Sentences with phrase «for interested citizen»

One of the Coalition's first initiatives has been circulating a Pledge for interested citizen groups and organizations to sign.

Not exact matches

Cryptocurrencies have been drawing significant interest over the last several months, according to Charles Bovaird, a financial writer and consultant who has worked for State Street, Moody's and Citizens Commercial Banking.

It is unusual for a major country to appoint a citizen of a different country to head its central bank and it will be interesting to see.

As described in this 2015 YouTube video (embedded below), a low social credit score is meant to isolate unruly citizens from the rest of the population and deny them access to state services and benefits via travel bans, increased prices for day - to - day products, higher bank interests, and others.

President Donald Trump had been elected on a promise to stick up for average citizens, not special interests like the powerful U.S. lumber lobby.

In the case of a foreign citizen already in Chile, companies interested in accessing the Visa Tech system through InvestChile should submit a request for a Certificate of Sponsorship.

If you already have an account with Citizens Bank or plan to pay automatically, you could qualify for a lower interest rate.

And Central Bankers must raise interest rates higher and sooner next time, to choke off excessive spending by our own citizens for whom frugality is a fad, not a way of life.

For example, Citizens Bank allows cosigner release from a loan after making 36 consecutive, on - time principal and interest payments.

You can get 0.25 % knocked off your interest if you sign up for autopay and another 0.25 % if you already have an account with Citizens Bank.

With courts increasingly willing to nullify popular legislation and proclaim new rights, legislators are encouraged to avoid their responsibility for tackling controversial issues; interest groups are encouraged to take their cases to the courts rather than to try to persuade their fellow citizens; and citizens get the feeling that they have no say in setting the conditions under which they live, work, and raise their children.

For me, one of the most interesting things is that our elected political officials consistently received lowers scores than the average citizen.

The eschaton of radical freedom for all is inevitable, the forces of History will sweep toward their ultimate victory — and therefore it is essential that every good citizen accept liberalism (communism) in his heart and promote it publicly, eagerly detecting and shaming bias (class interest) and intolerance (oppression).

The turn to benign interests is a turn away from the messier and more obviously political questions that involve the identification of a controversial good and the contest among citizens vying for honor.

Is it NOT self interest to tax ONE CITIZEN and hand it to another for voting?

G. Seek inclusion for local cable programmers, local public radio broadcasters, computer network operators and similar professionals operating in the public interest as members of training delegations going to developing nations in order to propagate the concept of a vigorous, involved public citizen movement.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

However, with respect to the first of those issues, I find fascinating the British idea of «virtual representation,» which meant that so long as Parliament was a mixed deliberative body of persons that represented a variety of interests and opinions, then representation was real and valid even though citizens could not vote for members of Parliament.

«specials interests» is just another way of saying «Citizens groups» who get together, pool their money and advocate for their beliefs.

Usually governments interested themselves in the personal safety of missionaries in foreign lands and insisted that these emissaries of the churches be given their rights under the treaties, but they did this as they would for any of their citizens, regardless of occupation.

But a republic will have republican customs — public participation in the exercise of power, the political equality of the citizens, a wide distribution of small and medium property with few very rich or very poor — customs that will lead to a public spiritedness, a willingness of the citizen to sacrifice his own interests for the common good, that is, to a citizen motivated by republican virtue.

The Government; this and any Government, of any Nation, at any time, have or a least ought / should have at least IMVHO, a Vested Interest on the well being and health of ALL the citizens and for all the right reasons.

The Brazilian has also been the subject of transfer interest from Manchester City, with the Daily Star reporting that the Citizens made a double swoop for both Firmino and his Bundesliga rival Kevin De Bruyne in May.

Washington's citizens renounced their short - term interests, turned conservationists en masse to vote for fish and to wait for power from other sources.

From special events, senior citizen local trips, tot classes, youth summer camps, and adult special interest classes, we provide the fun, enrichment and enjoyment for our residents.

