Sentences with phrase «good citizens of the city»

The duck's only crime was bringing joy, laughter and surrealist wonder to the good citizens of the city and fans of weird Internet news, and now, it is just a deflated pile of yellow rubber.

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In addition to donations from Bravo personality Andy Cohen, advertising pro Donny Deutsch, radio DJ Elvis Duran, and a host of private citizens, Frankel received money and supplies from Yieldstreet, Univision, Feeding America, and City Harvest, as well as friends and strangers.

Those cities might want to take a note of this and wonder whether they'd be getting a good corporate citizen.

From Athens we inherit two seminal ideas: that the good life is the life of moral and intellectual excellence, and that the good city is one that makes this good life possible for its citizens.

The ancient art of civility is the art of living together in the city gracefully and cooperatively; civility exists to make good citizens, and its lack occasions the worst evils of the city.

The Christian is a citizen of two cities, that of God, which in the Church is partially realized; and that of Man, in which he must strive for the relative good which is possible in the realm of space and time.

A person who retreats from public life because it is too inconvenient or unpleasant or fails to accord with his nice ideals acts as a citizen of the city of man, seeking his own good — peace of mind, ideological purity — at the expense of the common good.

«I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected him from your city.

Man City would go on to win the match in regulation, but the announcers of the game called it a «bittersweet victory» for the Citizens after losing on of their best scoring threats.

Yet, Detroit also has a history of honoring powerful men who knew better but still punished the black citizens of the city.

As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of midfield depth particularly in the holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.

Manchester City are rumoured to also be interested with a trusted source in Monaco circles saying that the Citizens have agreed to sign him for an even better fee of # 43.6 million.

Five years on from Arsenal's ex no. 8 # 25m move to Manchester City and we are almost re-living the Nasri years, as Iwobi continues to step up to the plate with dynamism and a passionate desire to do well for the football club, having the added company of more familiar citizens (English) and prime, premium top dollar quality to combine with, led by Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, who look likely to still hang around beyond Iwobi's own potentially cracking third season.

Cesc Fabregas has apparently downplayed the significance of Chelsea's 1 - 0 defeat to Manchester City by insisting the Citizens were simply «better rested».

The Citizens got the better of the two sides in 2015/16, although an FA Cup win for the Blues over City's reserves was sandwiched in between those defeats.

Everton won home and away in the league last season against Man City, while their recent record against the Citizens is imperious: They've won each of the previous four meetings, as well as seven of the last eight, including each of their last four visits at Eastlands.

In the second fixture Manchester City faced off against a newly rejuvenated Everton side as Ronald Koeman's side did good in first half denying any breakthrough for Guardiola's men after taking the lead but the Citizens despite being a man down fought back and found the back of the net in dying moment's of the match and managed to hold of the Toffees for a points each.

One month ago, that didn't seem to be the case, as the best player of each team went down with injuries: Barça's Lionel Messi hurt his groin and there was fear he would not be back in time to face the Citizens, and City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne suffered a hamstring injury that initially ruled him out of the Camp Nou clash.

Join fellow citizens on Friday, September 11 at 6 PM the Red Hat Amphitheater for the 9/11 Day of Service Evening Commemoration coordinated by Activate Good with support from the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, City of Raleigh, and Triangle area businesses.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

As I said earlier, the society expects more of the government: citizens expect them to deal with the pollution in the cities, they expect them to put in place a better and proper health service, they expect pensions, [and] they expect their children to have reasonable schools to go to.

``... I think the major issue today is to get everyone to take a step back, to get everyone to embrace the spirituality of whatever culture they live in and remember that we're still residents of New York City and citizens of America and we can treat each other with a lot more better decorum than perhaps we have the last few days and perhaps turn the situation into a more positive discussion.»

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

The list of organizations includes traditional political action committees and a single 501c (4): Citizens Union of the City of New York, a good government group.

Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, said, «Though deputy mayor is not just a City Hall desk job, it doesn't look good to taxpayers when she is too often at another job location, and with other staffers who didn't get Conflicts of Interest Board clearance.»

The forum was sponsored by Citizens Union along with other good government groups Reinvent Albany, League of Women Voters of New York City, and NYPIRG.

