Sentences with phrase «interested citizen groups»

One of the Coalition's first initiatives has been circulating a Pledge for interested citizen groups and organizations to sign.

Not exact matches

Administered by AARP Services, a subsidiary of the senior citizens» interest group, the program will offer group health care, retirement plans, and payroll services to these entrepreneurs.

With courts increasingly willing to nullify popular legislation and proclaim new rights, legislators are encouraged to avoid their responsibility for tackling controversial issues; interest groups are encouraged to take their cases to the courts rather than to try to persuade their fellow citizens; and citizens get the feeling that they have no say in setting the conditions under which they live, work, and raise their children.

New York Times columnist William Safire said that «although Big Gambling's largess is buying influence in Washington, D.C., Grey's outfit has helped local citizens» groups keep beating the casino interests in state after state.»

Should the government be permitted to promote the religious interests of a religious group by subordinating the secular interests of other citizens in access to logging areas?

When groups of citizens get together to accomplish purposes of mutual interest (from which they derive no profit), it should not be the responsibility of government to inspect, evaluate and approve their endeavors on the basis of supposed conformity to the prevailing notion of «public benefit» or «public policy» of the moment.

The true owners of the agenda are not governments or the citizens they represent, but pressure groups pursuing special interests.

«specials interests» is just another way of saying «Citizens groups» who get together, pool their money and advocate for their beliefs.

Much more needs to be done in building local and national citizen - action groups to make their presence felt in government in order to secure media that are responsive to the public interest, both locally and nationally.

But with so many different interests to keep in mind, with everyone from governmental agencies and non-profit groups to individual citizens of Washington state potentially getting a say, the process can be complicated, to say the least.

They have to win this one and they may be worth a flutter on taking down the Citizens to at least keep things interesting in the group.

IPRA is a not - for - profit organization and public interest group who is an advocate in providing quality park, recreation and conservation education, resources and services to professionals and citizens throughout the state of Illinois.

«Yes, it's interesting to have beavers around, but it's not interesting to have them taking out the trees that are vital» to the park, said Nancy Hays, president of the Jackson Park advisory council, a citizens group that helps the Park District set policy.

Rep. John Katko stands out among House members elected to Congress in 2014 for his reliance on campaign contributions from special interest groups, according to an analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.

According to him, anyone or group intending to carry our any public protest or procession should in the interest of the public shelve such plan as the Nigeria Police Force would not standby idly and watch the peace enjoyed by the citizen of the state truncated.

Of course, the deeper your pockets, the more you can do, but the internet is unique among communications media in the extent to which it allows citizens to participate as the equals of major corporations and interest groups.

In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.

First, the good: public - interest news outlet ProPublica is asking citizens to help track political advertising by candidates and outside groups like SuperPACs (they need assistance because the FCC has balked at making local TV stations publish online...

Add in the video clips created by media outlets, interest groups and citizens, and the amount of political video available is going to be mind - boggling — we have to assume that the number of clips related to the ’08 elections will rise into the millions or tens of millions.

The majority — the New York Public Interest Research Group, the League of Women Voters and Citizens Union — landed on the side of a limited «look back» period.

Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany, New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), League of Women Voters of New York State, and other good government groups jointly write to Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to reform the constitutional convention delegate selection process.

Interest in this year's European Parliamentary elections has been growing steadily: citizens» groups and political organisations started organising election panels and public debates by January — several...

The groups — New York Public Interest Research Group, Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, Citizens Union and the League of Women Voters — said evidence and testimony during the trial «revealed stunning failures in New York's ethics oversight system.»

The September 2015 letter is downloadable here and was signed by: Citizen Action, Citizens Budget Commission, Citizens Union, Good Jobs New York, League of Women Voters of NY State, New York Public Interest Research Group, and Reinvent Albany.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

Citizens Union • Common Cause NY League of Women Voters of NY State Reinvent Albany • New York Public Interest Research Group

Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany New York Public Interest Research Group Tri-State Transportation Campaign Statement Regarding Governor Cuomo's Veto of Port Authority Reform Legislation And Approval of FOI Legislation We appreciate Governor Cuomo signing a bill improving the Port Authority's Freedom of Information process.

The presence of face to face moments between citizens, or the possibility of those moments, was still considered as crucial for fostering a shared sense of belonging, motivating the pursuit of the common good and securing laws and institutions from turning into mechanisms through which group interests competed.

Hence such policies are typically misunderstood and ignored by citizens but defended tenaciously by the private lobbying groups whose interests they serve.

The address and interview with WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock was co-sponsored by four good - government groups: Citizens Union, Common Cause New York, the League of Women Voters and the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Citizens Union • Common Cause NY • League of Women Voters of NY State Reinvent Albany • New York Public Interest Research Group Recommendations for Governor Cuomo Create a -LSB-...]

«We enjoyed cooperation of all citizens, diverse interest groups and all stakeholders.

The problem for the city is that there may be fewer interest groups lobbying on behalf of the Medicaid portion than there were groups pushing back on the university cost shifts, said Carol Kellermann, the president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission.

Advocacy organizations such as Citizens Union and New York Public Interest Research Group have recommended that contributions bundled by lobbyists should not be eligible for matching funds.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

Participants include Citizens Union; Common Cause NY; League of Women Voters of NYS; NY Public Interest Research Group; and Reinvent Albany.

They conclude that «economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass - based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence.»

«In affluent areas, or those where there are self - interested groups that want to take over, a voluntarist approach to providing services for one's fellow citizens might have more traction,» Yeowell adds.

Representatives from other government watchdog organizations — including New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, and Citizens Budget Commission — told Gotham Gazette that they have not taken a position on the ballot question, but that the issue is being debated vigorously internally.

«When one interest group who happens also to be a campaign contributor is favored over another, it's quite reasonable to question the motivation behind the policy change,» said Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a watchdog group.

The groups include the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Citizens Union, and the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«As New Yorkers — not as interests groups, not as lobbyists but as New Yorkers — we want a better New York,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.

The Conflicts of Interest Board probe stems from a complaint made by the watchdog group Citizens Union over pro-bono work Mark - Viverito received in late 2013 from The Advance Ggroup Citizens Union over pro-bono work Mark - Viverito received in late 2013 from The Advance GroupGroup.

On Thursday, the citizens» public - interest group ConnPIRG staged a press conference in the Capitol complex in Hartford, and three Democratic House members even showed up to dispute their leaders» proposal.

Dick Dadey, Citizens Union Larry Norden, Brennan Center for Justice Susan Lerner, Common Cause New York Sally Robinson, League of Women Voters of New York State Blair Horner, New York Public Interest Research Group John Kaehny, Reinvent Albany

The Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens Union, Common Cause New York, the League of Women Voters of New York City, and New York Public Interest Research Group submitted a friend - of - the - court brief this week, urging the federal district court hearing the case to uphold the law.

One of the speakers, the Catholic Bishop of Gboko, His Lordship, Williams Avenya, had reminded Osinbajo of the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari's campaign promises that he would not Islamise the country and would protect the interest of all Nigerians including citizens of minority ethnic groups if voted into power.

Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany New York Public Interest Research Group Tri-State Transportation Campaign

The Brennan Center for Justice Citizen Action of New York Citizens Union Common Cause / NY League of Women Voters of New York State New York Public Interest Research Group