Sentences with phrase «interested citizens at»
Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington - based Center for Education Reform, spoke to an audience of school leaders, education reformers, and interested citizens at North Carolina State University's McKimmon Center about the national charter - school movement and prospects for reform in North Carolina.
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«We stand with President Trump and are happy to see the national security interests of American citizens at the forefront of his administration's policies.»
APRs at Citizens Bank typically range from 6 % to 16.25 %, and borrowers have the option of getting a fixed or variable interest rate.
This process took place in Congress, in think tanks, and at colleges — but also on the street, where liberal citizens took an interest in the issue and demanded answers from their politicians.
Yet in view of its amazing growth in its first 150 years, it is not without interest to note that an LDS mathematician recently made a half - joking but statistically correct projection that «if Mormonism continues to grow in the United States at its present rate, and if the U.S. population continues to grow at its present rate, then in another 150 years when Mormonism celebrates its tricentennial, all the nation's citizens will be Mormons.»
When the citizens of a republic or a civilization become merely self - interested (or equally worse, interested in nothing at all) the center fails, and chaos conquers — until a man rides in on a white horse and reestablishes an order based not on nature or on God's will, but on his own subjective vision of the world.
It also bears mentioning, in closing, that the gains from thinking about religion from a broader global perspective accrue not only to the academic researcher in pursuit of recondite problems to study but also to the practitioner of religion and to those whose interest in world affairs resides simply at the level of informed citizen.
The Government; this and any Government, of any Nation, at any time, have or a least ought / should have at least IMVHO, a Vested Interest on the well being and health of ALL the citizens and for all the right reasons.
According to the Daily Mirror, the Citizens have also declared an interest in the forward, but, having signed a contract at Lazio until 2020, the player's agent has insisted that he is not looking to leave Lazio right now.
It will be very interesting to see Bernardo Silva (who had an amazing season with Monaco last year) at The Etihad, but e honestly don't see the value in backing the Citizens to go all the way at such low odds.
After first league defeat (Chelsea 2 - 1) and elimination from Uefa champions league, Manchester City will look to bounce back, and Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled squad face their first real test of the campaign.Although they still sit two points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, and in their 15 matches racked 49 goals, with possible defeat and Man Utd win over QPR (video) will they lose top spot of Premier league.What make this match more interest is several Arsenal players which now play for Citizens.
The Citizens marched on to eighteen league wins on the bounce as they dominated Newcastle at St James» Park in midweek, but could only manage a 1 - 0 win against a side who had no interest in coming out of their shell.
Manchester City to win: This should end up being another routine victory for the Citizens, who won't even be too interested in this tournament at all.
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.
The Addison Park District Board of Commissioners has agreed to accept a loan from the village to help pay for $ 700,000 senior citizens addition at Community Park, 120 E. Oak St.. The interest - free loan of $ 87,500 from the village would be repaid in 15 years.
Altrusa's Durham Club members have assisted Welcome Baby in numerous ways: preparing the more than 5,000 quarterly newsletters that are mailed to Welcome Baby's clients, partner agencies and interested citizens; hanging clothes in the Giving Closet Sorting Room; and making financial donations to Crib for Kids so that parents in need get important furnishings at a reduced rate.
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.
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.
Some of this data would have been recognizable to party operatives at the turn of the 19th century, such as voter files that contain information about the party registration and issue interests of citizens.
You knew something interesting might happen at this afternoon's Personal Democracy Forum panel on citizen - generated content right from the start — as the crowd gathered, a confrontational flier put together by MoveOn.org circulated through the room, accusing MySpace of censoring site members» words and pictures.
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...
Some political liberals, appalled at the liberation of monied interests to spend immense amounts on elections, support a convention for the purpose of overruling the Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United that declared unconstitutional most imitations on campaign finance.
He said in a statement at the time that: ``... I have this morning 4th November, 2016 filed an application at the Supreme Court for leave to examine the judgment debtor as the citizen public interest plaintiff in favour of whom the case was decided for the Republic of Ghana.»
