Sentences with phrase «in listening to the constituents»

Jodi Proffitt is running for the republican party in the election, he told WCDO News that the board has to do a better job in listening to the constituents and managing revenues:

Not exact matches

Senator Johnson has been in some hot water with constituents and local media lately for failing to answer citizens» calls to hold listening sessions or meet with them, as other legislators around the country have.

btw, I really liked your pivot — lots of questions to resolve in terms of its business potential, but you really looked at the problems with the original idea and came up with a new one based on truly listening to both your possible constituents.

«Instead of apologizing to his constituents for coming under a House Ethics investigation for potential insider trading and abuse of office violations, Collins has spent his time in Washington — when he's not voting to cut healthcare coverage and raise taxes for millions of New Yorkers — bragging to anyone who will listen about how much money he's made for himself and other members of Congress on this insider deal.

So Congressmembers could use social media to send messages OUT to constituents, though I doubt they could listen to many of them in return (comments on Boehner's Facebook post about his speech already number above 4000).

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» he said.

-- Tell us (as someone above said) how much of his time is spent actually communicating with his constituents compared to sitting around in Westminster making wet speeches — Listen to the people and get together with supposedly like minded MPs and get rid of Brown by the powers they have.

«Hopefully the governor will have the details we've been asking for in short order,» said state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Old Westbury), a longtime opponent of the project who says he now is «willing to listen,» along with his constituents.

One Twitter user, responding to Harris» insistence that constituents need to be listened to with respect, commented that she had «more decency & compassion in my little finger than [Tom Harris] possesses in [his] whole body.»

«Lawmakers should listen to their constituents and not to their rich friends,» said NYSUT Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta in a press release.

Instead of talking to each other in this phoney setting - why not take some questions from the media / press... Better yet - why not listen to your constituents - have a few budget related town hall meetings.

The senator, who's going on to help elect Democrats at the national level, said, «I truly believe that allowing your constituents to drive what you do in office and to really listen to their concerns is critical in making people believe in government again.»

If you are listening, Phil Ragusa, I need your urgent help in reminding recalcitrant, immature, arrogant, bottom feeder amateurs like Eric Ulrich to «cease and desist» from creating a hostile environment toward deserving constituents like me who need help in restoring every last benefit that should have made me whole again (based on solid evidence), decades ago.

«We re-launched a more modern and interactive Senate website last year so legislators could listen and respond to their constituents in a number of new ways, and do their jobs even more effectively,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

And, by listening carefully to his constituents, Eldridge believes that he would do a good job in the 49th district seat.

«Unfortunately, many of our elected officials seem intent on proposing legislation as a form of protest, or to win political points in a game of partisan ping pong, rather than listening to their constituents and coming up with ideas that would help to solve real problems for the people they serve,» Khojasteh said.

Espada's constituents and other interested parties were able to watch yesterday's meeting online or on BRONXNET, or listen in by phone.

For his part, Mr. Flanagan struck an embracing tone in his early hours as majority leader, saying he would, first and foremost, listen to his colleagues and constituents.

The pundits and pollsters, and high cost political consultants will benefit from a primary, but the rest of us are glad to support a progressive, effective young legislator who is reaching out to her new constituents, listening and learning in order to be a powerful advocate for all New Yorkers.

Hanna says that means listening and showing respect to all of the constituents in a district, regardless of their politics.

«We applaud Mayor Bowser and the D.C. City Council for listening to their constituents by taking critical steps to protect birth control coverage and the basic right for people to control their own bodies,» she said in a statement provided to Refinery 29.

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We are calling on lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both houses to be courageous and listen to the voices of their constituents.

«Members of Congress need to listen to their constituents who do not want to slash public schools in order to spend millions of dollars on private schools.

Representative Bruce Ayers stated, «The passage of the bill is evidence that lawmakers are listening to their constituents, who — especially in the wake of the horrific Puppy Doe animal abuse case in Quincy, my district, last year — are demanding stricter penalties for those who abuse or kill animals.

And when the newspaper called me for comment, while it was at first tempting to let fly with everything that had gone wrong between us (which is what the paper was after, I'm sure), I realized that the reason Bill was running for mayor is that he believed in local government as a voice for the people, and that the current administration wasn't listening to its constituents, and that his campaign was meant to bring attention to that.