Sentences with phrase «elected commissioners»

She was first elected commissioner in 1996 and served as deputy commissioner for eight years prior to that.

Though the newly - elected commissioners of the Plainfield Park District board pledged to cut spending, a budget approved last week shows the district will slightly increase spending in the coming year.

He also opposes plans for directly elected commissioners which could cost # 100m to implement.

Newly - elected commissioners Silosky and Peter Steinys, along with board president Peter Hurtado, have come under criticism since May when the three voted to hire Village Trustee Garrett Peck as the park district's executive director.

The Park District is governed by five elected Commissioners who set policy for the District's operation.

Many political pundits and serving police officers were disappointed that Sir Hugh did not win the post, with observers keen to see the outspoken former head of policing in Northern Ireland clash publicly with the government on issues such as elected commissioners.

The state Education Department is not under Cuomo's purview in the same way that other agencies are; the Board of Regents elects the commissioner.

Directly elected commissioners were introduced to give people a say about how they are policed.

George was elected commissioner of this organization in 1978, a post she held until 1980.

The county government, where Gilman serves as one of three elected commissioners, promises building permits in fewer than 30 days.

«People don't know the job, and they think we are the train guys,» said Mr. Sitton, an elected commissioner on the state's oldest regulatory agency, created in...

Liberty, which commissioned the poll from YouGov, fears that elected commissioners could pressure police to use their powers in ways which meets a political agenda, rather than serving the community as a whole.

Even more ridiculous is the spectacle of Conservative MPs and Conservative - leaning think - tankers trying to use the riots to back up the case for elected police commissioners — just like they did with the scandal over the Met's links to News International — without realising that the Met is precisely the one police force which is already very close to the elected commissioner model.

The state Board of Regents directs the department and elects its commissioner, currently John King.

Mascia, an elected commissioner, said he was disappointed with the Brown administrations decision to re-appoint other commissioners.

There is little in the bill to protect us from divisive decision - making by an elected commissioner, which may have more to do with re-election than overall public safety.

When it comes to protecting our families from crime, a recent poll conducted by YouGov revealed that only 15 % of us would trust an elected commissioner more than the present system.

The Lib Dems have branded the coalition experiment with directly - elected commissioners a failure and pledged to scrap them.

[4] The Government considers the elected Commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the «unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace».

It is plain that the elected Commissioners, also members of that group,