Sentences with phrase «council voted for»

None of the eight main speaker candidates for this term were women (though Council Member Inez Barron did cast a protest vote for herself the day the Council voted for speaker, and that too because of the lack of people of color in leadership positions in the city.)

Tony Avella has refused to accept every pay hike that the rest of the City Council voted for themselves.

In a release, the Medina campaign reached back to 1994, when Dilan as a member of the City Council voted for vacancy deregulation.

Raising the Bar of Accountability: College Council Votes for Greater Transparency, Stronger Patient Protection — News Release June 1 2015 http://www.cpso.on.ca/Whatsnew/News-Releases/2015/Raising-the-Bar-of-Accountability-College-Council

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In 2016, Seattle citizens voted for legislation that requires hotels to give their employees similar devices, and Chicago's City Council approved a similar measure in October.

May 2 (Reuters)- Amazon.com Inc said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle and might sub-lease rather than occupy another future tower downtown, pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

May 2 - Amazon.com Inc said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle and might sub-lease rather than occupy another future tower downtown, pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

Following the failed vote on the British draft, the council adopted a rival Russian draft that did not mention Iran and simply renewed the U.N. sanctions regime on Yemen for a year.

Amazon.com said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

The Memphis City Council voted on Oct. 3 to offer the tax breaks for the company's headquarters, possibly in addition to incentives from the development agency Economic Development Growth Engine, Shelby County and the state.

After finishing the review, and assuming everything is in order, Austin's city council will have 10 days to either adopt the language in the petition or put it up for vote on a May 7 ballot.

In December, the Los Angeles City Council voted to create a permanent revenue stream for its affordable housing program by slapping a fee on new homes and apartments.

Amazon halts an expansion effort in its hometown as the Seattle City Council prepares to vote on a new tax that would be levied on large business to pay for affordable housing and homeless - assistance programs.

With those stats from the city of Oakland's Department of Race and Equity in hand, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to overhaul the nation's first equity program to set aside 50 percent of medical marijuana and cannabis business permits during the first phase of permitting for people affected by the War on Drugs.

«The governing council's decision was unanimous, indicating that even hawks such as German central bank chief Jens Weidmann had voted for the easing.»

Several major evangelical figures, including Jerry Falwell Jr., and Franklin Graham, both of whom serve on Donald Trump's unofficial evangelical advisory council, have spoken in support of Moore, and, according to the latest Fox News poll, 65 percent of white evangelicals in Alabama still plan to vote for him.

With 14 votes in the U.N. General Assembly, the region can be key to Canada's 2020 bid for a non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

The minutes of the meeting say a «fulsome discussion ensued,» with three council members voting for the postponement and 14 voting against.

The Stonecrest City Council voted 4 - 2 on Monday to de-annex 345 acres of land if the e-commerce giant picks the area for what the company calls HQ2, a corporate hub where Seattle - based Amazon says it will one day house 50,000 jobs.

Calgary - Bow: Lawyer Byron Nelson defeated past city council candidate Chris Harper in a 214 to 136 vote for the Progressive Conservative nomination.

There was of course unanimous support for a «No» vote to the anti-labor, pro-creditor demands by the IMF, European Central Bank and European Council.

I am sure that the funding for the new Royal Alberta Museum will be a topic of discussion among the participants (as well as City Council's vote to allocate more than $ 450 million to support the proposed Katz Group Arena — more on that later).

The Stonecrest City Council voted 4 - 2 on Monday to de-annex 345 acres of land if the Seattle - based e-commerce giant picks the area for what the company calls HQ2, a corporate hub which could lead to the creation of thousands of jobs.

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

The way the LDS church «council» stick's it nose in everything and feel that they should dictate to everyone how they will live I'd sooner vote for Mickey Mouse.

Many people find more meaning in city councils and voting for school boards than they do for national elections, but they all say local politics make them more passionate about politics in general.

The controversy raged for two years, the final showdown coming in the 1916 General Council, where trinitarians won by a decisive two - thirds vote.

The council can also block investigations by voting to defer them for one year, renewable indefinitely.

The same is true in Sweden, where the Swedish parliament voted 271 to 20 to condemn a resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that supported the right of conscientious objection for physicians.

The leader of the SNP group on Inverclyde Council has dismissed the offer of new powers for the Scottish Parliament if the «no» vote carries at the independence referendum.

New York's City Council convened to vote on the issue and almost unanimously passed resolution 1281, calling for the Department of Education to recognize the holidays.

Its unacceptable and it needs to change, Thats is exactly why i voted for Bill De Blasio because he is one of the only men on the NYC Council with common decency and SENSE!

«Congress can no longer be sure it retains the trust of the poor, the Dalits, the tribals, and the minorities, [who] voted for it all these years,» John Dayal, cofounder of the All India Christian Council, announced on his blog.

Under the bill, headed for a D. C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to make space available for same - sex weddings.

It would never vote for any radical amendment of the World Council of Churches Constitution nor would it be prepared to accept any change in the World Council of Churches ecclesiology as declared in the well - known Toronto Statement.

He concluded his statement by saying, «I think, I shall give my vote for integration with sadness of heart and the deepest misgivings because I can not see clearly that it is the leading of the Holy Spirit».37 F. Berkeli (formerly the mission secretary of the Lutheran World Federation) of Norway agreed with Max Warren and voiced the same apprehension about the administrative unity of the two councils.

When the council opened in 1962, Vatican officials thought they could line up the gathered bishops to vote for pre-drafted documents.

Several years ago, at Family Research Councils Values Voter Summit, Southern Baptist leader Richard Land said he'd vote for a Jewish pro-life politician who promised to raise his taxes before he'd vote in a Christian pro-choice candidate who promised to cut them.

In the summer of 1952 the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches was forced to take a vote on the propriety of the activities of its Council for Social Action.

Short of voting for a Palestinian state, the Security Council» absent an American veto» also might revise its Resolution 242, adopted after the 1967 War.

The eventual granting of the funds took considerable time for Nill to write a grant application and then go through the process which includes review and vetting by city staff, various application training and work sessions and a final vote by the city council on all applications.

He wasn't voted captain by his teammates, but was on the leadership council and asked for input as much as anyone.

15 - 0 Vote by which the Milwaukee Common Council revoked a law that banned beer drinking in public parking lots, making the city's stadiums and arenas safe for tailgating.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

The council's planning committee voted unanimously in favour of proposals to increase the Selhurst Park capacity to 34,000 from 26,000, and for the development of a five - story structure to replace the present main stand.

The Downers Grove Village Council voted Monday night to allow Good Samaritan Hospital to build a $ 16.3 million fitness center next to the Lyman Woods Forest Preserve, clearing the way for the hospital to remove an estimated 300 trees for the project.

Right to vote * for ALCI Council and on items relevant to the Association's purpose, goals and functioning

WOODSTOCK — Less than 15 minutes after voting to hold an April referendum on a $ 3.9 million bond issue for recreation, the Woodstock city council debated a proposal to reorganize the parks and recreation department as an independent park district.

If the council had not voted in favor of the one - year, $ 35 million contract Tuesday, the city would have needed to find a new vendor on an emergency basis to have a meal provider in place for the start of the school year.