Sentences with phrase «from citizens concerned»

It took decades of hard work to change the Netherlands, and much of the effort there was due to a groundswell of anger from citizens concerned about children's safety.

Animal control and humane agencies receive countless calls every day from citizens concerned about animals in these cruel situations.

«Recently we have received several messages and posts from citizens concerned about what appear to be malnourished or neglected stray dogs.

North Carolina's State Superintendent for Public Schools, Dr. June Atkinson, says she's received emails from citizens concerned that the state will collect information such as facial expressions of children, parents» political and religious affiliations, blood pressure readings of students, and the DNA and irises of children — all thanks to the Common Core guidelines.

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In 2014, a federal appeals court sided with Verizon, seeming to open the door to paid prioritization and content blocking, and provoking an uproar from tech startups, entrepreneurs, and concerned citizens.

That leaves the public comment process clouded in confusion, rendering real comments from concerned citizens politically meaningless.

If you, the investor or concerned citizen, really want to send a message to the big players in gun sales, including companies like Wal - Mart, you're more likely to have an impact organizing a campaign to not buy stuff there, rather than abstaining from stock ownership.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

While we fully support and appreciate President Trump in his stated mission to protect U.S. citizens from harm, we are similarly concerned for the safety and protection of refugees — some of whom are Christian, most of whom are Muslim, and nearly all of whom come from the homeland of Jesus himself.

The provenance of some of this concern is perhaps unsurprising given that the crowds who came (over 6000 to the Oxford Oratory, for instance) included a minority of Senior Citizens, who might possibly remember the cult of relics from their youth, but was mainly made up by the young and middle - aged.

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

They came from concerned citizens.

But he is a citizen and it is obvious from his interviews that he loves the USA and cares for it and is concerned with many of its policies, etc..

Concerning such goods, government should not act to limit freedom along income lines, and should ensure that poverty takes no essential freedoms from any citizen.

I happen to live in Britain where the welfare state, despite its obvious failings and inadequacies (to which reactionaries are always calling attention), has had and still does have as its chief concern the provision to everyone of those absolute necessities that are required if the citizens are to lead better, healthier, and more satisfying lives because they have been delivered from nagging fears and worries about illness and old age and much else that can be so dreadfully threatening to them.

When it comes to being charitable and concern for the social welfare of American Citizens... you are one of the LAST people I would ever consider taking advice from!

From galas honoring champions of conservation to intimate gatherings of concerned global citizens, the Rainforest Alliance hosts events that enable you to support our mission and make a difference.

But it is a massive concern for punters, especially if the Italian doesn't resolve the issue in time for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa, where the Citizens will line up against a player they know all about in Darren Bent — the former Sunderland striker scoring the only goal of the game, from the penalty spot in stoppage time, when City suffered their very first defeat of the season away at Sunderland way back in August.

The whole idea behind the food revolution is to get people — parents, students, concerned citizens to ask for more, to ask for better from the foods available at school.

Comprised of health professionals from hospitals, clinics, state - level public health departments, and universities, concerned parents and citizens, and volunteers from community organizations, each member contributes time, energy, and expertise to activities that support breastfeeding in Pennsylvania.

While companies and governments are concerned about being targets of digital infiltration, they have used these technologies to obtain extensive information from common citizens for crime and terrorism prevention or commercial purposes.

Yet, it very likely can easily sway a citizen to vote for someone who promises to remove the druggy presence from the society, theoretical concerns about «human rights» being the furthest in minds of those whose loved ones were victimized.

These protest movements also voice a concern that democratic politics has become imbalanced in favour of corporations and the very rich and / or (as with the indignados) that politicians have become a class separate from ordinary citizens: concerns about the loss of genuine popular sovereignty.

When we closed the document on 9th February, we had more than 100 contributions from journalists, media scholars and concerned citizens around the world.

Between now and January, when the Legislature reconvenes, Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing will fight even harder in its efforts to get NYRA out from under state control, she said.

