Sentences with phrase «given longstanding ties»

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But James» history of hard - liberal positions and longstanding ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio might give some pause in Albany, where the mayor is broadly loathed.

Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the federal Race to the Top initiative and passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to pass the reforms).

Our veterinary staff's longstanding ties to the Ypsilanti, Belleville, Canton, and Ann Arbor community gives us a unique perspective that allows us to meet the health care needs of your pet in a manner unmatched by any other veterinary hospital in the Ypsilanti area.