Sentences with phrase «for political office after»

«It's fun to contemplate but a lot can happen in three years,» Taylor said of a possible run for political office after Bloomberg's term as mayor is finished.

As McCray makes moves toward running for political office after her husband leaves City Hall in 2021, the smart and...

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Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

«This is just one part of a larger investigation into the use of personal data for political purposes,» the office said in a statement after a judge granted the request for a warrant.

(Incidentally, the UK's data protection watchdog is conducting just such an audit of Cambridge Analytica right now, after obtaining a warrant to enter its London offices last month — as part of an ongoing, year - long investigation into social media data being used for political ad targeting.)

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

While none of Jesus Christ's 1st century Christian leaders ever involved themselves in politics to the point that they ran for public office, after they all died out those men Jesus said would sneak into the church did sneak in and did get involved with political leaders and in just a couple of centuries the Holy Roman Empire was the old Roman Empire whitewashed to appear to be something of God's and both the church and the State being led by the very same man, Pontifex Maximus who had his own wife killed for proving that his trinity doctrine was horsepucky.

At least, we all now know that concern for the - people is no more the primary motivation for the political actions and utterances of former President Rawlings, otherwise, he and his wife would NOT have taken nearly USD$ 5 Million from we - the - people fraudulently under the cover of judgment debt after failing to account to the same people after leaving office with indemnity clauses!

In his first public appearance after the corruption conviction of a former top aide, Joe Percoco, Cuomo acknowledged he had known that Percoco was using government offices while working for the governor's 2014 campaign team, but said he believed the work was not political and related to the transition.

After 39 years in office, however, Silver fell far and fast following a conviction on corruption charges in 2015, when a jury found him guilty of colluding with both a physician and real estate interests to rake in millions from referral fees to his law firm in return for political favors.

Artiles won his seat in office in November after an aggressive $ 1 million campaign run by Artiles» political committee, Veterans for Conservative Principles.

And please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying we shouldn't check corruption, but if we come to office and to power — I've been preaching for 40 years in this country and I've seen governments come and go, from CPP, my father's government, and NDC and NPP, they are here, I've seen them over the 40 years — and this thing where we come into office with vindictiveness and bitterness because of the way we've been mishandled and mistreated, and we target people to go after them, settle scores, I pray that during the reign of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, because of the fight and the betrayals and the suffering and the pain he went through to become president, he will not allow his presidency to be used by people who have problems with others and their opponents to settle scores, but that during his watch and his reign, that vicious cycle would be broken in the name of Jesus; that every Ghanaian, irrespective of your political party, if you're doing the right thing, you'll prosper», the founder of Action Chapel International (ACI) told his congregation on Sunday, 22 April.

BROOKLYN — A former political rival to Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson who later became a high - ranking official in his office quit after being accused of sexually harassing a prosecutor who worked for him, DNAinfo New York has learned.

Political activist Rus Thompson has been indicted for voter fraud by an Erie County grand jury after rejecting a plea offer from the Erie County District Attorney's Office in May.

The fact that he changed his name 25 years after he first read «The Autobiography of Malcolm X,» while in the middle of his first run for elected office, shouldn't make you think that there were any political implications to his choice.

Think about it — wealthy NYC real estate owners / developers have found that if they give huge amounts of money to upstate Senate campaigns they can assure those Senators will look after their interests (i.e. - screw renters) while these Senators regularly run for office telling the upstate rubes to be afraid of NYC political domination.

Barely three days after the campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari was opened in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, the state government has marked the building housing the office for demolition, triggering political tension in the state.

New campaign filings also show that in the Republican primary for Smithtown Supervisor, Patrick Vecchio, 87, who is battling for his political life after 40 years in office, has spent $ 56,504 in his race against GOP designee Edward Wehrheim, a town board member, who has spent $ 41,884.

«I personally believe that anybody who is attorney general should not be permitted to run for public office after leaving that position for at least three years, so the office is not used for political reasons, but to do what it primarily is supposed to be doing: enforcing the law.»

For some in our political class foreign policy is a sacred cow, but a Home Office working group entitled Tackling Extremism formed after 7/7 clearly suggested that British foreign policy — especially in the Middle East — can not be left unconsidered as a factor in the motivations of criminal radical extremists.

Today, Mayor Tom Richards announced he is going to step down on Thursday, after a complaint was filed accusing Richards of violating the Hatch Act, which prevents certain employees of a municipality from running for office, or engaging in other political activities.

Former President Kufuor, during the launch at the weekend, said: «After ending my term in political office, I decided not to retire from serving my country hence my decision to set up a Foundation to continue to work on my vision for a peaceful and prosperous nation with leadership as its flagship program», these are words from the former President of Ghana and now Board Chairman of The John A. Kufour Foundation, John Agyekum Kufour.

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

This unfortunate dilemma could have been avoided if President Buhari had, immediately after assuming office, compensated political investors for their contributions to his victory without preachment on corruption of the past.

The political season will be in full swing when letters and campaign brochures from candidates talk about the need for economic development, which doesn't seem to get the same focus of attention after they get sworn into office.

''... Jeff Greene decided to run for political office in Florida after only living here for two years,» the statement says, adding that Greene «asks middle class Floridians to trust him, but why would they?»

Eliot Spitzer, hoping to upend an already unpredictable 2013 campaign season in New York City, announced plans Sunday to run for city comptroller — a brazen attempt to re-enter political life years after he resigned the governor's office amid a prostitution scandal.

This is the first time Balter has run for a political office, although she has become a recognizable face in Central New York as an organizer of CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group of activists that formed to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump after he was elected.

Funding for Gotbaum's office will be cut by about 40 percent after the City Council reached a budget deal last week — a move that the public advocate called «political payback» for not supporting Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) during the fight to extend term limits last fall.

The NLC said the union made a demand for wage increase in 2009 after a thorough study of the salaries of political office holders» pre-and post-consolidation, as well as a careful examination of the minimum annual wage levels in African countries.

During a question - and - answer portion of the event, NY1 host Errol Louis asked Mr. Bharara — well known for going after Wall Street banks, political corruption and most recently Rikers Island in his Southern District office — if he was interested in any recent job openings at DOJ.

Walker has long been the subject of vitriol from some political opponents after he effectively ended collective bargaining for public workers shortly after taking office in 2011.

Spitzer, who resigned his office in 2008 after admitting he paid for sex with prostitutes, is now attempting a political comeback and is ahead of Stringer in the polls.

The wedding, coming a year after the legalization of same - sex marriage in New York State and a year before the mayoral election, has been the buzz of New York political circles in recent weeks and has brought Ms. Quinn the kind of celebrity - style coverage rarely enjoyed by a local candidate for office.

After multiple incidents of violence and threats directed at the offices and even the homes of some Democrats who voted for the recently passed health care legislation, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the head of President Obama's grassroots political operation both sent fundraising messages to supporters that mentioned the recent incidents.

All of the money has flowed through the political consulting company Global Strategies, the entity Malloy's top advisor, Roy Occhiogrosso, returned to after working in Malloy's office for two years.

After he and several other employees were pressured to follow President Bush's «vision» for the agency by a political appointee in NASA's Office of Public Affairs, Hansen took the battle public and spoke with the New York Times.

When I was a political reporter, I first wrote about Maisy and Shannon on Jan. 6, 2012 just after the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights signalled they were putting Canada on notice for its treatment of the then estimated 600 murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

«After the voters returned Obama to office for a second term, his campaign became celebrated for its use of technology — much of it developed by an unusual team of coders and engineers — that redefined how individuals could use the Web, social media and smartphones to participate in the political process,» Issenberg wrote.