Sentences with phrase «for patronage positions»

Normally, the parties pick someone loyal, so that commissioner can hire other party loyalists for patronage positions, according to numerous sources.

«When you're paying for those sweetheart deals, for those patronage positions, that's a tax, it's a corruption tax,» Curran says.

Not exact matches

Everyone is jockeying for position in the senate democratic conference in order to save their political patronage hacks in the likely case that they've lost their majority.

We like his warning that people in patronage positions might be reassigned and his promise to institute a culture change — give eight hours of pay for eight hours of work and make assignments, promotions and overtime based on merit.

If this was simply political patronage I would have him for a position 18 months ago.

The Bronx, for example, doesn't have a single Republican elected official, and the local party apparatus is mostly relegated to appointing patronage positions at the Board of Election and a vote to let non-Republicans run on their party's line — the sort of vote that is at the heart of the Smith scandal.

For Newhouse, masterworks were the rule rather than the exception, and he quickly became known for his discerning eye, close friendships with leading artists, and a sense of patronage and philanthropy that led him to join the Museum of Modern Art's board of directors, a position he held for nearly three decadFor Newhouse, masterworks were the rule rather than the exception, and he quickly became known for his discerning eye, close friendships with leading artists, and a sense of patronage and philanthropy that led him to join the Museum of Modern Art's board of directors, a position he held for nearly three decadfor his discerning eye, close friendships with leading artists, and a sense of patronage and philanthropy that led him to join the Museum of Modern Art's board of directors, a position he held for nearly three decadfor nearly three decades.

Additionally primary responsibility for climate catastrophe falls on those who bear substantial responsibility by dint of economic positioning, scientific obfuscation, political patronage, political influence or political position as to the direction of our political - economic system, where that system effects our society's energy and land use and therefore climate impacts.

Patronage consists of two related but separate activities, in both cases subordinating issues of qualification and competence: «reward» appointments for friends of the government and «motive» appointments, whereby ideologically acceptable candidates are given positions in the hopes that they will exercise their powers in a manner that furthers the government's goals.