Sentences with phrase «against the governor because»
Kramer said the press had good reason to investigate allegations of improper conduct against the Governor because The New York Post saw Paterson at lunch in New Jersey with a woman other than his wife, dressed in what Kramer described as «a purple disco shirt.»
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The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.
Though Valerian was favorable to Christians in the beginning later he turned against because of the constant calamities of the empire which were attributed to their atheism and also he was influenced by his governor who took vengeance upon Christians.
After keeping mum for days about his plan to end his LG run and jump into the governor's race, Republican businessman M. Myers Mermel let loose with both barrels against Democratic gubernatorial contender, Andrew Cuomo, saying the AG should resign immediately because he is «responsible» for the Albany mess.
The governor says Vance has a conflict of interest because of the ongoing probe by the attorney general's office into how the DA handled accusations against Harvey Weinstein.
Saying he's the candidate of New York's political left, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins says his party will have a good year because there is discontent against Governor Cuomo.
According to one follower of the race, «After Eldridge lost, the Democrats have gone even farther to the left, recruiting Zephyr Teachout, who ran against Andrew Cuomo for Governor because he wasn't liberal enough.
We know that some people are kicking against it but it was done in the overall interest of the people of the state because in a situation whereby the governor has been running the affairs of the state in line with his policies, people should encourage him.
In perhaps his most damning accusation against the governor, Cohen, both in court and following Wednesday's proceedings, said he believes Cuomo wants to move what has been a successful and well - respected facility because he has plans for the land it sits on.
«Mr. Kolb expressed to the governor his entire caucus was going to vote against the bill because they opposed raising any revenue for the state,» Vlasto said.
The former minister said it is «unconscionable» for Governor Oshiomole to embark on a campaign of lies against her because she thwarted his dubious loan request.
Frank Sobrino, the governor's deputy director of communications for New York City, responded in an email that «under existing state law, it is already unlawful for any person to refuse to buy from, sell, or trade with or otherwise discriminate against any person because of race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and disability among other classifications.»
A spokesman for the governor responds that it's a «joke» to think a comptroller's pre-audit of an economic development contract could flag a corrupt arrangement, and says spokesman Rich Azzopardi dismissed DeFrancisco's comments as a personal grudge against Cuomo because, he says, the governor criticized the senator for spending some time in Florida.
Johnson and other city politicians deserve their problems because they are making it worse by cozying up to the governor against what they view as a weakened, lame - duck mayor.
«You can't ask for a better case then something against de Blasio because it's not against the governor,» he said.
According to a source, Governor Dankwabo is said to be kicking against the idea of a northerner becoming the party national chairman because of its possible consequences for his 2019 presidential ambition.
«We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial just to get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC / Buhari led federal government.
It is unconscionable for the governor to embark on a campaign of lies against her because she thwarted his dubious loan request.»
The group said because those claiming to be members of a coalition against the government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola have lost face in the state they have perfected a plan to seek relevance giving false impression of planned protest.
You said the governor moved against you because he felt you were becoming independent.
Gov. Rick Scott is leaving office due to term limits, but Ballard expects he'll run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and beat him because the governor is better known, has higher approval ratings and will be better funded.
«I'm somewhat at a loss, because, you know, you heard the governor be very eloquent about the family of New York and how we all have to share each other's burdens and then in the same speech talk about how he's going to pit very poor regions of the state against each other to compete,» Miner said.
Spokesman Rich Azzopardi dismissed DeFrancisco's comments as a personal grudge against Cuomo because, he said, the governor criticized the senator for spending some time in Florida.
The Kaduna state governor does not see eye to eye with all the federal law makers from Kaduna state because they accused him of taking over the party structure in Kafuna as against the legal provisions that allows for internal democracy within political parties.
Isn't it then funny that because he is now in APC, the same Oni is now against Governor Fayose doing the same thing done against him by the APC elements in Ekiti State?
The people of Ijebu - Igbo hereby appeal for Governor Ibikunle Amosun's intervention, and to save us from the barbaric and uncivilised act of the Ibadan Elelctricity Distribution Company who have not supplied us with electricity for some time now because some community members launched a peaceful complaint against excessive billing despite the service being nothing to write home about.
«If Adeyeye, whose duty is to defend our party and its members, can not speak against the unlawful arrest of officials of the PDP government of his home state, just because the governor did not support his gubernatorial ambition, which PDP controlled state will he now defend?
The minister also claimed that the governor's grouse against him following the information available to him was because he (Shittu) frustrated the governor's attempts to «unjustifiably» remove the APC Chairman in Ido Local Government of the State, one Pastor Akintokun, who he (Ajimobi) felt had allowed me to have too much access to the political apparatus in the local government.
(She denies rumors that Andrew Cuomo and she do not get along because she supported H. Carl McCall against Andrew Cuomo in the 2002 governor's race.)
Kansas (D): Sen. Sam Brownback (R) is running against a state senator named Tom Holland - which is fitting, because Holland has exactly the same chance of becoming the next prime minister of the Netherlands as he does the next governor of Kansas.
We sorrowfully recall the death of some of our comrades who lost their lives just because they, alongside others fortunate to have escaped the governor's onslaught, were peacefully protesting against the astronomic increase in the tuition of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT.
Huntley said she voted against the governor's budget this year because there were too many cuts to those services.
The governor, who appealed to the Federal Government to allow political solutions to agitations by Nigerians as against the use of brute force, said he remained «committed to the call for full and total restructuring of Nigeria through dialogue and negotiation because it is too late for Nigeria to disintegrate.»
«They need to ask that because, of course, she seems to be a close political bud of the governor,» said Bonventre, who said in many cases the appointees often go on to vote against the views of the governors and presidents.
«There was no charge against him but obviously it's going to have some negative impact because it occurred on his watch and by somebody extremely close to the governor and the [Cuomo] family,» said Doug Muzzio, a Baruch College political scientist.
By 2010, they voted against their own interest because of the overbearing nature of particularly state governors.
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has stated that certain prominent individuals in the state were against him because of his achievements so far.
The governor, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Aluko was already beclouded by his desperation to seek revenge against him because of his refusal to make him his Chief of Staff, such that he (Aluko) was not mindful of committing the criminal offence of perjury.
Governor Cuomo says he won't defend the state against the lawsuit, because he agrees with the farmworkers, and says it's an «injustice» that «must be corrected».
The governor described the arrest of two officials of the state by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as the height of impunity because a competent court of jurisdiction had ordered against such action.
ALBANY — Comparing Governor Andrew Cuomo to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Westchester County executive Rob Astorino on Monday rejected a radio debate against the incumbent governor because it was not televised, but accepted an invitation for a televised debate that also includes two minor party canGovernor Andrew Cuomo to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Westchester County executive Rob Astorino on Monday rejected a radio debate against the incumbent governor because it was not televised, but accepted an invitation for a televised debate that also includes two minor party cangovernor because it was not televised, but accepted an invitation for a televised debate that also includes two minor party candidates.
In stunning fashion in February, four deputy public defenders announced that they would each run against an incumbent judge because they were appointed to the bench by Republican governors and do not reflect San Francisco's diversity.