Sentences with phrase «culture of corruption before»

The plan was for Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle to serve as interim speaker while a field of candidates debated their ideas for reforming Albany's culture of corruption before a Feb. 10 election.

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And it was only the early, nonwriting prophets, such as Elijah, Elisha and Micaiah ben Imia, who preserved the nature of the Mosaic covenant faith before the threat of total corruption by pagan religion and culture.

Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, said: «It's time for Albany to end the culture of corruption that puts CEO profits before the needs of working families.

Russia has unfavorable economic factors - the lack of inter-country navigation combined with out of date technological base combined with entrenched culture of corruption means far more relative expenses and greater friction in economic activity and far lower average standards of living (not exactly helped by 70 years of Socialism; but Russia was economically screwed over by the Czars for centuries before that; and by post-Soviet governments after that too).

One candidate for mayor, Republican billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, said the arrests «point to a culture of corruption that permeates our city and state, corruption fueled by career politicians who put personal advancement before public service.»

The independent arm, which vets complaints before sending them to the ethics committee for action, was established after the House passed ethics rules in 2007 to clean up what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dubbed the «culture of corruption.»

Instead of cracking down on MMS [Minerals Management Service], as he had vowed to do even before taking office, Obama left in place many of the top officials who oversaw the agency's culture of corruption.