Sentences with phrase «for cronyism»

There has just been too many opportunities for cronyism, too much weird accounting for things like offsets that is hard to do well, and too much temptation to pick winners and losers.

Referencing other articles, CREW sees the potential for cronyism in the selection of a judicial screening panel and the hiring practices of Empire State Development Corp..

All these because a public system was deliberately corrupted and undermined to clear grounds for the «private sector,» - another word for cronyism — starting with the so - called «IMF conditionalities.»

Nigerians did not vote against the Jonathan administration's impunity for corruption, only to be assaulted with another pernicious impunity for cronyism.

That system has already been branded by some as a charter for cronyism because it can leave the power of patronage firmly in the party leaders» hands.

These and other instances of the Finance Minister's penchant for cronyism and nepotism have become the subject of a petition sent to the IMF by anti-corruption group Progressive Alliance Media Communicators.

Recently hired Jimmy McLoughlin, the target for cronyism allegations because he's the son of Tory chairman Patrick, has been rewarded for his impressive work on the new PM's Tory leadership campaign.

This opens the door for cronyism.

Not exact matches

For Cruz and other conservative lawmakers, the Ex-Im Bank represents corporate favoritism and cronyism.

For his part, Abe is facing cronyism scandals in Japan related to the discounted sale of government land to a private school and the approval of a new veterinary school run by one of the Prime Minister's friends.

Other topics include: cronyism, recognizing that good advocates may not make the best managers, investing in managers, the importance of creating a healthy culture for remote staff, having generous benefits packages which include paid time off, higher pay, paying interns, organizational transparency, and more.

In place of traditional American liberty based on the principles of limited government, Obamacarians are erecting a bureaucratic state, complete with centralized control, cronyism, ideological impositions, benefits to favored constituencies, ever increasing dependencies, spiced with an anti religion agenda that would force religious non profits and charities to choose between their service missions and following the precepts of their faith (through the Free Birth Control / Sterilization / Abortifacient Rule for now, more later).

Blame government if any for allowing churches to run as businesses under the 501 3c tax exempt status and government intertwining themselves with corporate cronyism.

A great plan would be for Kroenke to sell his shares to include more of a diverse board and not the typical cronyism of a stereotypical board.

Unelected people selected by cronyism is no good for Britain or its people.

But, seriously, how likely is that to happen within a borough like Queens County, where the murky waters of cronyism, nepotism, favoritism, corruption, graft, cover up, favoritism and a reckless disregard for law, order and obeying their constituents just keep getting swampier by the minute.

In an opinion piece published online in Newsday Monday, DeMarco said Spota, a Democrat, has become part of the «culture of cronyism and corruption» Spota campaigned against when he first ran for office 15 years ago.

This has often resulted in accusations of cronyism and cash for honours, a situation where mud has stuck, tarnishing the reputation of the House of Lords.

«The U.S. Attorney's investigation into the economic development program points to cronyism and preferential treatment for donors which directly undermines the Governor's insistence that the existing oversight model is sufficient,» the groups said.

More recently, he accused the former prime minister of «uber - cronyism» over bumper pay rises for his advisers.

The rest of the liberal pigs will coddle your disdain... GEP couldn't get things done in Albany the way he wanted to and should have, because of the cesspool that Sheldon Silver has presided over as lifeguard... It's about time your dirty little secrets of cronyism and pandering to line your own pockets is exposed... Leaders with integrity like Gov. Pataki have taken the loudmouthed and ignorant bile your type has been doling out for far too long... I hope Silver does time, as he should, and his assets along with the reputation of W&L Attorneys is forever tarnished....

An elected second house would lead to a form of professional political class like the one we have in the Commons; a class susceptible to cronyism, corruption and stupidity in return for a cabinet post or a vote.

One of the key witnesses from the first trial, malpractice insurance executive Anthony Bonomo, has since been ousted by state insurance regulators for self - dealing and cronyism, providing Skelos» defense team with ammunition to challenge his credibility

Since the trial, Bonomo's horse Always Dreaming won the Kentucky Derby, but he was ousted from his post by state regulators amid charges of self - dealing, cronyism and mismanagement that could provide ammunition for the defense to attack his credibility.

A circus - themed analysis from the left - leaning Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington categorized Cuomo as a «sideshow» — the least awful of its three categories of bad executives — for what the group described as transparency and cronyism failures.

The cronyism and the claim that, the reports of a possible return of ghost names, are said to have contributed significantly to the bloated number of service personnel on the NSS Payroll, and insiders are calling for a thorough audit of the 66,000 persons.

