Sentences with phrase «chance for elected officials»

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What Albany needs desperately is a vastly improved independent ethics investigation body, the elimination of outside income for elected officials and better campaign finance laws that give challengers a fighting chance to oust entrenched incumbents.

A Con Con is a chance for people to say that regardless of our personal politics, we can all agree that our elected officials should not be sitting in government for their own personal gain, Nor should the electoral system we use to put those people in office be a barrier to entry for those who wish to participate.

, the revue is a rare chance for residents to see the fun side of their elected officials, who don costumes and makeup and dance and sing their way through a full billing of songs with lyrics based on political issues of the day.

De Blasio, who had been a key agitator in locking down Wednesday's proclamation, was able to increase the chances of a Legislature favorable to his current and future programmatic needs without having to wade into potentially sticky primaries — for example, Klein, who he would have opposed, was backed by the Bronx Democratic Committee and many of the borough's elected officials.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> Ulster County residents once again will have the chance to weigh in on proposals to extend the length of the term for county legislators and to limit the number of terms that lawmakers and some other countywide elected officials can serve.

NY is over regulated on all levels of government so it is nice to see an elected official not jump at the chance for more regulation.»

While a Con Con, as it is often called, would provide a chance for enacting reforms on things like government ethics, term limits for elected officials, modernized voting and voter registration rules, and more, it would open up the entire state constitution to change.

Our 2010 «Race to the Top Campaign,» through which we engaged elected officials around Connecticut's application for competitive federal funds and shared our research - backed policy goals for improving the state's chances of winning.

Still, proper ground rules for post-screening discussions could have limited the chances of disruption and allowed at least a taste of the real divisions in such regions as residents (and elected officials) consider a diverse set of risks and opportunities.

DMAR partnered with the Denver Regional Council of Governments and sponsored a tour and seminar for nearly 100 REALTORS ® and elected officials, which included a close - up look at the West Rail Line construction and the chance to learn more about land use along the corridor.