Sentences with phrase «hear citizen concerns»

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«It is time for scientists, science enthusiasts, and concerned citizens to come together to make ourselves heard!»

What we've heard today is that citizens are deeply concerned about our country; that they care about its future; and they want a government that works for them and gets things done.

It is becoming very worrisome that these mischiefs are almost becoming almost the rule rather than the exceptions as concerned citizens read or hear about the condemnable acts on a daily basis.

«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.»

«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.

Concerned citizens and members of the Quiet Skies Coalition gathered at LTV Studios on Oct. 26 to hear from a panel led by Sheila Jones, an attorney specializing in environmental litigation.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

It's a concept that has many detractors: a mostly minority city population is concerned it's needs won't be heard and more suburban citizens fear their taxes will end up bailing out a city with major financial problems.

It is time for scientists, science enthusiasts, and concerned citizens to come together to make ourselves heard.

We hear him tell a congressional committee that he has no concerns about the collateral damage of attacks he ordered because he does not consider himself «a citizen of the world.»

Helwig encouraged citizens who are concerned about this issue to contact legislators to make their voices heard.

A story on her escape appeared in the Albany Times Union, and concerned citizens in the area are believed to have left food out for the dog after hearing about her — Dee Dee's Tavern, for one, which put out some prime rib.

-- We used social media to generate phone calls of support from concerned citizens, and invite organizations and individuals to support the bill in person at the committee hearing.

The Governing Body of the Township of Randolph will further consider the Ordinance for second reading and final passage thereof at their regular meeting to be held on September 4, 2014 at 7 p.m. prevailing time, at the Municipal Building, 502 Millbrook Avenue, Randolph, New Jersey 07869, at which time and place a public hearing will be heard thereon by the Governing Body and all parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning said Ordinance.

So now the question is no longer about what would have prompted questions about skeptic scientists» funding to come up at «an obscure utility hearing in Minnesota», it's about why an assistant A.G. would insert material into a public hearing against some of its expert science witnesses concerning an industry corruption insinuation based on a suggestion coming from a private citizen who had nothing to do with the topic at all just eight or so weeks earlier.

Nick Mullins stood out when he joined activists, concerned citizens and members of congress at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearings on proposed carbon - emission regulations for new power plants, including coal and natural gas.

How likely is it that an attorney general of either gender would give any consideration to a private citizen's suggestion of what to ask scientists testifying at a public legal hearing concerning climate science assessments?

Now the Obama administration needs to hear from concerned citizens everywhere that the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas are too precious to drill.

EPA's statutorily prescribed, affirmative duty under the Clean Water Act to protect the natural environment and the public health of citizens played second fiddle to the concerns of coal mining representatives at a July 14 House Oversight subcommittee hearing.

We hope that the feedback we have heard from experts, end - users and concerned citizens will influence those plans.