The question of whether the upper house of the parliament should be abolished is gaining traction, with some people calling for a directly elected senate to address what they see as cronyism.

The Department for Communities and Local Government investigation, instigated by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers, [48] found a «culture of cronyism» but no fraud at the council.

Ms. Noonan — go back to doing whatever it is you pretend to be doing during business hours and leave the discussion about cronyism and the governor's hypocrisy to posters who aren't shilling for somebody... like you are.

Others argue that Labour's problems predate this, that the party has been too complacent for too long, especially in the west of Scotland, where it was guilty of cronyism, putting forward nonentities as candidates for councils, the Scottish parliament and Westminster.

Among other things, the aggrieved employees claimed that Mrs. Osei unilaterally awarded a GHc 3.9 million contract for the demarcation and partitioning of an office complex without engaging the Commission, and indulged in cronyism by awarding another contract to the tune of $ 14,310,961 to associates for the construction of prefabricated District offices.

Hence, to avoid further corruption, Cuomo's award on Dec. 10 of about $ 50 million in capital grants and state tax credits to Nassau County for government and private - sector projects must be postponed until Mangano's recommendations — like the $ 3 million for county - owned Nassau Hub infrastructure improvements and Grumman studios run by a Mangano donor — are vetted to ensure they weren't driven by cronyism or campaign contributions.

When asked about corporate welfare for politically - connected businesses she said that government should «pick the winners», which is nothing short of blatant cronyism and tips the scales against the taxpayer.

But what is really needed is for the Labour government after this next election to abandon the present cronyism of appointment to the Lords and replace it by an electoral system geographically based on Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the major English regions.

HS2 bidder drops out of # 170m design deal over cronyism allegations An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.

An open - ended declaration to stay «as long as it takes» lets Iraqi factions maneuver for their own political advantage by making us stay as long as they want, and it becomes an excuse for billions of American tax dollars to be sent to Iraq and siphoned off into the coffers of cronyism and corruption.

Just look at the yearlong investigation by the Detroit Free Press, [v] which revealed rampant problems in the state's for - profit charter schools — corruption, cronyism, poor performance and lack of accountability.

(Apart from cronyism, nepotism, failing free schools, fraudulent use of public funds, headteachers punishing children for their parents» failure to pay dinner money.....)

The corruption and graft that have tainted so much of Africa's leadership in the post-independence period are well - known; the misappropriation of funds, outright theft, incompetence, and cronyism that have characterised too many African governments for decades have been often catalogued.

Its instability, pitiful economic governance, corruption and cronyism — all of which contributed to its spectacular sovereign debt crisis — prove that the country is not quite ready for the big leagues.

«I am grateful to the Obama administration for not buying into a highly questionable suite of arguments against Open Skies that from the beginning smacked of protectionism, cronyism and an unfortunate allergy to healthy competition,» Dow said.

The Tate Gallery has been accused of cronyism and dubbed «mercenary» for deciding to display works of art owned by one of its largest corporate sponsors.

In corrupt and impoverished nations cronyism — rather than expertise — accounts for the presence of some of the nominees (more on that here).

A couple of weeks ago, when he and his fellow board members were supposed to be voting on whether to purchase new textbooks and reading materials for the district, Weber put a stop to the vote by taking a bold stand in defense of climate denial, political cronyism, and intellectual closed - mindedness.

Climate hawks have the better of the argument — China is deadly serious about cleaning up its energy system, not only or even primarily for climate reasons — but conservative warnings about China's history of opacity and cronyism are worth heeding.

Plan of action - CO2 emissions tax, deregulate low polluting technology and remove current barriers of new technology per usual pick and choose government interference, facilitate standards to coordinate national and international energy development, subsidize ultra low polluting power generators and fuel to poor countries, investment dollars awarded to highest rate of return for CO2 emission reduction upon global market, rate tax expenditures and promising technology by independent accounting agency bonded to ensure loss of political and personal cronyism influence.

I would invite those interested in energy policy, particularly wind power, to read the posts at http://www.masterresource.org to find out why government picks losers, and why all - of - the - above policy is code for planning conceit, cronyism, and failure.

The reason for peer - review is to ensure quality, to make sure that the papers have been critically read before being published (by fresh sets of eyes), and to prevent the most obvious forms of cronyism.

While the calls are notable for exactly the kind of cronyism LBJ was accused of engaging in, they are also notable for the sheer amount of half - folksy / half - belligerent swearing that LBJ does throughout.

Meanwhile, predicting that «the themes of the opposition will be cronyism and inexperience,» Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog anticipates failure for this nominee: