Sentences with phrase «council candidates»

"Council candidates" refers to individuals who are running for an elected position on a local governing body called a council. These candidates are seeking to represent the interests of their community and make decisions on local issues. Full definition
A mayoral candidate and a city council candidate, for instance, will abide by different campaign contribution limits.
This was actually the best result in a particularly bad day for Conservative council candidates: they were unable to finish higher than third in any of the other local by - elections held.
I think we should be choosing strong council candidates at an early stage and letting them lead a campaign in their ward.
In the most recent town election, in 2011, Republican council candidates secured 64 percent of the vote.
In 2013, she noted, 129 council candidates received public funds, and 83 of them received payments within 10 percent of the maximum.
Here's an interesting approach to contacting voters by email, via Charles Lenchner of DemocracyInAction, who thought of it while doing volunteer work for a city council candidate in NYC.
Also at 6 p.m., Transportation Alternatives hosts and «L - Train Shutdown Candidate Forum,» for NYC Council candidates in districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to discuss «street design innovations and action plans they will fight for if elected to represent affected neighborhoods,» with Gothamist City Editor Christopher Robbins moderating, The New School, 66 West 12th St., Manhattan.
As yet, I have no information about the number of council candidates fielded in Scotland.
«Howie is your Green Party candidate who has great ideals, but for some reason people don't vote for him,» said Serena «Rahzie» Seals, a Common Council candidate for the city's 4th district.
Disgraced former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate accepted donations from a former City Council candidate who once urged Latinos to donate their blood because the blood of blacks and whites «has...
We are looking at the July periodic campaign finance filing for New York City Council candidates for ShakingNews and we are tallying these records alongside the prior filings for the cycle.
Malliotakis joined Republican city council candidate John Cerini to voice concerns that a commercial building may be converted by the City to a homeless shelter or drug treatment facility that the local community doesn't want and without any notice to the local community.
Community Board member and Democratic Council candidate warns of efforts by Bronx Assemblyman to cloud troubling real estate ties with pandering supportive housing lawsuit
On Tuesday, Matt Pound, the national organiser for the centrist group Labour First, said Lansman was «prepared to jeopardise Labour's electoral prospects in the capital simply to get a few more of his Momentum acolytes selected as council candidates».
For the first time in at least eight years, Harrison's Democratic Committee will not run a full slate of Town Council candidates in the upcoming November election.
Secondly, what happened about the Labour council candidate who was arrested on electoral fraud allegations?
Protesters — many supporting Queens City Council candidate Hiram Monserrate — slammed the city Board of Elections for «voter suppression» Tuesday over a plan to move polling places out of...
City Councilman David Greenfield is asking the Manhattan Democratic Party to boot a City Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rolls.
Democrats in four of the city's nine wards will go to the polls next week to cull Common Council candidates from a crowded and colorful collection.
Weprin also spread tens of thousands of dollars to other council candidates for a total payout to political allies of $ 53,500.
At 11:30 a.m., Republican NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis attends a media availability and greets patrons with former Gov. George Pataki and NYC Council candidate Bob Holden, Panepinto Bakery, 71 - 19 Eliot Ave., Queens.
Junior Home Office official and former Tory council candidate Christopher Galley is arrested in connection with the leaked documents, which were obtained by the Conservative party.
I suppose the organization, KACF is to bear some of the blame for not sending an email out, as the Mayor's response implied, however The Times Ledger was there and so was Republican Operative, and former City Council Candidate Kevin Kim.
3:45 PM — Public Advocate Letitia James gets out the vote with City Council candidate Carlina Rivera.
The Travis County Libertarian Party held an Austin City Council candidate forum on April 27, 2011.
Backed by dozens of boisterous supporters at the United Palace Cathedral, Rodriguez had a joint rally with City Council candidate Mark Levine.
Have a chat with as many local council candidates as you can, and ask them to sign this Candidate Statement of Support.
On the other side of the political aisle, Town Council candidate Frank Gordon, the only true Democrat running in the upcoming election, said the decision will create an atmosphere for conflicts of interest.
Last week, he got the nod from Bayside's former Council candidates Paul Vallone, the brother of Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria), and Jerry Iannece, chairman of Community Board 11.
With nearly six weeks left before the general election, Republican City Council candidate Dan Halloran opened up his Bayside campaign offices Saturday to get out the vote.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Commissioner and Buffalo Common Council candidate Joe Mascia said he had no idea was being recorded nine or ten months ago while in a truck with his friend.
It also lists Chris Joannides, a Tory councillor in Enfield, whose Facebook page in 2013 contained a post comparing Muslim children to black bin bags and David Coulter, a a Tory council candidate suspended for a post describing Travellers as «pikies» and «thieving troublemakers».
City Council candidate Daniel Dromm was joined by state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) and several members of the Queens Latino community for a campaign rally outside the Jackson Heights post office Saturday.
Peekskill Common Council candidates Andre «Noodle» Rainey and Vivian McKenzie stop by the 45th Episode of The People Before Politics Radio Show to share why they are running and what makes them the best candidates for the job.
Informed sources say that the Bronx Democratic party organization filed petition volumes for its slate of Council candidates incumbents Rafael Salamanca, Vanessa Gibson, Fernando Cabrera, Andy Cohen and Andy King as well as Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and State Sen. Rubén Diaz Sr., and its civil court candidate, Fidel Gomez.
«1199SEIU is proud to offer its endorsement to New York City Council Candidate Randy Abreu.
As she campaigns around Eastern Queens, City Council candidate Rebecca Lynch emphasizes her experience working in city government — if not the mayor she worked for.
A number of Darebin council candidates signed the Climate Emergency Declaration statement of support prior to the recent Victorian council elections.
Among the donors: some local development companies; former Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver; Preston Haskell; and the insurance agency of current City Council candidate Matt Carlucci.
Queens City Council candidate Robert Holden ripped a mailer comparing him to a a curmudgeonly character from «The Simpsons,» calling it «hate - filled,» ageist and saying it led to him getting a bomb threat.
Councilmember Johnson, who lives one block from the Dream, is the only Council candidate or member ever to receive a contribution from the billionaire.
By no means all UKIP voters will agree with council candidate William Henwood's attack on Lenny Henry, but at least they say what they believe.
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