Sentences with phrase «for public advocate not»

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Clarification: Mester advocates using rules for communication purposes to the public but not necessarily setting policy.

If the economy does recover and the unemployment rate decreases, they should be praised for not making the massive cuts to critical public services advocated for by, Jason Kenney, the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Party.

It is not open to the public which, for a summit advocating pro democracy, does give the event an exclusive and isolationist overtone.

At the same time, the community should advocate for necessary change and self - regulate in areas where there are significant risks of public harm that have not been addressed by current law.

Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»

can only occur where there exists some institutional umbrella that can protect human rights advocates and offer both political and material support for human rights activities: a church...; a press sufficiently independent so that it can report information the government would prefer not be made public and that can offer a forum for some opponents of the government; professional associations, academic and intellectual centers which are financially solvent and not directly controlled by military or government officials.

I don't advocate getting rid of religion per say just for it to stay out of the publics business, the fact is religion can't seem to do that.

We can also advocate for students whose parents may not speak the language at local public forums in their communities.

I am not arguing for advocating religion in public schools.

As a public education advocate and founding member of Parents Across America, I'm one of many who are speaking up for empowering parents and educators to set the direction for our education policy — not the billionaires, hedge - funders and corporate titans who are currently driving it.

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.

For 20 years, I have deliberately invested my life in teaching public - school kids, coaching them, and advocating for the ones who don't have the same support that other kids haFor 20 years, I have deliberately invested my life in teaching public - school kids, coaching them, and advocating for the ones who don't have the same support that other kids hafor the ones who don't have the same support that other kids have.

Of course the bill's doomed on the Senate floor, since Republicans would no doubt filibuster it out of existence, but that's not enough for the grandly - titled «Public Advocate of the United States,» one Eugene Delgaudio of Loudon County, Virginia.

It should not be a shock to me or anyone else he's going to advocate for the policies of his candidate, however misguided they may be, including public financing of campaigns and tuition for illegal immigrants and things of that nature.

But who the candidate will ultimately wind up being remains up in the air as the party could select a placeholder for the post after New York City Public Advocate Tish James confirmed she would not seek the party's line in her bid for AG.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

POPVOX's non-partisan platform allows for individuals, organizations & congressional staffers to not only track real - time legislative action (via Thomas.gov) in Congress, but also gives these stakeholders greater opportunity to advocate (orgs), track public opinion (congress) and have their voices heard (individuals)!

Also at 2 p.m., women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Comptroller Scott stringer and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James have endorsed Kavanagh for the seat, which is safely Democratic, and won't be a factor in the upcoming rematch over control of the Senate chamber.

Public Advocate Tish James has told people in recent days that she intends to run for New York City mayor in 2021, though her potentially running wouldn't be a shocking development in New York City politics.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has not filled up his administration yet, but Twenty - four of the 32 people who worked for him as Public Advocate got a free entry to the Mayor's office, according to payroll records released Friday.

A number of high - profile potential candidates for this year's election, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, are not on the list of those to be interviewed.

Dan Isaacs of Manhattan and Craig Eaton of Brooklyn both confirmed that they do not know of any publicly declared Republican candidates for Public Advocate.

(The four Democratic candidates for Public Advocate would not present such a problem for de Blasio.)

ALBANY — New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won't seek the ballot line of the liberal Working Families Party in her campaign for New York attorney general, a spokeswoman confirmed.

As far as NYTrue.com can determine, there are not yet any Republican candidates for Public Advocate.

(It's my understanding that J.C. Polanco, who told me last week he's likely to seek the Republican nomination for public advocate, has not approached the Conservative Party about their line.)

When I was [Bronx] county chair, I was the first person to support him for public advocate, so we've always — you know, we didn't support him for mayor, but once he won the primary, our relationship was fine.

In the last general election, the Republican candidate for Public Advocate received about 14 % of the vote, and in the two prior elections Republicans did not even have a candidate on the ballot.

In the race for Public Advocate, technically the President of the City Council, the refreshing Bill deBlasio, who bravely chose not to pursue a third term as Council Member, has led the field to the runoff against the wretched has - been Mark Green.

As Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio strongly pushed for voting reform in New York, but as Mayor, it has not been high on his list of priorities.

DiNapoli, as well as advocates for public financing, have criticized the agreement for not including all statewide candidates and coming in the middle of an election cycle.

Nevertheless, Cuomo has been criticized by liberals advocates for not being more forcefully in favor of a Democratic takeover of the chamber this year, which came to a head this week when the governor knocked public schools as a «monopoly» he wants to break by strengthening charter schools.

As various proposals for a broader public financing system are floated, members of the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate, as well as advocates that have pushed the measure over the years, are telegraphing they won't support any agreement they deem watered - down.

James did not explicitly say whether she would pursue support from the Working Families Party, the liberal party that supported both her campaigns for public advocate but has recently butted heads with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The mayor and Mr. Heastie, whose political relationship dates back to Mr. de Blasio's tight race for public advocate in 2009, have not always seen eye to eye.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

Although Ms. Quinn didn't call out her rivals by name, in the original Times story, her campaign criticized Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, for having ties to some members of NYC Is Not for Sale 2013, the attack ad coalition.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio also turned out to a community board meeting on Wednesday night to slam the state for not saving the hospital.

Most important, if the mayor can't serve out his term for any reason, the public advocate is next in line of succession.

Sliwa, who also hosts a daily radio talk show, is set to call Wednesday for a public referendum to eliminate the advocate position and have the City Council speaker elected by voters, not the council members.

Sheridan Hollow residents and local environmental advocates have continued to voice concerns that authorities haven't weighed the public - health impact of the upcoming project set for the Sheridan Ave. steam plant that will house an oil and gas - powered microgrid.

Even for those not surprised, there is still a desire to see and hear de Blasio think through whether as mayor, and at the top of the chain of command, he should react differently than he would as a council member or public advocate.

Three other possible candidates, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former comptroller Bill Thompson, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

City Councilwoman Ydanis Rodriguez and Public Advocate Letitia James blasted the MTA for not doing enough to address the ongoing problem, which was the fifth such incident in the past three weeks.

After the debate, we asked her several questions, including: how she viewed her debate performance, what she expects the remaining three weeks of the campaign to focus on, for a more detailed discussion of her unexpected answer that she doesn't see herself as prepared to be mayor and for more about her statement that she's thought about running for Public Advocate for the past 20 years.

Carl H. McCall will chair a commission composed of experts from the financial services industry, consumer advocates, public officials and State regulators to study available options for the creation of a state - administered retirement savings program for workers whose employers do not offer a retirement plan.

A spokeswoman for Ms. James, Delaney Kempner, did not address the issue, saying, «As she explores a run for attorney general, public advocate James is talking with everyone.

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James didn't respond to requests for comment on friday on the eve of the holiday weekend.

New York Farm Bureau works not only to advocate for our members but also to bring issues important to our members into the public eye.