Sentences with phrase «created public campaign»

The event has drawn the ire of campaign finance reform advocates, who have dubbed Grisanti an «enemy of reform» (props to the late Ed Koch are necessary here) for refusing to break with his fellow Republicans in their collective «no» vote on the hostile amendment offered by the Democrats that would have created a public campaign finance system.
Cuomo, too, has talked about the importance of limiting big donors» access to government by limiting political contributions and creating a public campaign finance system — although he has yet to formally propose any legislation to accomplish that.
But he adopted a questionable plan from the pension fund, and he has failed to push hard enough to create public campaign financing for the comptroller's office.»
This week saw the publication of several editorials calling on Gov. Cuomo to maintain his commitment to creating a public campaign finance program in New York state, beginning with a Sunday New York Times editorial that cut to the heart of the matter: «There is no mystery -LSB-...]
Among the issues he cited were bills to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.
Governor Cuomo has said creating a public campaign financing system will be a priority for the second half of the legislative session, which begins April 15th.
But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.
But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).
Create a public campaign finance system.
There were also deals, or near deals, to bar campaign donations from those seeking state contracts, create a public campaign financing system for state Supreme Court judicial candidates, and require state lawmakers to seek a formal opinion on whether their outside income represents conflicts of interest.
In Year 8, 12 - year old students created public campaigns to promote human rights issues, from protesting poor working conditions in China to the imprisonment of an innocent man in Guantanamo Bay.

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Marketing is evolving from large campaigns created over a period of time, to small snippets of creativity that are immediately available for scrutinising, voting and public consumption.
At the very least, she said, the Department of Education should create a public awareness campaign to get the message out to current and former higher education students that there are programs available that can help them.
MB: Would you use your own methods to improve your own public image?A marketing campaign for yourself to create a better image for your own company?
Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.
He's even more scathing about the «sales promotion» and «public relations» aspects of the market, and he shows that governments need to protect consumers from false advertising and to constrain the massive campaigns to «create needs» — the pursuit of which takes away energy and time from other important activities.
The campaign event was ignited off the back of the public and political pressure created by the broadcast of video images on 60 Minutes supplied to the media outlet by Animals Australia showing issues with heat stress related mortalities for sheep, on a 2017 shipment to the Middle East.
Create local media campaigns / recognition events to bolster existing partnerships and build public support.
Which should be obvious, but some people seem to believe Nestlé's public relations campaigns claiming it is «creating shared value «and should be trusted to do the right thing instead of regulated.
Learn about their school food service program and help create a marketing and public health campaign around fresh, Washington grown fruits and vegetables in their school.
This annual campaign was created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in response to the growing public interest in nutrition.
Create a public - service campaign, Be the Best Parent You Can Be, that blankets old and new media with positive and practical messages from celebrities, professional athletes, etc..
At Save the Children, she built a media program in a newly created public affairs department, and led the U.S. agency's media response to major humanitarian crises, including post-9 / 11, the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Haiti Earthquake as well as the agency's first advocacy - awareness campaign, Every Mother, Every Child and its signature research report, The State of the World's Mothers.
Campaigners use social media tools to give the impression that the public have created a campaign themselves.
I would strongly suggest that if someone is thinking about being involved in a future campaign for public office that they seek an appointment to a commission, board, or advisory community panel which will create interactions with other people who are interested in politics.
Much of a campaign's online outreach will take place in the very public venues of blogs, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Twitter, but politicians and staff can also reach out behind the scenes, for instance sending emails or Facebook messages to selected bloggers, Twitterers and activists, usually in the hope of creating connections that will lead to more public affirmations of support.
Senate Democrats today renewed their effort to pass a form of overhauling the state's campaign - finance laws by introducing a measure by Sen. Eric Adams that would create an public financing system.
In a memorandum being circulated this morning, good - government advocates call Speaker Sheldon Silver's measure to create a public financing system for political campaigns «a good first step forward» but then pick apart some of the wider loopholes in the legislation.