Manchester City are rumoured to also be interested with a trusted source in Monaco circles saying that the Citizens have agreed to sign him for an even better fee of # 43.6 million.

After first league defeat (Chelsea 2 - 1) and elimination from Uefa champions league, Manchester City will look to bounce back, and Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled squad face their first real test of the campaign.Although they still sit two points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, and in their 15 matches racked 49 goals, with possible defeat and Man Utd win over QPR (video) will they lose top spot of Premier league.What make this match more interest is several Arsenal players which now play for Citizens.

Manchester City to win: This should end up being another routine victory for the Citizens, who won't even be too interested in this tournament at all.

IPRA is a not - for - profit organization and public interest group who is an advocate in providing quality park, recreation and conservation education, resources and services to professionals and citizens throughout the state of Illinois.

«Buffalo Grove is considering all its options, taking the best interests of all its citizens into account, «a spokesman for the village said Tuesday.

The Addison Park District Board of Commissioners has agreed to accept a loan from the village to help pay for $ 700,000 senior citizens addition at Community Park, 120 E. Oak St.. The interest - free loan of $ 87,500 from the village would be repaid in 15 years.

ROSELLE — The issue of a swimming pool for Lake Park High School was brought to the Roselle Park District board Wednesday night as local citizens, led by Barb Layer, sought to determine if there was any Park District interest in seeing that one be built.

This interest led to enlisting hundreds of citizen scientists for the creation of the highly regarded Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas 2 and two State of the Birds of Massachusetts reports.

Altrusa's Durham Club members have assisted Welcome Baby in numerous ways: preparing the more than 5,000 quarterly newsletters that are mailed to Welcome Baby's clients, partner agencies and interested citizens; hanging clothes in the Giving Closet Sorting Room; and making financial donations to Crib for Kids so that parents in need get important furnishings at a reduced rate.

Rep. John Katko stands out among House members elected to Congress in 2014 for his reliance on campaign contributions from special interest groups, according to an analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.

We argue for it precisely because we are proud citizens of our country — Britain — who believe that in the 21st Century, we should maintain our partnership with the biggest political union and largest commercial market on our doorstep; not in diminution of our national interest, but in satisfaction of it.

Now, what the paper completely fails to address is how that precondition, that essential public trust, could possibly survive a system under which the security services were empowered by law to routinely trawl through the private communications data of vast numbers of citizens suspected of no crime, simply in order, as Sir David Omand puts it, «to identify patterns of interest for further investigation».

The order itself states that immigration of anyone who's a citizen of one of those 7 countries is suspended for 90 days, and that they could apply for a waiver to prove that their entry is in the national interest.

Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.

Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.

Is there a NK «interests» section in the US, a consular arrangement for NK citizens, a protecting power arrangement, or some other kind of proxy or third - party arrangement or similar, for citizen or business protection or state representation or both, and if so what are the details??

Some political liberals, appalled at the liberation of monied interests to spend immense amounts on elections, support a convention for the purpose of overruling the Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United that declared unconstitutional most imitations on campaign finance.

He said in a statement at the time that: ``... I have this morning 4th November, 2016 filed an application at the Supreme Court for leave to examine the judgment debtor as the citizen public interest plaintiff in favour of whom the case was decided for the Republic of Ghana.»

The County Clerk's Office always looking for ways to help our citizens interested in starting a new business in Erie County.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The presence of face to face moments between citizens, or the possibility of those moments, was still considered as crucial for fostering a shared sense of belonging, motivating the pursuit of the common good and securing laws and institutions from turning into mechanisms through which group interests competed.

The strict application of the principles of the rule of law and strong popular control over the legislative and the executive are indispensable for the subordination of a sovereign power to citizens» interests and preferences.

«Washington needs leadership that will stand up to the liberal special interests and Obama - Pelosi agenda and reclaim our country for taxpayers and everyday citizens.

Citizens Party candidates and office holders are forbidden to accept any and all gifts, payments or favors from lobbyists or from any other private interests seeking special favors for favorable legislation from the government at the local, state or national level.