Sentences with phrase «do as an elected official»

Nor is the fact that money talks in the electoral process, having a significant influence on who is elected and what they do as elected officials.

«The most important thing we can do as elected officials is win back the voters» trust,» Klein said at the time.

«I think the most important thing we can do as elected officials is win back the voter's trust,» Klein said at the time.

«I think the most important thing we can do as elected officials is win back the voters» trust,» Klein said at the time.

Not exact matches

One should add that, while he is filled with ambition to be the leader of the USA and all that that entails, he doesn't appear to have grandiose weirdo expectations of his own world historical significance, nor does he (as do most of the professing Mormons I have I known) have any of the minor peccadilloes of ordinary vice that cause embarrassment for candidates and elected officials alike.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

Spew and hate, read the same article you did I don't recall Mr Cathy using those words it sounds like you are the one ready to use those words when you don't like what you hear, as for the other I did misspell and I do understand that officials are the ones ready to discriminate against those whoever they are were elected to serve with their own opinion.

I do care if it is done by an elected official in his capacity as that elected official.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The best we can do is catch a slight glimpse of him as he speeds by us in this life, and hope that he will in some way help prepare us for the day when we elect public officials who wear beanies and have term themes to write.

Political scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters and backers.

Why is the Governor, the NYS Dept of Finance, the NYS Dept of Labor and our elected officials allowing insurance companies and businesses to redefine family as they are currently allowed to do under ERISA spousal carve out.

Despite criticism from local elected officials, de Blasio said the city does not need to provide advance notice when it rents out an entire hotel to use as a homeless shelter.

«If you're going to write 90 checks like he did, then the odds that at least one of those New York State elected officials hasn't been convicted of a crime over the past decade are about as good the odds you pick a NCAA tournament bracket perfectly.»

Plus, Bronx voters have seen their share of elected officials charged with bilking the taxpayers in corruption scandals (former Sen. Guy Velella comes to mind, as does NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook and ex-Sen.

«You look at why people are upset; you look at the way some people act, and it's certainly not becoming of them as an elected official and not becoming of them in the job that they're supposed to doing.

Panepinto certainly wasn't alone in opposing the changes other elected officials, activists and members of organized labor did so as well.

«I believe that our local elected officials have already been elected to do their jobs,» Marchione said at a news conference on the issue, «and to put something out as simple as shared services I think that the local governments can certainly make those decisions on behalf of their community.»

However, the «personal use» ban does not explain what «personal use» actually means, and that ambiguity has created a loophole enabling candidates to buy anything that could conceivably have some connection to a bid for public office or even serving as an elected official.

Withholding information and suppressing engagement of the County Committee members did a disservice to the panel of accomplished female elected officials, as many of whom spoke to the importance of providing access, resources, and support to women seeking to enter politics.

And, of course, these elected officials will have to do their part to mitigate tax increases as they work to level record deficits.

And as the ones on the receiving end of so many fund - raising pleas, they know that elected officials are spending too much time courting big donors and not enough time doing the people's business.»

If Grimm does decide to run, he'll have to face off against Oddo in the primary, who sources said polls as one of the most popular elected officials in the borough.

One elected official who expressed reservations about the proposed Casa Duarte Cultural and Performing Arts Center as far back as 2003 said he didn't think the project would have stayed alive this long if not for the clout of local Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, who is now running for state Senate.

Our city has long struggled on the federal terrain — urban issues just aren't sexy to Republican congressmen from the Ozarks — but with Mr. Schumer as one of the most powerful elected officials in the country, we're bound to do a little bit better.

So do we have a case here of good team work, or as Liz suggested in the morning memo, another case of the statewide elected officials being a team of rivals?

«He brought this to us as a legacy issue from his time in Albany as an elected official... We all came together as a delegation to get this done, but credit also goes to Collins as the New York representative of the committee of jurisdiction, Energy and Commerce.»

We did what we said we would do and as elected officials there is no statement that makes you prouder to say when you can look at the people of this state and say we did what we said we would do, we changed the direction of this state for the better and we have and congratulations to all of you and let's take a moment to recognize once again, Senate Majority coalition leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Leader Jeff Klein.

But the key passage of the resolution is this: «Be it resolved that any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman, shall not have their name appear on Row C, the New York State Conservative Party position on election ballots, in any election.»

«As elected officials we must hold ourselves to a higher standard; these comments do not do that.»

She has gotten a lot done as a local elected official and director of a nonprofit.

«You could say that anything you do for anybody if you're an elected official could be construed as buying votes — I mean, it's simply a way to say thank you,» Scarborough told NBC New York as the buses prepared to launch for Atlantic City.

«I'm going to continue to do that with as many candidates and elected officials as possible.»

The father and son are accused of using Dean Skelos» influence as one of the three most powerful elected officials in the state — alongside the Assembly speaker and governor — to pressure companies into giving Adam jobs for which he either wasn't qualified or just didn't do.

«any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».

The state Conservative Party has now codified its threat that any lawmaker who votes «yes» on gay marriage will be politically punished, passing a resolution that states «any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's didn't just get good numbers in this week's Siena College poll: He's surpasses Sen. Chuck Schumer as the most popular statewide elected official.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

«I want the people to really see that I didn't do anything wrong in terms of my legislative duties and as an elected official,» she said.

Critics of former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer say he did not pursue Albany's misdeeds as fervently as those of Wall Street because he wanted support of elected officials when he ran for governor.

«We have to make sure that every elected official is on point with this because what some people don't get on the federal level and elsewhere is that all elected officials are servants of the public,» Afaf Nasher, CAIR - NY's executive director, who served as the rally's emcee, said to roaring applause from the crowd.

«As elected officials I know that we can sometimes influence a vote and I'd rather not do that as a county supervisor,» said VeitcAs elected officials I know that we can sometimes influence a vote and I'd rather not do that as a county supervisor,» said Veitcas a county supervisor,» said Veitch.

The rally, which was billed as «Don't Steal Possible,» was organized by Families for Excellent Schools (FES) and by elected officials, including Senate Co-Majority Leader Jeff Klein and Assemblymembers Robert Rodríguez and Marcos Crespo.

«We don't need a bridge to nowhere that will foul up Long Island Sound for generations,» Marcellino said during a news conference at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay as a bevy of environmental and civic activists and current and former GOP and Democratic elected officials surrounded him.

Though he vowed to be independent in his own relationship with the mayor, Mr. Stringer did not opt to criticize by name any other elected officials who might historically serve as a check or a critic to the mayor's policies, who have rarely been out of step with Mr. de Blasio.

They're trying to portray him as an outsider — I don't know how much more inside you can be than never having had a job other than an elected official for your entire life,» DeFrancisco told POLITICO.

«I'm hopeful we can get something done for other statewide elected officials as well as the legislature before the end of the session.»

But even a mayor wants the power of someone else — you never have enough power as an elected official, but the questions becomes: What can you do with what you have?

UPDATE: A source close to Levy tells me the county executive probably isn't done with politics yet, and also said the fact that third terms have proven difficult for any number of elected officials (See: Bloomberg, Mayor Mike as Exhibit A) was a big factor in his decision.

«What's most important to me is an elected official's position on the issues and how do you support my policies as opposed to their politics and political issues,» Cuomo said.