As a City Council Member Madeline helped make the East Bronx a better place, and was a champion for the creation of a new golf course at Ferry Point Park and a fighter for the needs of senior citizens and youth throughout the community.

«These negotiated benefits, especially for unused sick time, seem out of step in a 21st century economy and will not sit well with city taxpayers,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens Union.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

In recent years this has meant additional property taxes of more than $ 300,000 per year for City of Tonawanda residents, over $ 450,000 per year for taxpayers in Grand Island and well over $ 800,000 added to the county property taxes of citizens of the Town of Tonawanda.

Bobbie Sackman, director of public policy at LiveON NY, a senior citizen advocacy organization, said the Cuomo proposal would lead to a cut in the number of meals served to the city's aging population as well as a reduction in services, including social activities, eviction assistance and help with health care.

In her State of the City address, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito addressed a topic central to the City's well - being; the NYPD and its relationship with the citizens of New York.

Former New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum has been named the executive director of the venerable good - government group Citizens Union.

And if this is a «referendum on Gallo», well, exactly none of the candidates make any reference to the city's plans in any specific manner at all... Meantime, the city is thriving... the look and feel and the level of activity and a marked and steady increase in citizens engagement is greatly appreciated

A coalition of pro-Buhari organisations under the aegis of Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria is mobilising to hold rallies tagged, «I Support President Buhari» across four Nigerian cities this week.

She has the support of Citizens Union, a good government group as well as Planned Parenthood and The New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women, among others.

Dick Dadey, of the good - government group Citizens Union, said de Blasio's campaign should pay the city for any flights that smack of politics.

As well as being an anchor of the regional economy, Corning is a good corporate citizen, donating to local charities and schools, and investing in the city's business district.

Both Bill and Doug are long - time community organizers and are exactly what Baltimore needs to break the stranglehold the Democratic party machine has had for decades as well as the pay - to - play system that benefits wealthy developers and political insiders and leaves the citizens of this city out in the cold.

Having moved to Syracuse in 2006 for graduate school and stayed for the community, I truly feel like I am a citizen of the city as a whole, and among my current challengers I can best represent every residents» interests.»

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Most of the jokes miss their mark; the show is at its best when it portrays the casual indifference that the citizens of Charm City have developed to their daily doses of chaos.

In order to effectively run its insular society, the government has chosen to divide its citizens into what they naturally do best: the meek who look out for the well - being of others are in the ruling faction of Abnegation, the happy / friendly people are in the agricultural community of Amity, those who speak the truth work within the law as Candor, those who seek adventure and thrills enforce those laws and protect the community as Dauntless, and the highly intelligent folks serve the city as Erudite.

Joan Didion has written, and better than no one else, about Miami as a transient metropolis, one that's been built in the image of so many Cuban cities, and one that seems like it will, if not exactly crumble, reveal its essential ephemerality when so many of its Cuban - born citizens feel like they finally have the license to return to their homeland.

Nonetheless, curiosity gets the better of Bliss, so one day she surreptitiously hitches a ride from Bodeen to the big city on a Bingo bus full of senior citizens.

Description: Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, Mystery Men follows the travails of three B - list avengers — Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), the Shoveler (William H. Macy), and the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria)-- as they fight to make themselves known to the citizens of Champion City, quite difficult to do when the flashy Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear, never better) takes all the cool gigs and has product endorsements up the ying - yang.

Also, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has to be defined and adapted regionally, nationally and locally, for nations, cities and communities to understand their particular sustainability challenges, their needs and available resources as well as to empower them to undertake concrete actions and efforts to enhance the mindset of decision makers and all citizens.

The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political scientist than to the informed citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform big - city school systems.

A community in Salt Lake City may have a different definition of the good life and how to achieve it than the citizens of the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Park City Manger Diane Foster and Planning Director Bruce Erickson discuss some of the agenda items for Thursday's City Council meeting, including a new amended plat for the Alice Claim project, which puts the houses into the gully instead of the hillside and members of a new group Citizens for Better Education, Jim Tedford and Ali Zeisler talk about why they can't support the $ 56 million school bond.