Bill Samuels, a longtime Democratic campaign donor and good - government advocate, has created a political action committee with $ 500,000 to push for a constitutional convention in which the public could radically change how Albany operates.
In addition, the state's Department of Health and the Office of Mental Health will create a new public awareness campaign to help women and their loved ones spot the signs of maternal depression and learn about ways to seek help.
• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.
According to Schneiderman, Wills used public matching funds from his 2009 campaign for City Council to pay $ 11,500 to Micro Targeting, a shell company created to translate and distribute campaign literature.
Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and -LSB-...]
Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.
Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.
Once again, the onus is on campaigns to arm their supporters with the tools they need to persuade and motivate in the public social networking space, though campaigns can also create their own networks, so - called «walled garden» social sites.
The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.
Republican candidate Rob Astorino's campaign on Tuesday released what amounts to an urban agenda that would create inner - city enterprises zones, place an emphasis on fathers in a family and overhaul public assistance programs through promoting school attendance and reimposing fingerprinting for food - stamp eligibility.
The exhibition cleverly skips smoothly through loose themes like war, enemies within, public health — the apocalyptic anti-AIDS television campaigns are certainly worth watching — all the way to a giant, rather menacing Twitter aggregator, demonstrating how we are now the authors of our own propaganda, buying into an online narrative, but also creating a new narrative.
Still, rank - and - file advocates remain unconvinced, especially over whether Cuomo will make a good - faith effort to create a system of public financed political campaigns, which is part of a tricky set of negotiations with the state Senate, divided between a coalition of Democrats and Republicans.
Seeing the London mayoralty as an opportunity to shortcut the system and create an Obama moment, they look to get someone with a bit of spark and an existing public profile, surround him with political insiders, run him as an independent, throw big money at the campaign and hey presto - a black Mayor of London.
The party sent out a press release this morning reiterating its «staunch» opposition to «the wasteful and often abused system of public financing of campaigns,» and reminding members of the Senate and Assembly who plan on seeking the Conservative line this fall that legislation that would create such a system is double rated — meaning it will carry twice the rate of other bills in determining lawmakers» score, as it were, on top party issues.
One by the Senate Investigation Committee, an entity controlled by Republicans; another by the Public Integrity Commission, which was essentially created by Eliot Spitzer and headed by one of his major campaign contributors.
She is writing a book on political corruption, and became involved in the campaign to create a system of public campaign finance several months ago.
If that doesn't sound rushed, consider this: In her comments at a hearing in Port Jefferson last August, Citizens Campaign for the Environment executive director Adrienne Esposito said, «The Dredged Material Management Plan took over 10 years and $ 7 million to create, yet stakeholders were given seven days before being asked to attend public hearings and comment on a plan that will drive policy for the next 30 years.»
Cuomo's proposal for campaign finance reform, which did not pass this year, would have created a system of public financing.
If the past debate on public campaign financing is any guide, the Republicans will likely punch back at Democrats» calls for reform by saying the party wants to create a class of professional politicians.
Among the many provisions in the bill: end outside employment for lawmakers, ban per diem limits and dramatically tighten campaign contribution limits, restrict contributions by lobbyists, create a public financing system, and provide for a substantial salary increase for legislators while extending their terms from two years to four years.
Every Voice was created in 2014 when Friends of Democracy merged with the Public Campaign Action Fund — a group which was founded in 1997.
As Campaign Director of Vote Leave, Cummings was questioned and criticised by MPs at the Treasury Select Committee in April 2016 for creating leaflets for the campaign which could mislead members of the public into believing they were created by Campaign Director of Vote Leave, Cummings was questioned and criticised by MPs at the Treasury Select Committee in April 2016 for creating leaflets for the campaign which could mislead members of the public into believing they were created by campaign which could mislead members of the public into believing they were created by the NHS.
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