Sentences with phrase «citizens of the district of»

Beverage Association, called Cheh's soda tax proposal «nothing short of a money grab from the working families and citizens of the District of Columbia.»

FACT: The citizens of the District of Columbia did not ask for the voucher program — they opposed it.

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Suthers was inspired to become a prosecutor after he spent part of an internship in the Colorado Springs district attorney's office watching the trial of a gang of soldiers convicted of killing various citizens, including actor Kelsey Grammer's sister, during a crime spree in the 1970s.

«There are many federal workers who I know to be good people, but none of them are accountable to the citizens of the Fifth District of Texas.

Citizens in seven states and the District of Columbia (DC) are eligible to participate in an investor education and protection program and contest taking place at various times from April 1 - October 31, 2017.

Earlier, the citizens of only six districts were allowed to trade in the binary options but the recent amendments have opened up the binary trading for all the citizens of the Singapore.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

This District Court judge should be removed and the case appealed to a Court that actually understands the laws and protections afforded to citizens of the United States.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes disagreed, writing the government can not «gag citizens when it says it is in the interest of national security, and it can not do it in some bureaucrat's notion of cultural homogeneity,» according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.

I don't like it when a politican thinks they have the right to force their religious beliefs on all of the citizen in their district, city, state, or country.

«This is an ongoing effort not only to make D.C. a cleaner city, but to teach its citizens and visitors the importance of recycling,» said Ellen Valentino, executive director of the Maryland / Delaware / District of Columbia Beverage Association, which also helped fund the effort.

SCHAUMBURG — Senior citizens asked the Schaumburg Park District's Joint Advisory Committee on Monday for a room of their own that they wouldn't have to share with other park users.

A compromise reached in late November had the village accepting the Park District's plan for a recreation center on the Yunker site and the Park District agreeing to expand the role of a citizens advisory group in planning for the rest of the site, which occupies the north and south sides of LaPorte Road just west of Schoolhouse Road.

A citizens group began the drive to disband the Gurnee Park District earlier this year after the group was angered by a series of actions that it feared would drive up property taxes.

Fiddyment «s citizens group was formed last spring to seek the dissolution of the park district after the board approved a bond issue of up to $ 16 million for land purchases and park improvements.

Also that nice central kitchen at MLK Middle School in Berkeley where so many of that district's lunches are produced, was paid for by the citizens of Berkeley via a bond they approved a decade ago.

Another option cited in the report, which Chairman Christopher Smith said a majority of committee members supported, is for the village to wait for citizens to initiate a referendum measure to create a new park district or to annex into an adjacent one.

GURNEE — Members of the Gurnee Park District Citizens Advisory Committee voted Thursday night to recommend that the Park District Board ask taxpayers in April to approve a scaled - down version of the $ 15 million Hunt Club Leisure Center rejected at the ballot box last April.

A survey by the Friends of the Park, a citizens group dedicated to upgrading the parks, found that under long - term agreements with the park district the eight clubs have the use of a total of more than four acres.

«This is a starting point for the community,» said Don Gordon, chairman of the group, noting the plan will be brought before the Chicago Park District, city government, community organizations and citizens for further input.

After the referendum, the Park District and the board sought to boost citizen participation, which resulted in the formation of advisory boards for Centennial Beach and Frontier Park, among others.

A group of Cary residents called Citizens for Better Communities collected a petition with about 1,900 signatures asking that the Park District condemn the property, Renner said.

Compliance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the Lindenhurst Park District provides the following information to assist citizens who ask for access to records authorized under the Act.

Leaders of a newly formed group of Cary residents called Citizens for Better Communities say they will go before the Park District Board Thursday to plead their case.

«We are committed to continuing to increase the services and the quality of the services that the Chicago Park District provides to the citizens of Chicago,» Parks Supt. Forrest Claypool said at Kenwood Community Park, 1330 E. 50th St., one of the locations where day camp hours will be extended.

Citizens Park was the winner of 7 different awards, including the 2007 Governor's Hometown Award, 2007 Daniel Flaherty Park Excellence Award, 2007 Illinois Association of Park District's Partnership Award, 2007 Masonry Award, and 3 awards from the 2007 Council of Barrington Garden Clubs.

