Sentences with phrase «because other elected officials»

And I don't go along with the flow just because other elected officials endorse any particular candidate.

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Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

Blake described it as «an absolute injustice and tragedy» and said the only reason he was let go was because other police officers recognized him as an elected official.

«I'm not in a position to pass judgment, because some of the elected officials of Staten Island have now insisted that other pizzerias be included,» de Blasio said.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

Greenberg says the numbers matter, because when a politician is falling in the polls, he loses political capital and other elected officials, like those in the legislature, no longer believe they have to go along with what the governor wants.

«I will help them establish a trust or an account so that other elected officials receive the same professional development that I did, because there's no question I'm a stronger CFO because of it,» he said.

Because, obviously, you and many other elected officials in this community are constantly under the gun about property taxes.

The leaders of the community proposal and rally, reverends from Brooklyn, achieved significant attention for their plan and support from elected officials, in part because their critique of de Blasio's housing program touched the core tension of what some see as a solid, fairly moderate approach, but others call too timid to address the affordability crisis facing the city and its residents and, in some cases, a catalyst of detrimental gentrification.

Other elected officials will be participating, and several community groups are co-sponsoring the event because this is a matter that effects the quality of life of everyone in the neighborhood.

That's because while other elected officials will be paid the amount suggested by the independent Quadrennial Commission, assigned to review the issue of salaries, the Council decided to pay itself $ 10,000 more than the commission's recommendations.

«Granted those reforms they recommended are only applicable to the Council,» she said, and not other elected officials getting pay hikes, «because right now we're the only members of the city in terms of elected officials that are part - time.

I suspect that most of the public probably would not want to see elected officials have the power to approve or deny every project, because it could open the door to favoritism or inconsistent application of the law to give approval to some property owners and deny it from others based on who knows who rather than on the merits of the application.

But I think one of the things that scientists and other people concerned about science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that as citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that textbook X, Y or Z is not to be used in this district because of its bad science.