Sentences with phrase «allow special interests to»

But critics say the process would do the opposite, and would open the door to allow special interests to rewrite the state constitution.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

The LLC loophole was created by the Board of Elections in 1996, and has allowed special interests to spend tens of millions of dollars since.

Not exact matches

The company has reportedly been hustling on a stealthy smart glasses project, and we now know that it recently became a member of a Bluetooth special interest group that will allow it to build products using the wireless communications technology.

Exceptions to this rule are special CDs called «bump - up CDs» that allow you to switch your original interest rate to a higher rate, if rates rise on similar CDs.

Additionally, the VA offers a special «streamlined» refinance program exclusively to Veterans with existing VA loans that will allow you to easily reduce your mortgage payment if interest rates improve after you have purchased your home.

These are our neighbors, our friends, our people, and yet we would rather rationalize away our responsibility by allowing ourselves to be swayed by special interests, big business and lobbyists whose only concern is how much money they can make.

However, direct mail, using computer technology, has great potential for allowing local churches to reach parishioners who have special interests in missions, or religious education, or evangelism, or a Bible - study course.

Computers, while not a narrowcast medium, strictly speaking, nevertheless must be considered by local churches for use as a helpful tool in allowing special interests groups to aggregate around topics of interest, for news and information, and for financial accounting and transfer.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Kallos emphasized thatpublic campaign financing allows «idealist candidates who are reformers to get elected without being in debt to the very special interest we are running against.»

«The LLC loophole allows big special interests to virtually by pass the campaign contribution limits that apply to most New Yorkers, and give politicians vast sums of money, often without clearly identifying the source,» said Kavanagh, the bill's sponsor.

«We must end the ability of so - called not - for - profit advocacy organizations to elude regulation and to mock New York City's public finance system, by allowing campaigns access to virtually unlimited money from special interests,» he said.

How likely are we to continue to invest in our land and water if special interests and the politicians who do their bidding say «April Fools» after we approve preservation, then allow the land we want to save to be developed anyway?

However, finding that there are loopholes allowing special interest money into elections is a call to close those loopholes, not to move away from small - donor empowerment.

We need fundamental reform in the budget system that allows us to recalibrate spending this year to a sustainable level and replace «the special interest protection program» of automatic, unrealistic increases.

Fasano said Democrats undermined the CEP in 2013 by allowing unlimited organizational expenditures from state central committees, which he said opened the electoral process to «a flood of special interest money.»

So the governor says he won't call the Legislature back for a special session to consider the core issues of further limiting or curtailing altogether outside income, and closing the LLC loophole that allows a torrent of special interest funding into political campaigns.

«We must not allow criticism manufactured by special interests to turn back the clock on teacher evaluations and higher standards,» StudentsFirstNY executive director Jenny Sedlis said.

«In the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she said.

By closing loopholes that allow deep - pocketed special interests to skirt campaign finance laws and influence campaigns, we can level the playing field and ensure fairer elections.

Unionized workers believed a convention would allow special interests groups to sway state politics and roll back New Yorkers» rights.

«We oppose any attempt to allow state contractor or other special interest money to influence Connecticut campaigns.»

Democrats have bemoaned the decision for allowing big special interest money to flood into campaigns.

We can not allow Governor Cuomo's positions to be misrepresented by special interest campaigns.

The loophole has allowed special interest groups to funnel tens of millions of dollars into political campaigns, sometimes in secret, and circumvent contribution limits that individuals would otherwise have to follow, according to the Brennan Center, which has sued New York's Board of Elections to try to force it to close the loophole.

A Clinton aide said the plan was a «a key plank of Clinton's plan to challenge the stranglehold that wealthy interests have over our political system» and would allow «Americans to establish common sense rules to protect against the undue influence of billionaires and special interests and to restore the role of average voters in elections.»

