Sentences with phrase «elected officials accountable»

We need truthful information (not hype, spin, or slant) so that we can hold our elected officials accountable.

We have to hold elected officials accountable.

Hold your elected officials accountable by letting them know you oppose attacks on our patients, our communities, and the life - saving medical services provided at Planned Parenthood!

AARP will fight to hold our elected officials accountable for taxing older American families with a burden they don't deserve and can't afford.»

Public Campaign Action Fund is a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization that works to advance comprehensive campaign finance reform and hold elected officials accountable.

LCV, in collaboration with our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues.

The American Energy Scorecard educates lawmakers about the most important energy votes of the year and empowers the American people to hold their elected officials accountable for the decisions they make in Washington.

Such charter authorizers are not elected officials accountable to parents and the community and do not have the same stake in the vitality and improvement of local public schools.

Building Political Power Elections; Parent / Community Engagement; Holding Elected Officials Accountable; Leadership Development; Renewal Advocacy; Your Role in Sacramento: Working with State Agencies and Public Officials; Preparing for CCSA Advocacy Day

In the future I would like to see more parent involvement in these efforts, but for now I know it will be our responsibility as citizens to hold our elected officials accountable to our needs.

Parents must be empowered with access to data and other information to hold educators, leaders and elected officials accountable for their performance.

We will hold our elected officials accountable for their failure yet again to protect LGBT New Yorkers.

«The people of New York are our bosses, and they must have access to the resources and information they need to hold their elected officials accountable.»

It is time that we hold our elected officials accountable and make character a qualification for holding public office.»

Allie Feldman Taylor is the Founder and Executive Director of the newly established Empire State Humane Voters (ESHV), a grassroots organization working to elect candidates who support animal protection, lobby for stronger laws to stop animal cruelty, and hold elected officials accountable to humane voters.

«New Yorkers should understand that lawmakers» actions did not result from meaningful debateand good judgment — it resulted from political expediency — and it will have harmful consequences to people and communities now and for a long time to come.CSEA will seek better ways to hold elected officials accountable and ensure that the voices of working people will be heard and addressed in New York state.»

Gotham Gazette is an important part of the ideals of Citizens Union — as a watchdog publication committed to accountability journalism, its work helps to an informed and engaged public is crucial to the work of holding government and elected officials accountable to their promises and actions.

In her Facebook post, Vladimer called for legislation to protect staff and said it's time to hold elected officials accountable.

«Our campaign is resonating with families because they want to see elected officials accountable to their needs.

CSEA will seek better ways to hold elected officials accountable and ensure that the voices of working people will be heard and addressed in New York state.»

Public dialogue is what keeps our elected officials accountable, and the Governor must address voters» concerns about his conduct.

It's time to hold our elected officials accountable.

Raising the political cost of transit raids also hinges on making transit funding a political issue and holding elected officials accountable.

LCV, as part of the Conservation Voter Movement along our state LCV partners, advocates for sound environmental laws and policies, holds elected officials accountable for their votes and actions, and elects pro-environment candidates who will champion our priority issues.

People ought to be able to hold their elected officials accountable.

So while Ken imagines DC parents calling up their district, my own fantasy takes place on Capitol Hill, where throngs of parents brandishing lunch trays would finally start holding their elected officials accountable on this critical issue.

Spokesman James Davis said the network would spend between $ 300 million and $ 400 million ahead of the 2018 elections, much of it devoted to the organization's nationwide grassroots organization to help educate voters and hold elected officials accountable.

They hold elected officials accountable, champion consumer rights, reporting on homeland security issues and provide local traffic and weather information, as well as emergency evacuation warnings.

«Prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters,» he wrote.

Not so democratic, at least if your notion of democracy includes being able to hold elected officials accountable between elections.

Not exact matches

And while we believe the regulatory complexity and complexity of the tax code have to be simplified, we think in the meantime, making it more transparent may make it more navigable and may hold elected officials more accountable.

«Evangelical believers can and often do publicly disagree with our elected officials over important issues, and holding those in power accountable is part of our duty,» Moore wrote.

Against a background of these events and actions, in which more than fifty congregations are now involved and in which hundreds of people have gained experience in dealing with elected and appointed authorities, the story of the Nehemiah Project can he understood As Saul Alinsky said: «The relevant skill in modern urban life is that of knowing how to hold public officials accountable» — and that, as we shall see, is what EBC and the Nehemiah Project have been all about.

«The Senate Democrats have led the fight to increase government transparency and this action continues our push to make elected officials more accountable to the people they serve.

Elected officials, including state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D - Bayside) and U.S. Reps. Steve Israel (D - Melville) and Grace Meng (D - Flushing) have also been in touch with the agency, staging several sit - downs with the FAA to keep it accountable.

I look to initiate immediate action here in Rockland that will hold any elected official strictly accountable for crimes committed in office, and remove any taxpayer - funded pension and retirement benefit upon conviction,» said Legislator Day.

«Today's charges send the message that elected officials will be held accountable if they fail to obey the very laws they are sworn to uphold.»

This would make our elected officials more accountable to registered voters in all of New York State.

«It will strengthen relationships between veterans and the elected officials who represent veterans, put into proper place the checks and balances to make us all just a little bit more accountable and most importantly it's the right thing to do.»

Sam Radford, president of the District Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo, says Paladino should be held accountable as an elected official who makes decisions for all of Buffalo's students.

«Such a voluntary system would help electoral challengers mount serious efforts, thus helping to hold incumbent elected officials more publicly accountable.»

According to Akufo - Addo ``... the time is right, to take democratic principles fully into local governance, local officials must become accountable to their local electorates, District Chief Executives should be directly elected if need be on partisan lines just like members of parliament and the president.

``... the time is right, to take democratic principles fully into local governance, local officials must become accountable to their local electorates, District Chief Executives should be directly elected if need be on partisan lines just like members of parliament and the president.

Even as other elected officials rallied around Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer continued to criticize the mayor for failing to hand over universal prekindergarten contracts for review — and vowed to go it alone in holding the administration accountable if necessary.

The Reform Party calls on Congressional Ethics Committees to continue scrutiny of Franking, and to hold our elected Congressional officials accountable for any abuses, including penalties and reimbursing any misused funds.

«Today's arrest and allegations are certainly disturbing and each and every elected public official should be held to the highest standards and those who lack transparency and take advantage of a position of power should be held accountable and there is no difference in this situation,» Kennedy said.

Hopefully, NYC elected officials will hold Senator Gillibrand accountable for her past votes and current position on immigration issues and not be swayed by a PR blitz.

District Leader Peggy Morales called on residents to hold their elected officials more accountable by voting.

While it's critical in determining the balance of power in Albany and, arguably, to improving the quality of New York's elected officials by making incumbents easier to challenge and therefore more accountable to voters, just 20 percent of voters surveyed last June by Siena said changing the process was a top priority.

Getting the attention of the elected officials who touted the reduction as a political win — including city Comptroller Scott Stringer and and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer — and holding them accountable should help move the process along, he added.