Sentences with phrase «by local communities deciding»

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You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.

Yes, but not without abusing its power by upending the principle that citizens, through their elected representatives in local government, should be able to decide for themselves issues that affect only their communities.

«We're not really sure if it's (gray money) legal or illegal, but these races are not being decided by local, community interests,» Ryan explained.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

More than nine out of 10 free schools have been approved in areas where there was already a need for more schools places, and the rest have been created by local communities that decided they wanted more choice for their children.

It should ultimately be decided by value judgments made by local communities, which should reflect their unique needs.

The young man wrote that he was blown away by the talk, decided to register at the local community college and was now taking biomedical engineering classes.

Hampshire County Council decided not to rebuild and only a determined fight by the local community which went all the way to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator overturned their decision.

In Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, leaders in the city's Puerto Rican community said widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Irma have spurred them to convene a special meeting by local members on Saturday to decide how to best assist their home island.

In 2009, our local NWEI team decided to educate our community about local food issues by launching a county - wide effort to start simultaneous, multiple Menu for the Future discussion groups.

«By deciding against creation of a community solar program, the Governor has blocked the opportunity to choose local clean energy for the majority of Nevadans, including renters, condo - owners, and low income families.

For that, we need leadership from the finance and investment community and by local, regional and national governments who will decide on major infrastructure plans over the coming years,» said the Secretary - General in his remarks at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna.

In 2009, our local NWEI team decided to educate our community about local food issues by launching a county - wide effort to start simultaneous, multiple Menu for the Future groups.

That's the question that a California state appeals court recently decided in a case involving a suit by a UC Berkeley student against a local newspaper, which republished a diatribe against the local community the student had posted on her MySpace page.

The defendant, her local authority, was required by s 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 to assess needs, and to decide by reference to that assessment whether the provision of relevant services was required before making arrangements for the provision of those services.

Each case is decided on its merits by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection's representative (formerly known as the Community Welfare Officer) at your local office.

Mike, who began his real estate career in 1979, says he saw opportunity in the fast growing communities north of Toronto and on the shores of Lake Simcoe and decided to take advantage of the local growth by opening an additional office in the Keswick area.