Sentences with phrase «in local elected office»

The Democrats were thrown a curve Wednesday morning when Highway Superintendent Pete Harris, the party's only representative in local elected office, announced he will retire at the end of his term.

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You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.

The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development in the Kufuor administration had described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office.

Though he has been involved in local politics, Akshar has never been elected to public office.

Candidates seeking the Green Party nomination for federal, state, and local partisan elected offices (or endorsement for non-partisan offices) will be present, vying to represent the party in the November 2018 election.

They were put out about the fact that the governor didn't brief them before going public with his initial estimate of $ 30 billion worth of damage caused by Sandy — a number that later grew to $ 42 billion when he formally briefed them and local elected officials at a meeting in his midtown Manhattan office.

Two other state senators are also trying to jump ship in Albany by seeking local elected office, and they're on the primary ballot today, too.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (that is, elections in which the candidates» party affiliations were not printed on the ballot).

A group of about 30 local elected officials, activists and concerned residents gathered Tuesday afternoon outside Rep. John Katko's (R - Camillus) office in downtown Syracuse to protest his support for the controversial Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Squadron's Senate seat is safely Democratic, but he joins several lawmakers in the mainline conference who are seeking to leave the chamber, including Republican Sen. Phil Boyle and Democratic Sens. George Latimer and Ruben Diaz Sr., who are running for local elected office.

In an email to supporters sent out yesterday afternoon, WFP State Director Bill Lipton reiterated that the party has been playing a «long game» with its «Progressive Pipeline» program by nuturing candidates at the local level in hopes of seeing them either 1) start a trend that results in more like - minded candidates running for — and winning — elected office, or 2) rising to a higher post with more clouIn an email to supporters sent out yesterday afternoon, WFP State Director Bill Lipton reiterated that the party has been playing a «long game» with its «Progressive Pipeline» program by nuturing candidates at the local level in hopes of seeing them either 1) start a trend that results in more like - minded candidates running for — and winning — elected office, or 2) rising to a higher post with more clouin hopes of seeing them either 1) start a trend that results in more like - minded candidates running for — and winning — elected office, or 2) rising to a higher post with more clouin more like - minded candidates running for — and winning — elected office, or 2) rising to a higher post with more clout.

Tomorrow, Congressman Serrano will be joined by local elected officials for the renaming ceremony of the Morris Heights Post Office in honor of Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., in order to commemorate the life and legacy of a war hero, civil rights, and community leader.

Green Party candidates in the United States have primarily won elected offices at the local level; most Green officeholders have won nonpartisan - ballot elections (races in which candidates were not identified on the ballot as affiliated with any political party).

(May 1, 2017) New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) joined Housing Visions, elected and local leaders and development partners to dedicate Walnut Avenue Homes in the City of Niagara Falls, a 41 - unit development of seven new buildings and the adaptive re-use of another that is providing affordable housing for low - income households and the formerly homeless.

He said having worked in elected offices at the local, county and state level gives him a keen sense of the concerns New Yorkers grapple with, from high taxes to providing for their families.

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

There are currently 11 vacant seats — nine in the Assembly and two in the state Senate — due to legislators leaving office after being elected to different state and local positions in November.

Also at 10 a.m., local elected officials in Albany join AARP New York and AG Eric Schneiderman's Office to kick off «Shred Fest 2016» — a statewide series of events that will help New Yorkers protect themselves against identity theft by providing them secure destruction of personal financial records and other sensitive documents, Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., Albany.

Mitchell didn't know how long the suspension will last, but said the community board has asked for an emergency meeting in the next two weeks with the mayor's office and local elected officials to discuss their concerns.

Also in 1988 the Libertarian Party elected a nominee to local partisan office in Lee County, and in 1994 the Patriot Party elected a County Commissioner in a partisan election in Greene County.

WHAT: Senator Klein, local elected officials and Bronx community leaders will call for official recognition by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation of an African Slave Burial Ground discovered last year at Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point.

There is a lot of cynicism in the minds of the public about the effectiveness of local elected officials, government and those who run for public office.

