Sentences with phrase «betrayal of the public trust»

«These are very serious allegations that, if true, constitute a clear betrayal of the public trust.

The additional information confirms a cover - up, complicity and betrayal of public trust by some state actors with the FDA, veterinary officer and the Customs at the Tema Port, who had been entrusted with the health and safety of the citizens.

The attempt to usurp Vincent's authority wasn't merely inept intrigue; it was a callous betrayal of the public trust.

Today, Isaacs has expanded on those comments a bit in an email to to Manhattan Republicans, in which he calls the alleged actions of those arrested «an outrage and a complete betrayal of the public trust,» adding: «With three Democrats and three Republicans arrested, it also shows that corruption is not limited to an exclusive partisan provenance.»

In a brazen betrayal of public trust, the Democratic senator hatched a plot to bribe Councilman Dan Halloran, the head of the Bronx Republican party Joseph Savino and the vice-chairman of the Queens Republican party Vincent Tabone, investigators said.

Double emoluments and large severance benefits for former governors now serving public officials constitute a blatant betrayal of public trust.»

«The Town Supervisor allegedly turned over the keys of town government to an unelected self - dealer, and the charged conduct marks an outrageous betrayal of the public trust,» Singas said in a statement.

«These are very serious allegations that, if true, constitute a clear betrayal of the public trust,» Klein said in a statement this afternoon.

This isn't the first time a study by ProPublica, an organization that aims «to expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by the government, business, and other institutions,» has resulted in policy changes.

The Park District's decision to more than triple the size of the concert venue absent any public engagement jeopardizes the natural habitat that this site is so well suited for and is a betrayal of the public trust garnered through the lengthy planning process.

«Hevesi brazenly sold access to New York Pension Fund investments — a betrayal of the public trust that went to the heart of his duties as Comptroller.

And obfuscated his betrayal of the public trust with a sympathy story about his lack of self acceptance re being gay.

In a city where public land is in short supply, simply handing parkland over is a betrayal of the public trust.

«Mr. Silver had his day in court and one thing was made crystal clear: abuse of one's office and betrayal of the public trust will not be acceptable behavior for an elected official,» Cusick said in a statement Monday evening.

She asked the judge for a sentence that would reflect Silver's «abuse of power and betrayal of the public trust,» and that would «send a message that no one, including Sheldon Silver, is above the law.»

«This was a betrayal of the public trust that can not be tolerated.»

Bowman suggested people and groups for Malaspina to talk to, and solicited his comments on some CDC summaries of reports...» Surprisingly, Bowman had the good sense to immediately vacate her post once her betrayal of the public trust was exposed.

There are personal and professional betrayals against opponent and ally alike, and that doesn't even get into the betrayal of the public trust when the head of a Congressional committee (played by John Lithgow) comes into play — because of what amounts to extortion.

The strike also illustrates FDR's famous warning about why collective bargaining doesn't work in the public sector and how militant union tactics exercised by government workers are a betrayal of the public trust