Sentences with phrase «faced vocal opposition»

The statement of principles has faced vocal opposition from some legal scholars and lawyers since it was introduced by the law society this fall as part of an initiative to combat the barriers faced by racialized licensees.

The current Town Board has faced vocal opposition on some items, including this year's budget and the new library / community center.

Ottawa can be expected to face vocal opposition if it decides to prop up the media.

Not exact matches

In unanimously adopting a rental registry law at the start of 2016 in the face of vocal opposition, the town board said in a resolution at the time that it «recognizes that there are rising concerns and incidences of single - family residences being overcrowded, utilized as share houses, motels or other transient housing accommodations, multi-family residences and two - family residences.»

But is she following in the footsteps of Gove, or another cabinet minister who faced down vocal opposition (some would say vested interests) to their reform agenda?

«If the November elections taught us anything, it's that many of the freedoms that we most hold dear face renewed and vocal opposition.

County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a vocal proponent of metro government, said she expects to face plenty of opposition to the Consensus plan when she convenes a shared services panel this year.

A handful of San Francisco elementary school principals facing an urgent need to fill positions for the fall have hired Teach for America recruits despite the school board's vocal opposition to the organization.

Though fracking continues to face very vocal opposition on the East Coast, California too may soon get in on the act.