Sentences with phrase «far balked at»

Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) also said negotiations were «on track» to include his plan to capture a portion of the city's sales tax revenue and use it to fund emergency repairs to the subway system — something the city has so far balked at doing.

But the GOP - controlled Senate has so far balked at such an extension.

Wilshere has so far balked at signing a new deal despite having an offer on the table for weeks, but Wenger said he remains confident that an agreement will be reached.

Indeed, the B.C. government has so far balked at calls for a speculation tax by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and others, claiming it could suck as much as $ 1 billion out of the local real estate sector without having a meaningful impact on house prices.

Other private equity firms have so far balked at Court Square's valuation expectations of close to $ 2 billion, sources have said.

McLoughlin is in the market for an alternative but has so far balked at the high cost of these «dumb» devices.Today he uses an old cheap flip phone, the Samsung Convoy.

Not exact matches

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras balked at deeper austerity cuts to the Greek economy, cuts that are a prerequisite for further help from Berlin and Brussels.

He was further surprised to learn that a few churches balked at the idea of being evaluated by objective measures.

So far, a US District Court judge has ordered that the House and US Senate primaries take place on June 26, but the state Legislature has balked at moving the regularly scheduled Sept. 11 intra-party contests for other races up to correspond with that date.

David Calone, chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission, recognized that some balk at the cost of building more sewers, but said «failing to protect the quality of our drinking water would be far more costly.»

Malloy balks at efforts to require the state to further desegregate Hartford's schools (CT Mirror 8-23-2013)

As far as «high quality protein,» this food uses chicken by - product meal and some owners would balk at calling this a «high quality protein» on the grounds that by - products are not as desirable as whole meats or meals.

Today, amid an anemic economy and joblessness far worse than official government figures admit, President Obama balks at approving the Keystone XL pipeline, cancels leasing and drilling on federal lands, tells our budget - sequestered military to buy $ 26 to $ 67 - per - gallon ship and jet fuel, punishes refineries for not buying cellulosic ethanol that doesn't exist, and happily lets EPA shut down coal - fired power plants and kill countless thousands of mining, utility and other jobs.

Many may balk at paying $ 100 or more for a headset, but amazing audio quality and comfort keeps the Stealth 600 headset well worth the money, far better than anything you could find below this price point.