Zephyr Teachout quotes this description in Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United (Harvard University Press), a book that merits the large readership it may get thanks to the author's recent appearance on «The Daily Show,» even if much of that interview concerned her remarkable dark - horse gubernatorial campaign in New York state's Democratic primary, in which anti-corruption was one of her major themes.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Sponsored by NYSRPA and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb the event brings together thousands of gun owners and concerned citizens from around the state to meet with their representatives and features exhibits and presentations by advocates and experts.

Is it illegal for US citizens to accept payments (from foreign private concerns) for shilling political opinions they don't personally hold?

«Every 10 minutes there's going to be another TV advertisement — Americans for America, Concerned Citizens for America — and they're going to be deluged with ads and political propaganda from all sorts of ways and I think they're going to say the system is out of control,» Cuomo said.

Cruz, a native of Puerto Rico who considers herself a «community activist and concerned citizen,» said she was motivated to organize the march out of concern for the people who have died from the hurricane, and displeasure with the response of the Trump administration.

The meeting was prompted by calls to my office from concerned citizens and public officials, including several from Village of Kenmore Mayor Patrick Mang and Trustee Salvatore Muscarella.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon encourages residents to participate in the Legislature's online poll to collect input from residents concerning the Citizens Salary Review Commission's recent recommendation to raise elected officials salaries.

When asked the role of the DEC in the public debate over the Plant Janeway said, «We are now in the point of the process where are soliciting input and comments from all citizens and concerned stakeholders and we've extended that comment period, and when the comment period closes we will take all those comments into consideration in making the decisions going forward.»

Mr Klaus, a natural eurosceptic, said last week his reluctance to sign the treaty because of concerns it could open up Czech citizens from property claims by Germans ousted after the second world war had been addressed.

That is instead a right that flows from the treaties that form the EU, and specifically concerns the right of citizens to move between member states of the EU.

«We stand with parents and concerned citizens across New York State in calling upon the state education commissioner to immediately remove Carl Paladino from the Buffalo school board,» NYSUT President Karen E. Magee said.

Last summer Theresa May lost a crucial case concerning her requirements for UK citizens marrying someone from outside the EU.

«Now imagine if every concerned citizen from all across America did whatever they could, $ 10, $ 100 or $ 1000 to fight for marriage in the Empire State.

«In the last few hours we have received numerous calls from our party members, concerned citizens and well - wishers on our association or otherwise with the Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) which was unveiled today at Abuja,» he said.

From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Manhattan BP and NYC Comptroller - elect Scott Stringer and executives, philanthropic officials and scholars speak during the Citizens Budget Commission's conference about budget and economic concerns of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio's administration; 58 E. 68th St., Manhattan.

The worry I have is the more we bang on about immigration — and it seems as though that is going to be one of the big themes of the next election — it resonates with what we understand people are concerned about, but the more we bang on about that as the Conservative Party, the more we will seem I fear to people in this country with brown skin, with black skin, people who've come from outside the UK, they will just think «God, Tories somehow see us as being second - class citizens».

A group, Kaduna Concerned Citizens has stated that it will commence the process of recalling the Senators from the State for their heinous crime against the...

The party said that the clarification was necessary following numerous calls it had received from members, concerned citizens and well wishers soon after the new association was unveiled in Abuja on Monday.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will co-host a candidates forum focusing on the environment today at Scoville Hall in Amagansett from 5 to 7 p.m..

From the arcane rules, to the steep ballot requirements and a quasi-professional underfunded electoral machinery controlled by the two - parties, for the two parties — it is nearly impossible for concerned citizens to run for office, said Babinec.

The Erie County Legislature is hosting an online poll to collect input from residents concerning the Citizens Salary Review Commission's recent recommendation to raise elected officials salaries.

«Michelle Johnston Schoeneman of Citizens Against Collins, part of the Turn 27 Blue coalition, said the potential candidates represented «a refreshing contrast to Representative Chris Collins, who is too busy running to cable television studios, fending off an ethics investigation for insider trading, and fundraising from pharmaceutical industry lobbyists to be bothered with actually meeting with his constituents to hear their concerns.»

The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»

«Since Election Day, we continue to hear the growing chorus of frustrated and concerned citizens who demand more from their government than profligate spending and mountains of debt that will be paid for in higher taxes by our children and grandchildren,» Sessions said in a statement.