Sentences with phrase «failed referendum campaign»
During the failed referendum campaign earlier this month to build an aquatic park, Zirk said he heard residents say the money would be better spent on fixing the village's water and street problems.
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The former commodities trader was instrumental in the campaign to leave the European Union (EU), and following the referendum's passage, Farage invoked the 1996 sci - fi action film «Independence Day» by declaring June 23 «our independence day» from failed socialist rules, regulations and immigration policies.
Comparing that successful campaign with the Park District's recent failed attempt, Brissa said the Park District must do a better job of getting comments from residents before proposing new programs or referendum questions.
While the last convention referendum failed in 1997, political consultant Michael Dawidziak attributed this year's frenzied anti-convention campaign to a new factor not then in play: the internet.
His presentation also painted a worse - case scenario if the campaign went for designation («We fail to raise the money and can not afford a free delivery or decent referendum broadcasts.
He will say: «Nobody who campaigned in Scotland during the referendum could fail to be shaped by the experience.
Labour for Independence, a small but energetic campaign set up for last year's Scottish referendum, has been fined # 1,500 by the Electoral Commission for failing to submit any accounts.
Brown accused David Cameron of dishonesty in failing to explain his plans in clear terms to the people of Scotland during the referendum campaign.
Nick Clegg has revealed he urged David Cameron to change the remain campaign strategy in the final weeks before the EU referendum, saying the economic - focused Stronger In campaign was «bloodless» and failing against the emotional pull of the leave campaign.
The No campaign, Better Together, with its focus - group tested slogan, «No Thanks», was essentially run by the Labour Party — chaired by Alistair Darling, the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer responsible with Brown for the deregulation of uk banks, and directed by Blair McDougall, who had organized David Miliband's failed Labour leadership bid — though its platform included local Tories and Liberal Democrats, to the embarrassment of many Labour functionaries, who preferred to claim that the whole referendum campaign was a waste of time.
Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.