Sentences with phrase «elected officials talking»

«Our Town», a Tallahassee town hall featuring local elected officials talking about issues of current interest.

Poloncarz added, «All too often elected officials talk about «protecting taxpayers» when we really should be working together to «protect people».

Every elected official talks about Connecticut's stunning achievement gap and virtually every elected officials knows that early childhood education is the single most important step we can take to ensure more successful educational outcomes.

Not exact matches

Congressman Tom Emmer, on the other hand, fired shots at «elected officials who don't have any concept of what we're dealing with here and how exciting it is talking about, «Oh my gosh, we've got to run in and regulate and create more government infrastructure.»»

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.

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Of course, I'm not talking about an absolute but a rule of thumb, and all bets are off when it concerns elected officials and others whose lives are in the public realm (celebrities, wannabes, MySpace exhibitionists, porn stars, bloggers), since there's no way a reality show contestant (for instance) can claim a reasonable expectation of privacy.

«There was talk about this, about Milstein buying the Bills and building a stadium in Niagara Falls on all this land that he's illegally held onto for ten years because the idiot elected officials up there in Niagara County let him.

The only somewhat critical talk of an elected official came during discussion of Cuomo's «Reform Pledge,» a one - page pledge to reform Albany the AG authored and has encouraged other Democratic office - seekers to sign.

Army Corps officials said talks about the work schedule would continue with elected officials, but the project currently was proceeding on time.

«She's talking about it,» a former city Democratic elected official admitted to Newsmax over the weekend, saying the idea has not been dismissed by the former first lady's inner circle.

The oft - repeated idea that the job crisis was a result of selfishness on the part of elected officials and an infringement of their obligations to the citizenry highlights the need to take seriously «contemporary needs for care, moral connection and responsible obligations in ways that emancipatory liberal rights talk often does not» (Ferguson 2013: 237).

He was in Newburgh to talk with local elected officials about what is needed to cut down on the city's crime.

It's not as if he's the first elected official to be talking about these issues.»

Vacco says he thinks it's «excessive» to remove a «twice elected public official», and he says Paladino did not leak the information about the teacher contract talks until three months after the private board meeting occurred and after the contract had already been ratified.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

But the governor also shrugged off calls from local elected officials for him to insert himself into the contract talks in an effort to resolve the impasse before the July 20 deadline, saying this is a mess that Congress needs to clean up.

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (r.) talks with Liz Bishop - Goldsmith, (second r.) the founder of Mothers Against Guns, following a news conference, where several elected officials called for tighter gun restrictions.

«Democratic elected officials across the country supported it,» he said of the fees paid to the law firms involved in the settlement talks.

At a conference held by the New York State Progressive Elected Officials Network at the Desmond Sunday, there was no explicit talk of what happened there nearly two years ago, when the party's institutional union backers turned back what was essentially a revolt among its activist members against Cuomo's business - friendly centrism.

Such talk, that the Common Council has no business in citywide affairs and those should be left to him, is the talk of tyrants, not democratically elected officials.

After talk of a pay hike for lawmakers fizzled last month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday proposed establishing a commission to address his salary, along with state legislators, other statewide elected officials and state - agency commissioners.

The latest parry from national Democrats seeking to tie conservative talk radio host around the ankles of Republican elected officials came this morning in an opinion piece in the Post penned by David Plouffe, the man who managed Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

«I always urge people to talk with their elected officials,» Rosa said.

«We talk to elected officials all the time,» said UFT spokeswoman Alison Gendar.

At 12:30 p.m., Syracuse Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams will be joined by local elected officials to talk about moving the city forward and what is at stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., Syracuse.

«Clearly the fact that he's talking about people needing equal access to justice and feeling that they're getting it is an important part of what we're saying as a conference,» said Democratic conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is the top black elected official in the Senate.

It featured talking points to help elected officials and advocates raise awareness, recommended policy language, and tips for sharing data and handling ICE requests.

«I am not suspending my campaign, but I am talking to a number of elected officials around the state, as I would, fellow Democrats, to hear their opinions,» he said at a press conference in New York City.

WRFA's Jason Sample talks with Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello to learn more about his short term plans as he gets acclimated to his new role as the county's top elected official.

The Democratic chairman acknowledged, however, that he talks to most elected officials occasionally.

«What's discouraging to me is that we have elected officials in New York State, when things take place nationally, they see fit to talk about what should take place nationally instead of focusing on making our communities in New York State better.

«We thank the elected officials and the environmental agencies getting together, organizing this so that everyone can talk about the proposed anchorages.

That project was in the works for years, and in early talks with elected officials in 2014, the developers pushed back against requests to include a school on the site.

«Talk to the people of the state, talk to the legislators and elected officials of the state, and explain to them why their fears are all unfounded.&raTalk to the people of the state, talk to the legislators and elected officials of the state, and explain to them why their fears are all unfounded.&ratalk to the legislators and elected officials of the state, and explain to them why their fears are all unfounded.»

McMahon, a one - term Democratic congressman who lost re-election to Grimm in 2010, said he is talking it over with family, and «it's something that I will talk about with my friends and supporters, something I will talk about with party leaders and other elected officials.

As community groups talk with neighbors to envision a new playground, they're working with elected officials and the city Parks Department to fund the project, which the Parks Department estimates will cost $ 1.3 million.

In one of those recordings he talked about controlling the minor parties with an elected official.....

And he will be meeting with other first - and second - generation elected officials from Arizona and California tonight and tomorrow in Washington, D.C. to talk about the bill and other issues pertaining to the immigrant experience.

Once you know who your elected officials are, talk to them!

It is one of the simplest ideas in American education — and one of the most confounding: Elected officials and educators have been talking about establishing national, or common, academic standards for at least a half - century.

Zuckerberg Talks Success, Lessons Learned in Newark Schools AP: «It's very important to understand the desires of a community, to listen and learn from families, teachers, elected officials and other experts,» he wrote.

As my elected official, I urge you to visit these schools, talk to teachers and seek out their stories in order to better understand the solutions that will best serve our state.

As my elected official, I urge you to visit these schools, talk to teachers and seek out their stories in order to better understand the solutions that will best serve the citizens of our state.

Many elected officials seem to forget their accountability talking point when it comes to charter schools too, which are actual public schools.

I'll tell you why — we aren't the audience elected officials are talking to.

To: Interested Democratic Candidates and Elected Officials From: Paul Harstad Date: September 22, 2014 Re: Findings and Talking Points from a National Voter Survey on Public Schools

That's not a bad thing, as staffers usually have more time to talk than elected officials.

The conference kicks off this Friday with a preview of the museum's Judy Chicago exhibition and is followed by two days of talks, with artists, writers, and filmmakers joining forces with local leaders, activists, elected officials, and the public to explore art and politics in a series of lectures, panel discussions, and performances.

Climate campaigners seem to think they have a winner with this takedown of elected officials who reject global warming science, in which fake news reports talk of the turmoil and tragedy created by Hurricane Marco Rubio, Hurricane James Inhofe, Hurricane John Boehner and more.