also ask their elected officials why Idaho isn't taking advantage of federal dollars that help new schools launch without their local taxes going up.

Keep an eye on PIJAC's PetAlerts and Issue Updates for information on legislative threats and opportunities, and take advantage of our Engage system to quickly and easily communicate with your elected officials.

Unfortunately, however, the U.S. Department of Energy, its National Laboratories and other contractors, and various «renewable» energy advocates are misleading the public, elected officials and regulators by underestimating the true costs and emphasizing the claimed advantages of wind energy while failing to provide information on the disadvantages.