Sentences with phrase «independent citizens»

That is why now than ever, independent citizen action is needed to save the day.

Credit cards are an instrumental tool for just about anyone who plans on taking on the world as a financially independent citizen.

The UC San Diego project was one of 17 Shared Research Laboratories grants announced today by the 28 - member Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), governing board of the (CIRM).

3/16/2007 Three at UC San Diego Receive Stem Cell Research Grants from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) The second round of grants focused solely on human embryonic stem cell research has been approved for funding by the 29 - member Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIR... More...

Dictators and Tyrants know that a «Free» and fiscally independent citizen, Families, and Churches are obstacles to their absolute control of the masses.

We also need a truly independent Citizens Police Review Board with the authority to correct misbehavior by law enforcement members,» said Hawkins.

But the lessons of Los Angeles and other big cities where corporatization once reigned show perhaps a more profound strain of American education localism based on largely independent citizen school boards and voters resisting federalization and private interests.

Independent citizen governing boards would be eliminated.

Aside from the astroturf nature of the planned events, which appear aimed at passing off industry employees as independent citizens, the memo also raises questions about the positions of several major oil companies on the issue of climate change.

The final version of the Arkansas proposal that went on the ballot, however, did ensure the protection; that state's new Independent Citizens Commission may increase, but not diminish, the salaries of judges in the state as discussed here.

Nonetheless, independent citizens and citizens» associations, rather than the central state or the market, are best able to protect the public power from corruption when they have the means of holding the powerful — both in political and economic terms — to account.

In August, the independent Citizens Budget Commission warned this sort of thing might happen, thanks to the growth of Uber, which uses mostly black cars that are not subject to an MTA - supporting 50 - cent surcharge.

But nor can it just be an independent citizens» initiative from below, without the political authority to place demands before parliament.

ALBANY — The annual tradition in the State Legislature of proposing «sweeteners» to state pensions for workers and retirees represented by politically powerful unions has produced 120 bills so far worth hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits, according to the independent Citizens Budget Commission.

«The commercial production tax credit provides subsidies to an industry that has strong ties to the state and is already well - established,» said David J. Friedfel, director of state studies at the independent Citizens Budget Commission.

David Friedfel of the independent Citizens Budget Commission disputes the Cuomo administration's view that borrowing through the Dormitory Authority doesn't put taxpayers on the hook because in the event of any default, the state would «at the very least» feel political pressure to cover the costs.

One long - standing sore point among CIRM critics is that many members of its 29 - member governing board, the Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee (ICOC), represent institutions that have benefitted from CIRM funding, creating at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Jonathan Thomas, PhD, Chairman of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's (CIRM) Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee, and Alan Trounson, PhD, President of CIRM, described the key role the Buck Institute plays as a recipient of CIRM funding, which was established with the passage of Proposition 71 in 2004.

In addition to the Center of Excellence the stem cell agency's governing Board, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) also approved more than $ 27 million in funding for the Basic Biology V awards.

Approval or denial is decided by the institute's Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee.

Novocell's proposal was selected for funding by CIRM's governing board, the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), with advisement from the Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group.

It is an independent citizen response to heartbreaking educational failures that the responsible public institutions showed no capacity to solve on their own.

In the interim, every governmental entity with a management role in local schools, and that would include BESE, must maintain a local presence to facilitate citizen access, she told an independent citizens forum on school governance that met throughout the summer.

In her teacher biography, she wrote that she hopes to help children «grow into empathetic and independent citizens.»

The Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee (ICOC) is the legally required committee appointed by the Board of Education to actively review the proper expenditure of funds and inform the board and the public concerning expenditures for both Prop S and Z. Prop.

To ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent appropriately, the Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee monitors Prop.

The initiative is an extension of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, an independent citizens» advocacy group that works to improve Kentucky schools.

A California school district erred when it allowed students to take home iPads that were purchased through a bond, says the district's Independent Citizens» Oversight Committee.

SDUSD Board acted on February 12 to merge the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee for Proposition S and Proposition Z.

The second part removes the legislature's power to set salaries for elected officials, including specifically Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit, and District judges (i.e. all but City Court judges) and transfers it to a salary commission called the Independent Citizens Commission.