The committee will draw its members from the Park District, city officials, Chamber of Commerce, Police Department, city youth workers and citizens.

This time, however, the district arrived at the proposal through a careful process of community consensus building, including the creation of a 45 - member citizens advisory committee.

Needing 2,353 signatures - 10 percent of the park district «s registered voters - citizens submitted petitions with 2,920 names to the park district on Aug. 20.

Frontier Days is organized and run each year by the Arlington Heights Festival Committee, a large organization of volunteer citizens, with the cooperation of the Park District, the Village and a number of local businesses.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

Park District President Judith Loftus had argued that the center, which would include a gymnasium and an indoor pool, would get plenty of use by district residents, but Robert Pribush, a park district trustee, led a citizens oppositioDistrict President Judith Loftus had argued that the center, which would include a gymnasium and an indoor pool, would get plenty of use by district residents, but Robert Pribush, a park district trustee, led a citizens oppositiodistrict residents, but Robert Pribush, a park district trustee, led a citizens oppositiodistrict trustee, led a citizens opposition group.

In compliance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the Arlington Heights Park District provides the following information to assist citizens who ask for access to records authorized under the Act.

The committee also discussed citizen - initiated annexation into an entity such as the Dundee Township Park District, which already covers 20 percent of Algonquin residents.

The final 26 acres were conveyed to the Park District in 1976 and the Army, citizens and Park District worked out the boundary lines to permit the best use of all the acres deeded to the Park District.

The Open Land Association in Downers Grove, a citizens group trying to prevent the development of land at the southwest corner of 59th and Main Streets, apparently has forced the Park District to let voters decide whether $ 7 million in bonds should be sold to fund a new recreation facility.

All five candidates attended a forum hosted by the Citizens» Council of La Grange, where they addressed a question about the necessity of million - dollar upgrades at Gordon Park, which moderator and Citizens» Council Chairman David Schwartz said was the most popular question submitted to the council for the park district commissioner candidates to answer.

«Yes, it's interesting to have beavers around, but it's not interesting to have them taking out the trees that are vital» to the park, said Nancy Hays, president of the Jackson Park advisory council, a citizens group that helps the Park District set policy.

«The citizens may want this, but it's not a duty of the village or the Park District to provide it,» Plyman said.

David Nelson, who was co-chairman of the citizens group pushing the referendum initiative, supports the proposal being considered by the Park District board.

At the request of the Park District's Citizens Advisory Committee, the board also approved asking residents to call a special Park District phone number to say whether they want the CAC to serve as a liaison between residents and the board.

The referendum drive began earlier this year after a series of park district board decisions drew the ire of Citizens for Tax Moderation, a tax reform group composed mainly of longtime Gurnee residents.

The Addison Park District Board of Commissioners has agreed to accept a loan from the village to help pay for $ 700,000 senior citizens addition at Community Park, 120 E. Oak St.. The interest - free loan of $ 87,500 from the village would be repaid in 15 years.

ROSELLE — The issue of a swimming pool for Lake Park High School was brought to the Roselle Park District board Wednesday night as local citizens, led by Barb Layer, sought to determine if there was any Park District interest in seeing that one be built.

ADDISON — The Addison Park District Board of Commissioners has agreed to accept a loan from the village to help pay for $ 700,000 senior citizens addition at Community Park, 120 E. Oak St.

Shedd acknowledges and appreciates all volunteer citizen scientists and extends its gratitude to organizations facilitating the research efforts, including the Park District of Highland Park, Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Ridges Sanctuary, Door County Land Trust, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, and the Huron Mountain Club.

What's more, the scratch cooking done in Berkeley is only possible because ten years ago the citizens of Berkeley taxed themselves via a bond to build their school district a fabulous central kitchen in which to cook.

Calling it a «defeat for the citizens and residents of Dixmoor,» a Cook County Circuit judge Wednesday dissolved the beleaguered Dixmoor Park District.

Claypool said that numerous Park District courses, ranging from photography workshops to aerobic classes, go unnoticed because citizens learn of them only by word - of - mouth.

Pam Swafford, one of those to file for a spot on the April 3 ballot, is a member of the district's Citizens Advisory Council.