Sentences with phrase «board races competitive»

They're willing to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to improving education, and their participation is critical for leveling the playing field and keeping these school board races competitive.

Not exact matches

Despite the polling lead, de Blasio successfully argued to the city's campaign finance board earlier this month that his campaign should receive an additional $ 1.6 million in public matching funds, saying the race was indeed competitive.

The Times Union editorial board writes this week that the three seats left open by retiring Assembly members will create new opportunities for more competitive races during the next election cycle.

With Iowa almost certainly off the board of competitive Senate races — wealthy attorney Roxanne Conlin (D) is expected to run but has a long way to go to make Grassley sweat — the playing field for 2010 is nearly set.

In East Hampton and Southampton there are competitive races for town board and supervisor, and several important county positions are in play as well.

With New York relevant in the presidential primaries for the first time in decades and both major political parties coming into the state's vote with competitive races, much of Tuesday was dominated by problems with the New York City Board of Elections and criticism of New York State's antiquated voting rules.

As Rich Calder noted in Tuesday's Post, Mayor de Blasio took off for a Rhode Island family vacation just days after the Campaign Finance Board handed him an extra $ 1.6 million in public funds for the Democratic primary — cash he's supposedly entitled to because that race is so competitive.

Conventional wisdom says a candidate for Amherst Town Board needs to raise at least $ 15,000 to run a competitive race.

Throggs Neck - Morris Park - City Island: District 13 In the most competitive race in the Bronx, Marjorie Velázquez, an accountant, a Democratic district leader, a member of Community Board 10, and the co-founder of Bronx Women United, emerged as the progressive choice in the northeast Bronx's District 13.

So reformers will have to be competitive in school board races in order to advance reform on the ground.

The OPDEC endorsements of the challengers will make those two school board races more competitive, though Marshall, Koppel and Ellison are still expected to win.

In its race to meet a looming deadline to apply for a competitive federal grant, the State Board of Education adopted a series of legislative proposals to overhaul how Connecticut's charter schools are funded — proposals that are neither realistic nor reasonable and that could ultimately siphon money from communities for traditional public schools.

Olly and team mate Jan Magnussen had led the fiercely competitive class for much of the 2 hour 45 minute race, but torrential rain in the last 30 minutes changed the outcome for many at the head of the leader board and Olly was pleased to be able to bring home the No. 4 Corvette in one piece.

Most of our members are pleasure riders but some top competitive trail horses have boarded with us to condition for Endurance and Ride & Tie Races.

Gatorade Clash of the Paddles - 11 June to 14 June 2016 One of the world's toughest outrigger canoe racing events, the Gatorade Clash of the Paddles is run over four exciting days, where competitive outriggers are joined by athletes from four other popular paddle disciplines; Surf Ski, Dragon Boating, Stand - Up Paddling and Board Paddling.

Life The «Game of Life» board game takes you from birth to retirement with choices and events all along the way in a competitive race to «win» over other players.