Sentences with phrase «if citizens supported»

Medard Narko, the Park District's attorney, told the board the pool site on Park Avenue could be sold, though public hearings and a referendum proposal would be needed to see if citizens supported the move.

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So her accepting a job, even a part - time, seasonal job (and we aren't told if that WAS the criteria for the job — she may have been a cashier assigned to the gift - wrapping desk just for the season), was what we would expect of a responsible citizen trying to support themselves or a family in this difficult economy.

If that's the case, the Catholic Church is so very remise in supporting the downtrodden, poor, helpless citizens of Mexico and the rest of Central and South America.

If the welfare state needs individual citizens who can sustain a sense of obligation to strangers; if individuals, in order to develop a capacity for empathy and cooperation, need families; if families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworkIf the welfare state needs individual citizens who can sustain a sense of obligation to strangers; if individuals, in order to develop a capacity for empathy and cooperation, need families; if families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworkif individuals, in order to develop a capacity for empathy and cooperation, need families; if families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworkif families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworkif communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworks.

The conclusion: given relatively unlimited availability, heroin users will voluntarily stabilize or reduce their dosage and some will even choose abstinence; long - addicted users can lead relatively normal, stable lives if provided legal access to their drug of choice, and with few side effects; and ordinary citizens (in Switzerland at least) will support such initiatives.

If indeed, you are a Christian either democrat or republican or independent, you should support any effort that the government will do to make sure that the population or her citizens are in good health.

I want the mayor to support an expansion of the London Citizens scheme to have a «safe haven» every hundred yards on every high street in the capital that will give young Londoners a sanctuary if they are threatened.

If you support a traitor like Rump and you turn your back on the citizens of your state to provide tax cuts for the wealthy that virtually assure that after November the Pubs will be going after Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as being too expensive you should be concerned about a negative response form voters.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

If a citizen's vote translates directly to votes in parliament it doesn't matter which way you carve the seats, the party in power will be the one with the most citizens supporting it.

Citizens are largely unaware that the submerged state fosters inequality; if they were to be provided with this information they would not give it their support.

The EU and Romania would both like to avoid Moldova turning into another island of instability in Europe's neighbourhood and this perhaps explains their desire to support the most powerful political parties and leaders within the country, even if this comes at the expense of citizens.

How else you can tell the citizens of your country that you support A if everyone knows you voted for B.

But how would you feel if as someone paying the same stealth taxes as you, sees the same senior citizens lying on hospital trolleys, doesn't have enough money for heating (let alone a peerage) and weren't even asked to support the great «master plan» of the New Labour Dual - Monarchy?

The NDC is a political party and can not use its subordinate constitution to gag citizens from the exercise of their constitutional rights to speak against unconstitutional conduct and actions of a Government even if it supported it to come to power.

«I intend to raise as much grass - roots support for his agenda as possible because the citizens of New York are the winners if he succeeds.»

It will be an insulting remark on all Ghanaians especially the ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AFRC if we allow the government of present day Ghana, through the members of parliament to append their support to its effect.

If Labour does want to regain its former levels of support from working class citizens (who remain objectively the largest social group in society), the party must adopt the politics of hope and ambition — the hope and ambition to make the mass of citizens» lives better through regulating the processes and outcomes of the market.

Even if a country is small and not necessarily a large player in global politics, if it's stable, friendly, and has citizens who can generally support themselves and will want to return home after a visit, it's beneficial to a destination country to make it easier for people to visit from that country.

Citizens Union and the League, as well as the Governor, have conditioned support of the constitutional amendment on passage of an accompanying statute that will put in place a statutory version of the amendment if it does not achieve second passage.

If the candidate isn't a citizen or green card holder, companies must run an ad to make certain there is truly a reason to support that applicant's immigration process.

«If the Democrats take over, there's probably going to be a big opening and plenty of momentum for climate legislation... with more Republican support,» said Steve Valk, a spokesman for Citizens» Climate Lobby, a group that has helped assemble the bipartisan and growing House Climate Solutions Caucus.

Of course it would help if health care professionals were reimbursed in a manner to support creating healthy citizens and not for visits for procedures and drugs that aren't healthy over time.

If I - 884 had passed, the Olympia School District would have received an estimated $ 2.95 million a year in new funding, according to Citizens for the Education Trust Fund, a campaign that supported the measure.

What if we realized that only inclusive classrooms can fully support the goal of creating thoughtful, engaged citizens for our democratic society?

It's all of $ 5 more expensive in - store than online ($ 2.30 if you have a discount card) and you're supporting a store that employs local citizens instead of some warehouse in Mexico.

The government will support you in your studies if you are a UK citizen up to a certain amount per term.

If the public did not support this program, far fewer cats would have been trapped because private citizens did most of the trapping.»

If citizens cant understand the necessity of implementing sustainable development within their own communities, even as they face water shortages and increasing costs for remediation of environmental pollution, how do we expect them to support a world wide movement towards sustainable development?

My assumption is that if we have more citizens with a better understanding, then we will be able to build more support for really effective measures to address the situation.

That is, if leakage levels are below this level it is generally assumed that switching to natural gas lowers the US carbon footprint and therefore greater natural gas production should be supported by citizens concerned about climate change.

The desire of being elected may lead some men for a time to violent hostility; but this same desire leads all men in the long run to support each other; and if it happens that an election accidentally severs two friends, the electoral system brings a multitude of citizens permanently together who would otherwise always have remained unknown to one another.

Former Sen. John WarnerMore senators and citizens might support a climate bill if it emphasized the national security challenges presented by climate change, former Virginia Sen. John Warner (R) argued on Tuesday.

Thus, if you are worried about climate change, the best «Silver Bullet» available is to support a carbon tax and get involved with Citizens Climate Lobby.

Changing legislation will not only take months, but it also seems like an impossible dream, and if the citizens strongly support their rights to bear arms, they won't be handing in their weapons so easily; in fact, it could even cause an uproar resulting in civil war, with police forcing citizens to drop their weapons.

Child Custody and Parenting Orders Emergency Protection Orders Exclusive Possession Orders Financial Support Options Gathering Evidence of Abuse If You're Thinking of Leaving Leaving an Abusive Relationship... If you are not a Canadian citizen No Contact Orders — Flowchart Peace Bonds Planning for an Emergency Preparing for Court Queen's Bench Protection Orders Restraining Orders Serving Documents on an Abusive Party Working with a Family Law Lawyer Writing an Affidavit

If you've decided to back a foreign citizen who's immigrating to the US you can make it official with an Affidavit of Support.

However, if the Initiative does generate popular support, then in combination with institutional proposals such as the creation of «associate citizenship» then it may form part of a holistic package of Union action which may provide «a new hope» for UK nationals who wish to continue to rely on their soon to be rescinded status as EU citizens.

52 However, the mere fact that it might appear desirable, for economic reasons or in order to preserve the family unit in the territory of the Union, for members of a family consisting of third country nationals and a Union citizen who is a minor to be able to reside with that citizen in the territory of the Union in the Member State of which he is a national is not sufficient in itself to support the view that the Union citizen would be forced to leave the territory of the Union if such a right of residence were not granted (see, to that effect, Dereci and Others, paragraph 68).

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

If there were any evidence to support «extreme vetting» worked, perhaps the Trump administration would consider applying the same rigor to background checks performed on US citizens before allowing them to purchase firearms.