Sentences with phrase «dominated county legislature»
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In 2008, Altria made a $ 10,000 donation to the Onondaga County Republican Committee's housekeeping account just as the county legislature, dominated by Republicans, was debating whether to prohibit the sale of tobacco to 19 - year -County Republican Committee's housekeeping account just as the county legislature, dominated by Republicans, was debating whether to prohibit the sale of tobacco to 19 - year -county legislature, dominated by Republicans, was debating whether to prohibit the sale of tobacco to 19 - year - olds.
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But that would mean convincing Fulton County's legislative delegation (which can put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).