Mettler argues that in order to move toward a «more visible and vibrant democracy», the role of vested interests should be reconfigured, political communication should reveal to the public what is at stake, and policies and their delivery should be redesigned to make governance more visible to citizens.
Citizens Party candidates and office holders are forbidden to accept any and all gifts, payments or favors from lobbyists or from any other private interests seeking special favors for favorable legislation from the government at the local, state or national level.
Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, said, «Though deputy mayor is not just a City Hall desk job, it doesn't look good to taxpayers when she is too often at another job location, and with other staffers who didn't get Conflicts of Interest Board clearance.»
You knew something interesting might happen at this afternoon's Personal Democracy Forum panel on citizen - generated content right from the start — as the crowd gathered, a confrontational flier put together by MoveOn.org circulated through the room, accusing MySpace of censoring site...
Qualified agencies that are interested in providing Summer Primetime Programming to our young citizens, including at - risk youth, ages 5 - 20, can apply to the Erie County Youth Bureau.
«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle stated.
Metzger is also the director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.
The OCTs share a number of mutual interests with the Falkland Islands and the discussions at the 10th OCT - EU Forum reinforced the rights of our citizens to a voice in the European policymaking process.
The singular truth, and at the root of their fears, is that Election Day referenda will enable citizens to clean up New York's rotten system of government, in ways highly inconvenient to the power of legislative leaders and the special interests that butter their English muffins.
Any senior citizen interested in receiving services should contact the Oneida County Office for the Aging and Continuing Care at 798-5456.
Any senior citizen interested in having their yard cleaned should contact the Oneida County Office for the Aging and Continuing Care at 798-5456.
Finally, on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at a meeting held at the Palisades Center, the collective efforts of the Bi-Partisan Rockland County and New Yrork State elected officials, the many Rockland commuter - citizens who showed up to protect their interests, as well as the long - term efforts of this newspaper, led to a victory to restore this vital express bus service!
«The speaker is going to be interested in gaining the support of the Council and may take that into consideration of her funding of member items,» said Rachael Fauss, a policy expert at Citizens Union, which authored the group's report.
He reassured the people of the state that the Seriake Dickson administration would stop at nothing to protect the lives and property of the citizens, as well as protect the overall interest of the Ijaw nation.
The candidate is perhaps best - known regionally as the founder / director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.
Any senior citizen interested in having their yard cleaned for it should contact the Oneida County Office for the Aging and Continuing Care at 315-798-5456.
Any senior citizen interested in having their yard cleaned should contact the Oneida County Office for the Aging and Continuing Care at 315-798-5456.
Confidence in government has been shaken enough as it is by the U.S. Supreme Court's horrendous Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of special - interest money into politics and government at every level.
«Finally, to ensure that the preparation of the Appropriation Bill is based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, passed by the National Assembly, signed into law by the President and implemented by the Executive arm of government Section 51 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act has specifically clothed every citizen with the necessary locus standi or legal capacity to enforce the provisions of the law by obtaining prerogative orders or other remedies at the Federal High Court, without having to show any special particular interest.»
The task force also is looking at a possible Constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that opened the door to unlimited campaign spending by special - interest groups.
«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle said in the statement.
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.
The increased emphasis among survey respondents mirrors a global trend: Eighty - six percent of citizens worldwide believe that companies need to place at least as much emphasis on society's interests as they do on business interests, according to a 2010 study by Edelman Global Public Relations (www.goodpurposecommunity.com).
«They may be citizen groups and we think of them as representing citizen interests, but when you look at their positions, they may be at odds with what a majority of the citizens want,» she said.
It was in the financial interest of Manhattan's most wealthy citizens to see their properties up and running at capacity again.
European professional soccer has a growing fan base also in the USA: «A representative survey reveals that almost fifty percent of US citizens have at least a basic interest in soccer games,» say Professor Tim Pawlowski and Georgios Nalbantis from the University of Tübingen.
Tetra Tech is part of Tech2 Solutions, and will be responsible for the groundwater and storm water programs at LANL that are of intense interest to the New Mexico Environment Department and citizen environmentalists.