Sentences with phrase «lacked official support»

The mayor still lacks the official support of two of the city's most powerful players — SEIU 1199, which counts 200,000 members, and the smaller, but politically powerful, Hotel Trades Council.

In addition to lacking any official support from board Republicans, the proposal still has to make its way through the committees on Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services.

Not exact matches

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

The Porter crisis has damaged Kelly's credibility not only publicly but also inside the White House, where officials said he was losing the support of some West Wing staffers because of his management of the situation and apparent lack of transparency.

While many Albertans will probably support the idea of term - limits for their elected officials, from a practical standpoint it does not appear that a lack of term - limits are a real problem in Alberta politics.

Compounding these stresses, ex-pastors say, is a lack of support from church officials and fellow clergy.

Although he, like Minerbi, notes a «hostility» to certain elements of Zionist aspirations, Kreutz acknowledges that «the Vatican's lack of official objection to the creation of a Jewish State in Palestine greatly influenced various Catholic countries in their political support for the partition plan» in 1947.

Whether or not you feel that a protest is necessary for change is a debate that can be held in the comments, because although some will feel it is the only way that fans can make club officials see want what is wanted, others will say that Wenger deserves more respect than to be forced out the club by protest and a lack of support when he is only following Kroenke's orders.

Before concluding that under such a scenario — the lack of official federal support — the movement for a better food system for all will stall for at least four years, it is well to take a sober look at the current moment in good food matters.

It also makes it much more likely that extremists who lack majority support in any one location can still put elected officials into office.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

But given the lack of White House support for Governor Paterson and his diminished poll numbers, Democratic Party officials are proceeding under the assumption that Mr. Cuomo will run for governor and become the party's standard bearer.

The union leader said the workers are also victims of a complete lack of support or concern for their safety from officials at the state Office of Children and Family Services, which runs the facilities.

We supported our authors» response, in particular as a resolution to the issues became actively discussed by NIH officials and the Lacks family,» she added.

Along with no online course uploads and a complete lack of amiibo support, the game's official box art has revealed that it will have no stereoscopic 3D support.

Earlier this year, a National Academy of Sciences committee charged with evaluating education reforms in DC issued a report that included scathing comments on the difficulty of obtaining education data: «The lack of readily available data presented a significant challenge for our committee, and it is a source of frustration for some senior DCPS officials who would like to rely more heavily on data to support their decision making.

Drivers, since they are neither trained nor paid to be disciplinarians, may feel they lack the authority — and support from parents and school officials — to rein in unruly kids.

Promote teacher certification and quality instruction by working with your schools and public officials if teachers in your local area lack adequate training or certification and need additional training, preparation and support.

While that made sense from a logical standpoint — the Fire lacks any sort of official support from the Market, and access was likely blocked to avoid confusion — it's always nice to see consumers be given the chance to use a product any which way they please.

The intent of the emulator is to shore up RIM's currently anemic developer support for both the BlackBerry and PlayBook as a software platform compared to Android and iOS, though the lack of support may be better attributed to complaints of poor tools and documentation as well as a perceived lack of support from RIM for native development, either via BlackBerry App World or via official third - party dev tools such as Adobe's Flex and AIR runtimes.

What the Time2Touch tablet lacks in official support — many websites won't even recognise it as an Android device — is makes up for with sheer spec power.

An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, citing the lack of «support [for] some of the critical APIs that we need», despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running Windows -LSB-...]

Unprecedented in North Africa and Western Asia — where official censorship and a lack of government and private funding often pose challenges for contemporary art events — MP5 was backed by the Brussels - based non-profit Young Arab Theatre Fund, which is supported by the Ford Foundation and Open Society to foster contemporary art in the Arab world.

When the Boulder Daily Camera first reported on Boulder officials finally making the suit public, EID was quick to point out the lack of support for the Boulder - led effort, telling the Camera, «It's telling they were only able to get one other county in the state to go along with this scheme brought by D.C. trial lawyers.»

According to officials, rangers lack the equipment and helicopter support necessary to effectively fight the fire.

The OnePlus 5T's lack of Treble support make it tougher to recommend — especially if you prefer from - the - source official updates.

The lack of regulation, and official government support for the currency makes Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as safe as a penny stock — you can invest and make a pile of money, or lose everything, and there's no real way to predict what will happen to your investment.

Unfortunately, Carl Pei «can't give ETA as it depends on other parties», which judging from the phone's lack of official carrier support, we're guessing refers to Cyanogen.

If there's a gap in SmartThings» coverage, it's a lack of (official) support for Nest products and relatively weak support for third - party security cameras (although third - party support code is often available if you're willing to tinker).

There's no excuse for lack of support in the form of official apps for account management.

The biggest caveat to Sonos» partnership with Amazon, at least in Canada, is the lack of official support in the country.

The APA's «official» statement responding to the film expressly emphasizes «the lack [emphasis in original] of data to support so - called «parental alienation syndrome.»»

Noting the lack of supporting data, the American Psychological Association has «no official position on the purported syndrome,» according to a statement in its website.