The purpose of this Committee is to promote the welfare of the Democratic Party in our county, to elect Democrats to office in our county, to support the election of local, state, and national Democrats to office, and to participate in New York and national Democratic Party decision - making.

Our purpose is to promote the welfare of the Democratic Party in our county, to elect Democrats to office in our county, to support the election of local, state, and national Democrats to office, and to participate in New York and national Democratic Party decision - making.

«Without this, the party in the country will slowly disintegrate as mainstream people withdraw from elected party and local council office.

We want to address the issues of underrepresentation of women in elected office, of course, but not just in elected office, corporate boards, local and state commissions.

«I'd like to encourage all of the elected officials up front to encourage Claudia Tenney to get herself a telephone in her local office to make herself available to her local constituents,» the woman said to applause.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

Among other items, the resolution created a Director role to be dedicated to this effort, and the party committed itself to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Santa Clara County Democratic Party Central Committee is committed to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, through the creation of a Director position on the Executive Board dedicated to working with clubs, Directors and any other interested parties to implement this commitment and to be appointed by the Party Chair, and that this appointment will be made in collaboration with DAWN; and

ASTORIA — Local elected officials, community leaders and a group of residents gathered last week at an Astoria park to protest reported plans of a right - wing Greek party to open an office in the neighborhood.

In New Orleans, he was one of several forensic pathologists overseen by the parish coroner, Frank Minyard, a trumpet - playing local legend who has held his elected office for more than 35 years.

Westin has won the endorsement of 314 Action, a nonprofit group formed in 2016 with the goal of getting more scientists and engineers elected to local, state, and national offices.

If an alliance district will submit to getting rid of veteran teachers (and replacing them with scab labor from TFA); getting rid of staff people, not just in the schools and central office, but in town offices as well; hand over their democratic rights to elect their officials and let a Strong Man / Woman Mayor appoint people to the Board of Ed (even non residents); remove all checks and balances in local government; and, let any reformer do whatever they want to children, who will be guinea pigs for reform, drill - and - kill, «no excuses» punishments of preschoolers and kindergarteners — THEN Malloy will release money for leaky roofs and essential remediation of toxins.

Her political power in New York has already been tested over the last year, following a spate of negative press about her schools» discipline practices and internal workings, a federal investigation conducted by the Office of Civil Rights, and mounting criticism from local elected officials.

If we can accomplish the two pivotal goals: elect the right people to office and support the locals in bringing value to members, then instituting equitable and learning - centered funding, getting teachers back in control of our profession, and maintaining a strong and vibrant CEA will become much more achievable.

Further, I finally fulfilled one of my dreams by running for local office in 2012 and becoming elected to the Democratic County Central Committee in San Francisco.

One is former Chateauguay city councillor and local businessman Michel Gendron, who is fighting the legality of a motion presented by council to dismiss him from office over his refusal to complete an obligatory declaration of property, which all elected officials are required to do under Quebec's Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities.

Instead, your local government agency has enabled you to pay your traffic tickets online AND, in states where applicable, elect traffic school online, in the safety and security of your own home or office... 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

B. Individuals who are actively engaged in the real estate profession other than as sole proprietors, partners, corporate officers, or branch office managers, in order to qualify for REALTOR ® Membership, shall at the time of application, be associated either as an employee or as an independent contractor with a Designated REALTOR ® Member of the Association or a Designated REALTOR ® Member of another Association (if a Secondary Member) and maintain a current, valid Florida real estate broker's or salesperson's license or be licensed, registered, or certified by an appropriate state regulatory agency to engage in the appraisal of real property, shall complete, within sixty (60) days of making application, a course of instruction covering the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Association, the Bylaws of the State Association, and the Constitution and Bylaws and Code of Ethics of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®, shall pass such reasonable and nondiscriminatory written examination thereon as may be required by the Board of Directors, and shall agree in writing or by electronic agreement that if elected to membership they will abide by the Code of Ethics of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®, and by the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules and Regulations of the local Board, State Association, and the National Association.