But he argued that both parties have an interest in creating a window for special elections, pointing out that many of the state seats Mr. Cuomo allowed to remain unfilled last year were in heavily Democratic districts.

«One, is the gerrymandering that occurs allowing lawmakers to draw their own district lines... [two is] a disgraceful campaign finance system that allows them to hit up special interests for ridiculous amounts of money,» said Blair Horner, executive director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to a lack of «pay - to - play» restrictions on campaign donors with government business.

The firm's online community allowed consumers to create friend ties, talk about, «like,» or recommend products, and create special - interest group pages.

We have more than 150 Special Interest Groups that allow members to pursue their interests — from astronomy to quilting — with other Mensans.

Find antibodies of interest using our special search tool which allows you to filter search results by target or host species, monoclonal or polyclonal antibody type, and other criteria.

H - Date's basic membership allows daters to browse the site by interest or location to find someone special.

Our personality questionnaire helps us understand you on a deeper level, allowing us to connect you with special people who share similar values and interests as you.

The site contains many of the standard dating site features - search, email, wink, etc. but also has a special search feature allowing you to find others within the «Interracial (Blacks and Whites) Interest Group.»

For example, there's been Software updates adding new elements, new Event courses with special costumes to unlock, or the Super Mario Maker Bookmark web portal (which allows players to easily find interesting levels to play).

There's nothing special about the packaging; Valiant comes in a black keepcase (there's some logic behind the color, but finding it requires more thought than interest and space probably allow) with a form for a new 100 - Disney DVD sweepstakes, a booklet promoting Kronk's New Groove, Bambi II, and Lady and the Tramp, and a two - sided insert which nearly duplicates the cover art in addition to providing scene selections and an overview of the extras.

It's the series» Doki Doki Mode being adapted to a 2D pixel platformer that has me interested though, as it allows him to aim better once a special meter is filled.

Project - oriented work with student choice an integral component allows special - needs students to choose topics that interest and motivate them.

The teacher may allow your child to bring in special interest topics from home to work on after proving with the five most difficult problems that she already knows long division.

The educational establishment — school boards, teachers unions and other special interest groups, dubbed the «Government Education Complex» by Bruno Behrend, director of the Center for School Reform at The Heartland Institute, don't like the law since it allows a group of parents to trump their power.

Sanfelippo says the change would allow the state to select the best candidate based upon qualifications, not on which special interest groups spend a lot of money in elections.

Narrowly focused special interest lobbying groups such as the Connecticut Charter Schools Network (CCSN) were allowed to present testimony but were not put on the Advisory Committee.

The data collected from these operations will help the USDOT and FAA craft new enabling rules that allow more complex low - altitude operations, identify ways to balance local and national interests related to UAS integration, improve communications with local, state and tribal jurisdictions, address security and privacy risks, and accelerate the approval of operations that currently require special authorizations.

While the hardware specifications are nothing special, Dell does offer some interesting software, including something called «Dell Divide» which allows you to create separate profiles for work and personal use.

What you want to do — take out some money out of your IRA to buy a house and put the money back into the IRA later — is effectively an interest - free loan from your IRA (even if you don't call it a loan or think of it as a loan), and you are not allowed to do this (except in the special circumstances described above).

Should the Board have any question that the plan outlined above is in the best interests of shareholders, and that any attempts to pursue an alternative course of action would be over the objection of your stockholders, then we urge you to call a Special Meeting to allow the shareholders to reinforce our own conclusions and those suggested in correspondence from shareholders representing 65 % of NTI stock.

Exceptions to this rule are special CDs called «bump - up CDs» that allow you to switch your original interest rate to a higher rate, if rates rise on similar CDs.

However, you can apply for special features, such as the Pay Over Time feature, which will allow you to make payments over time with added interest.

The VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan, or the IRRRL, is a special loan program offered by VA lenders that allow for a homeowner to refinance into a VA loan with a lower rate or to refinance from an adjustable rate mortgage into a fixed rate loan.