Sentences with phrase «as vocal opponents»

Candidate Nita Jalkanen could also play a factor in this race as a vocal opponent of the downtown arena project.

The group, which came together in recent months as a vocal opponent of the finance minister's tax - reform plan, is urging him to go further — beyond the adjustments he made to calm an uproar that dogged him for months.

De Blasio has spent the last year positioning himself as a vocal opponent of President Donald Trump, while touting a universal pre-K program for all city students and historically low crime rates across the city as some of his major first - term accomplishments.

Linda Gerstman, who will be joining Community Board 1, first became involved as a vocal opponent of the Occupy Wall Street movement and a proposed methadone clinic Downtown.

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Ireland in particular is likely to be a vocal opponent of the move, as its low tax rates have encouraged companies such as Facebook and Apple (aapl) to locate their international headquarters there.

One of the pipeline's most vocal opponents, McKibben said the decision gives Obama «new stature as an environmental leader.»

But small business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vocal opponents, and have lobbied extensively to fight the passage of wage reform bills in Congress.

«He's looking at this as showing he still can be king of the hill, because we don't have the votes to override,» Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, a vocal opponent of Obama's climate change agenda, said in an interview.

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

As usual there was enormous attacks from all sides and the most vocal opponents were the employees of Blockstream.

She's a vocal opponent of Scottish independence and earlier his year she questioned Jeremy Corbyn's credibility as Labour leader.

«To see Mr Cameron come out as the most vocal opponent was uncalled for.

Mr Clarke, who left cabinet in May 2006, has been one of the more vocal opponents of Gordon Brown during his time as prime minister.

A vocal opponent of the federal government's capacity zones, which could raise utility rates in the Hudson Valley by 20 %, Dr. Murphy sees this as the opportunity to promote and incorporate green energy projects to stabilize our...

And on Facebook, Mr. McFarlan — a vocal opponent of stop - and - frisk — referred to police officers as «pigs.»

The expansion doesn't impact any existing jobs at the gun manufacturer's upstate plant in Herkimer County, where its workers have been vocal opponents of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Tenney has been a vocal opponent of the agreements struck by the state, local governments and the Oneida Indian Nation that created exclusivity clauses in exchange for the settlement of long - standing land claims as well as revenue sharing agreements.

When Paddy Ashdown followed their advice and launched the «project» with New Labour to realign the centre left, Mr Kennedy positioned himself as one of the leadership's most vocal opponents.

Senator Ruben Diaz, a Democrat, Pentecostal minister and vocal opponent, said there can be no such thing as marriage equality.

He is currently serving on a panel that is reviewing the Freedom of Information Act, although his appointment was criticised by some, as he has been a vocal opponent of the act.

, a vocal opponent of nuclear power, saw Jaczko's statement as a welcome response to his concerns about the ability of the AP1000 to survive a major earthquake, hurricane or earthquake strike, and as evidence of NRC's closer scrutiny of safety issues following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.

Daniel Day - Lewis might have dominated Steven Spielberg's satisfyingly traditional biopic but Jones also gave a standout performance as Thaddeus Stevens, a fierce and vocal opponent of slavery.

January 18, 2018 — As charter school enrollment grows nationwide, opponents have become increasingly vocal about the potential for negative spillover effects on students remaining in district schools.

John has been a vocal opponent of teaching effectiveness measures used for consequential decisions such as tenure or termination.

School Board lobbying organizations, such as the Tennessee School Boards Association, have been some of the most vocal and successful opponents of voucher programs.

This has included issuing guidance that effectively stops Office for Civil Rights investigators from looking at three years of past complaints to prove that a district or other school operators has engaged in systematic overspending of Black, Latino, and Native children, as well as the hiring of Hans Bader, a vocal opponent of school discipline reform.

As the unveiling of new Common Core - linked assessments next school year draws near, opponents of the standards have grown more vocal.

As is so often the case, the most vocal opponents of federal school choice are right for the wrong reasons.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) secretary has been a vocal opponent of solar subsidies since she entered office last July, citing concerns over losing land for grazing and crops, as well as driving food production overseas.

But as long as some local landowners don't benefit, there will be vocal opponents.

Hansen's Been Vocal Opponent of Cap and Trade Hansen has made such statements before: Back in May he said he hoped the Waxman - Markey bill failed because of concerns that the only people to really benefit from such a scheme are financiers acting as middlemen and that a «much more effective approach» was needed — such as a fee - and - dividend approach — which is essential a carbon tax on producers, with the money being given back to the public.

And although I had been employed as a prosecutor in New York City and Seattle for the preceding nine years, I had always been a vocal opponent of the «War on Drugs» and refused to handle drug cases because of it.

We all know Jamie as quite a vocal yet shrinking opponent on Wall Street.