Sentences with phrase «if pols»

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson vowed yesterday to force a confrontation over state - worker furloughs next week if pols and labor unions refuse to accept his cost - cutting plans.

The people of New York need and demand «fair dealing» and if the pols and the judge can't do it, then put it in a computer and generate neutral districts going north to south or east to west, on the basis of population alone and let people work together and compromise for their common good — that's what America is about and what American's are supposed to do — isn't it?

The LCA tends to print whatever they're given by pols, even if the LCA members have no clue if the pols are making any sense.

Not exact matches

Also, if the assumption is correct, was it mentioned to the 1,700 voters contacted in the ReachTEL pol?

If you're looking to invest in short - term debt with generous yields (the yields posted with each deal are net the 1 % — 2 % fee), then PoL may be right for you.

However, if any pandering pol tries to use this as an excuse to «regulate» my 2nd amendment rights, which is just a first baby step to ultimately confiscating all guns in the US, then I will do everything in my power to get him out of office.

However, if any pandering pol tries to use one act by lunatic as an excuse to «regulate» my 2nd amendment rights, which is just a first baby step to ultimately confiscating all guns in the US, then I will do everything in my power to get him out of office.

But if you look deeper, beyond honey and pol...

If it is solely on goal keeping talent then I don't see why the pol is better than our coloumbian.

Former Gov. George Pataki, who might very well be the most disciplined New York pol in recent memory when it comes to staying on message, largely declined to take the bait this morning when asked by radio host Curtis Sliwa if he's still angry with AG Andrew Cuomo for his «hold the coat» remark during the 2002 campaign.

The local pol has said he will not primary whomever Cuomo picks as his running mate if he doesn't make the cut himself.

The MTA needs to shape up, as do misbehaving pols, and Gov. Cuomo, too, if he wants to avoid losing re-election.

He's a 70 - year - old pol who, if he sees no way out of his jam, will sing like a canary.

«I don't know if the governor's on board or not,» the pol said.

If in the next 18 months the city begins to sour on its new executive, the pols who stuck their necks out early will look like heroes with foresight.

Better to do away with a few nuke bases, or perks that the pols receive if we want to save some coin.....

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the arrest of Silver «a bad reflection on government» but would not say if he believes the embattled pol should resign his leadership post.

If such a venerable machine pol is in danger of becoming a cynic what hope is there for the average citizen?

Goldberg, who has known Silver for 65 years, said he had previously paid referral fees to lawyers who sent business his way, but asked Silver if it was legal in this case because of the pol's status as speaker.

To have a NOP as a minority major - party) leader strikes establishment pols as a contradiction in terms, if not a stick in the eye.

It's tragic because there are millions of African - American voters in New York but they get little attention from Democratic pols because these self - appointed «leaders» are a bunch of lazy or corrupt suck - ups whose idea of gaining power for Black people is to ask Party bigshots to guarantee a winning spot on «the ticket» as if this were 1910 and Tammany Hall still ruled.

The Senate's Task Force on Government Efficiency, chaired by Bronx pol Jeff Klein, released a report today saying that the state's Department of Transportation wasted $ 210 million in funds, much of it on outsourced work contracts that could have been cheaper if granted to state employees.

Below are some of New York's coarsest pols, past and present, who seem to believe that the gears of government turn faster if you scream at the mechanics.

This would be a ridiculous fight and if you're a right - leaning pol, you don't want NY - 26 to become NY - 23 revisited.

But if he runs, it will would likely pave the way for several Island GOP pols to move up the ranks.

Gov. Cuomo called the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver «a bad reflection on government» but would not say if he believes the embattled pol should resign his leadership post.

The disgraced pol from Albany, Sheldon Silver, asked Friday if the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to let the Supreme Court weigh in before the Manhattan U.S. Attorney retries his case.

If Mr. Rangel retires in 2016, pols like Mr. Wright and Ms. Dickens can even dream of viable congressional runs after their base showed its mettle.

However, Democrats have been steadily gaining throughout the state, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, for example, is proof that a statewide pol with a distinctly downstate sensibility can win upstate votes if he puts his mind to it.

He said pols are discussing options including a lower wage for the youngest workers and provisions to cancel wage hikes if the economy tanks.

The pols are asking for $ 26 million to expand administrative courts to brace for an influx of civil summonses that could replace summonses now handled by the criminal system if a series of reforms the Council is pursuing to ease up on minor offenses go through.

In return, the pols protect the medallion owners» monopoly on street hails and hold down the supply of cabs, even if it means stranding riders in rainstorms.

Even if the Democrats pick up a few seats on Nov. 8, they will likely need to strike a co-leadership deal with a group of breakaway pols known as the Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, that has been aligned with the Republicans since 2011.

Shortly after the June meeting, NSF officials approached Levine and other PoLS - SRN program directors and asked if they'd be interested in becoming a pilot program for their newly created Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) project.

But if several students from a university wish to become members, PoLS - SRN will seek a formal commitment from their professors to mentor and host other student members.

Now, University of Haifa researchers have found that if you're a politician, good looks will also make you seem more newsworthy — because better - looking pols get more media coverage, findings that appear in the International Journal of Press / Politics.

POL - 2 science at 0.85 mm has been so successful that we are keen to see if operating without the membrane — which can limit the throughput and increase instrumental polarization — we can commission POL - 2 at 0.45 mm.

She explained to Mary Pols of Time: «Like I am «offbeat» and I'm not «conventional looking» and I have unconventional tastes and I feel like if I was a character, people would be like: Manic Pixie Dream Girl!

In the county where Dee lives, the district attorney, a slimy pol named Calvin Beckett (Michael O'Keefe), has long made local African Americans the target of indiscriminate drug sweeps, assuming that poor black people in the projects will plead out even if they're innocent just to get out of jail, not realizing that the guilty plea brands them as felons and opens up a host of other troubles in getting housing, jobs, etc..

If Iannucci only made movies about idiotic pols for the rest of his days, I would be completely fine with that, especially when he's got a terrific cast like this one at this disposal.

You will need a POL if you find additional flood damage or if you disagree with what the insurance company pays you.

And, in the Famicom version of the game, Pols Voices can instantly be destroyed if the controller mic picks up sound.

Know Your Anti-Art Mayoral Candidates — One of the pols vying for the New York office, deputy mayor Joseph J. Lhota, is primarily known in the art world as the as the «tip of an unbending Giuliani spear aimed» at the Brooklyn Museum during the censorship battle over its 1999 «Sensation» show, during which he threatened (in vain) to defund the institution if they didn't remove Chris Ofili's dung - and - porn - encrusted Virgin Mary.

[Response II: I just thought of something else: if a scientist criticising a politician is political, then the sci - pol guy who criticises the scientist (who he assumes to be acting politically), must also be acting politically, and by the same logic, must support the original policy aims of the politician in question.

Since we have hacked over this ground before, I won't belabour the point, but it would be nice if you could at least acknowledge that sensible people can disagree with your bald assertion (though none apparently in the sci - pol academic community who have already decided that we must either be naive or mendacious;)-RRB-.

That's not to say that may of the problems we're facing right now won't be solved by the guys in the lab coats, but perhaps it would help if the rest of us, particularly the pols, would just get out of their way already.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.