Sentences with phrase «just as elected officials»

She volunteers and gives back to the community in a number of ways, not just as an elected official and a registered nurse — all the while keeping a smile on her face despite her ongoing battle with cancer, which is nothing short of amazing.

Not exact matches

Elected officials can see the fault lines in Canada's housing market just as well as anyone else — but fixing them is too politically unpopular

Just as we accept our elected officials, even if we voted for the «other guy / gal», the opposing miners would eventually install Segwit2x and that would be that.

This, in the senator's mind, is tantamount to «double crossing» of the community by its elected officials, whose names he has pledged to make public — just as soon as he figures out who has met with whom.

Numerous Suffolk and Nassau County electeds, donors, and former officials have received calls from Sweeney, who served in the House from 1999 to 2007, arriving just as Gingrich was ending his tenure there.

Our city has long struggled on the federal terrain — urban issues just aren't sexy to Republican congressmen from the Ozarks — but with Mr. Schumer as one of the most powerful elected officials in the country, we're bound to do a little bit better.

This bill, according to experts and city elected officials, addresses an increasing problem of investors who acquire older properties to flip them for profit without making needed repairs, such as finding the source of a leak rather than just plastering over a water - logged wall.

As elected officials, we must always use our offices for the betterment of the ENTIRE community, not just our supporters or those who agree with us.

Also shrugging his shoulders, just as disgracefully though more predictably, was Assembly Speaker Silver, the last elected official with the power to hold Atlantic Yards up to meaningful scrutiny.

Just before the meeting, town justice Bruce Blatchly swore in Gardiner's public officials elected or reelected in November: incumbent town supervisor Carl Zatz and town clerk Michelle Mosher, as well as new highway superintendent Brian Stiscia and town justice Robert Rich, in addition to the two new councilmen.

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.

Just last week, LIPA was blasted as inept by multiple residents and elected officials, during a hearing seeking to determine how the utility might be restructured.

If just 10 % of the of the elected officials were as charitable with their time & money helping to improve the lives of New Yorkers and the economy of NY we would be in a much better place.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's didn't just get good numbers in this week's Siena College poll: He's surpasses Sen. Chuck Schumer as the most popular statewide elected official.

Sunder, I take your point about Mr Smith - except isn't just a reflection of the US system as it stood and stands that when an elected senator stands down in mid term or even two days after election, the US system gives the electorate an unelected official for the rest of that term.

In response, onus has shifted, not just to federal and state elected officials — the former of which is currently contemplating allocating $ 1.1 billion to opioid prevention funding nationwide — but to local communities such as Mamaroneck.

Just about everybody sane on the political left — and certainly every Democratic elected official of any prominence — 100 % discredits the Truther bunch as nuts.

It is just shameful to see how many of Congressman Weiner's supposed friends — especially those who are elected officials — have abandoned him as the media makes a total mockery of him.

As Mr. Linares enjoyed the accolades that came with being the first city elected official from the Dominican Republic, Mr. Espaillat was anonymous, just trying to hang on after fending off a challenge in 1995.

To blame the teachers» contract and other board members for racist and hateful comments that he has made, to me, is just not taking responsibility in any manner as a publicly elected official that represents children,» Scott stated.

Senator Amedore is one of just 69 elected officials nationwide recognized by MADD as a legislative champion for his standout efforts to advance their mission of eliminating drunk and drugged driving.

The choice of Mr. Camara, long rumored, will mean another current or former elected official in Mr. Cuomo's cabinet — just yesterday, former Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined the Cuomo administration as a special adviser.

«Let's stop the young people from getting caught in the gang pipeline to begin with, rather than just treating them as criminals once the gang takes over,» Cuomo said at a ceremonial bill signing in a gymnasium full of elected officials and community members.

Senator Amedore is one of just 69 elected officials nationwide recognized by MADD as a legislative champion for his standout efforts to advance their mission of eliminating drunk and...

Elected officials become indebted to these power brokers for maintaining their office as big donors could just as easily funnel their money to a primary challenger should their interests go unheard.

«It is widely understood that verbal assault is just as reprehensible and harmful as physical abuse is and it can not be tolerated from elected officials.

The narrow 5 - 4 decision came as an increasing number of Americans and elected officials say they support same - sex marriage, a stunning turnaround from just a few years ago.

Policymakers and elected officials have been left scratching their heads at the delegations of scientists complaining of tight budgets in the past three years, even as they got twice the annual funds they received just five years earlier.

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.

As the local expert on magnet programs, you are able to educate elected officials about how your magnet schools are improving your community and just how important federal, state, and local support is for continuing these programs.

«It does not see itself as just an inspector of standards, it is seeking to set policy, which is a task that should be reserved for elected officials.

School leaders such as John Taylor, of Booker T. Washington Academy which just opened this fall, urged elected officials to give charter students the support they deserve.

Add in free train travel, as well as up to 64 free round - trip air tickets a year from their riding to Ottawa, and our elected officials are doing just fine, thank you.

In fact, establishing and maintaining effective relationships is just as important when working with elected officials as with customers and colleagues.

The program was recently in jeopardy, and we asked Best Friends members in that area to contact their elected officials — and PetSmart Charities asked local animal welfare groups as well — in response to a budget dispute that threatened to derail the Pima County Community Cats Project just as it was getting off the ground.

The June 2013 issue of Rolling Stone published some of these utterings, several made by prominent elected officials, in its funny article, «The 10 Dumbest Things Ever Said About Global Warming,» just as likely to draw tears as it is to invoke laughter.

That our state house refused to even have a discussion on gun control but rather debated pornography as a health issue is just the tip of the iceberg with how out of touch many of our elected officials are.