Sentences with phrase «jobs for elected officials»

The question being asked by this veto is why elected officials refuse to be term - limited and why they approve of multiple jobs for elected officials all at taxpayers» expense?

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kermit, If the elected officials need guidance from a supernatural being to do their job — why not do it on their own time either at home before they leave for work or get to the office early and pray alone or with a group of like - minded co-workers?

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

An elected official apparently can't just be fired for not doing her job, which must be pretty nice for her.

The oft - repeated idea that the job crisis was a result of selfishness on the part of elected officials and an infringement of their obligations to the citizenry highlights the need to take seriously «contemporary needs for care, moral connection and responsible obligations in ways that emancipatory liberal rights talk often does not» (Ferguson 2013: 237).

So just to get this straight, Ms. Woerner is all for paying elected officials off instead of prosecuting them for the way they treat women on the job.

«The list of undone ethics reforms is long, and it is clearer than ever before that our elected leaders need to complete the job of ensuring that public officials can no longer use their public posts for private gain,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

A better idea might be that elected officials should be required to have outside income, at a real job, for at least 10 hours a week, outside their districts.

«It's time for the richest 2 % to pay their fair share and for our elected officials to strengthen programs that create jobs and rebuild the middle class, while protecting the social safety net.»

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Democratic elected officials aligned with the city and state teachers unions see charters as a thinly - veiled, well - moneyed effort to erode job protections for teachers.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, all have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the former elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

As my investigative reporting focuses almost entirely on New Rochelle public sector employees managed by appointed and elected officials, my targets for investigation are often people who owe their jobs to Democrats.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

Part of being an elected official is telling people things that they don't want to hear, and when they have it in their mindset that there are other politicians who are lying or not being honest or are under the veil of corruption, it makes it much more difficult for all of us to do our job in a time when it is very difficult to be an elected official.

The father and son are accused of using Dean Skelos» influence as one of the three most powerful elected officials in the state — alongside the Assembly speaker and governor — to pressure companies into giving Adam jobs for which he either wasn't qualified or just didn't do.

What is troubling for me is that this makes it hard for all of us, elected officials, to do our job.

She hired three people with criminal records for drug offenses to work entry - level jobs after other elected officials vouched for them, she said.

The migration of out New York — especially the jobs - starved upstate region — has confounded elected officials for years.

Elected officials would no longer have any incentive to maintain their reputation with the public and since it guarantees they can not run for office again, it increases the incentive to trade favors for a cozy job or board appointment once their time in office ends.

For the first time in my life, I witnessed New York elected officials pound their chest proudly while cutting nearly $ 7 billion in funding for the people they serve, tripping over themselves to cut taxes for millionaires while simultaneously cutting healthcare services for seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.&raqFor the first time in my life, I witnessed New York elected officials pound their chest proudly while cutting nearly $ 7 billion in funding for the people they serve, tripping over themselves to cut taxes for millionaires while simultaneously cutting healthcare services for seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.&raqfor the people they serve, tripping over themselves to cut taxes for millionaires while simultaneously cutting healthcare services for seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.&raqfor millionaires while simultaneously cutting healthcare services for seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.&raqfor seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.»

«As the only Asian - American elected official in Albany, a public interest attorney, a grassroots political activist and a new mom balancing the demands of a busy job with parenthood, I know that Kathleen Rice is the best person for me to partner with in state government,» Meng said.

If you think that our elected officials are doing a poor job, why don't you run for office?

At 1 p.m., Real Affordability for All, top elected officials (like NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James), union leaders, workers, and local residents, will call on de Blasio to make substantial changes to his housing plan to ensure real affordability and good union jobs for residents who live in neighborhoods that will be rezoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

What we have in Freshdirect is an opportunity to expand a diverse economy in The Bronx, to create new jobs on an underutilized industrial waterfront, and to develop the blueprint for corporate America to work hand - in - hand with elected officials, community organizations and the people of this borough to make sure those jobs go to Bronx residents.

«It's our job to lobby other elected officials for the benefit of New Yorkers,» City Hall spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein said.

They're trying to portray him as an outsider — I don't know how much more inside you can be than never having had a job other than an elected official for your entire life,» DeFrancisco told POLITICO.

Singh testified that he provided the one - time elected officials with benefits that included free meals at his restaurants, free limousine services for Venditto, his aides, his family and their guests, free vacations for Mangano and his family and the no - show job for Linda Mangano.

Local leaders pulled no punches as they criticized the PSC and even some local elected officials for supporting the deal, which puts local jobs — and the largest taxpayer in Niagara County — in jeopardy.

Elected and appointed officials, as well as rank and file staff members must be mindful of the public trust they hold when looking for a new job.

Knock yourself out filling in the circle for the man... Now as for Faso, word on the street is he had his constituents arrested for asking him to do his job as an elected official.

Our focus as elected officials needs to be centered on jobs for our region.

When Mr. Levy's successor as Suffolk County executive, Steve Bellone, was elected, Mr. Spota recommended Mr. Burke, then working for the district attorney, for the police chief's job, county officials said.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks, and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

Joined by State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Assemblymember Gabriela Rosa, and a host of elected officials, community leaders, and hundreds of residents, Councilmember Rodríguez outlined his vision for the future of northern Manhattan, which included improved education, affordable housing and increased job and small business opportunities.

I am eager to begin collaborating with local families, businesses and elected officials to take action on my other legislative priorities for 2013, including creating jobs, reducing the size and cost of state government (e.g.) consolidation of the Thruway Authority within the Department of Transportation, regulatory reform and making the 2011 middle - class tax cut permanent.

The proposed changes did not include Term Limits nor the Two - hat rule which would prevent any elected official from accepting another Rockland County job paid for by the taxpayers.

With its powerful statement this week, the NAACP sent a message to elected officials and state and local governments — that they are accountable for educating children of color, and need to get back on the job.

Weingarten closed out the speech with a call for members to be deeply engaged in politics, saying that elections matter — determining who nominates Supreme Court justices, and whether working people have elected officials who stand with them or attack their jobs and livelihoods.

Your job as elected officials is to encourage scientists to give you their best understanding, fund new science if there are gaps vital for the public interest, to weigh scientific information, and then to make decisions.

He was founding executive director of the Apollo Alliance for good jobs and energy independence and has served as an energy and economic advisor to the AFL - CIO, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's Energy Advisory Task Force, and numerous other federal, state, and local policymakers and elected officials.