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Why should Connecticut legislators change the law this year when Tesla is still a fairly young company with an uncertain financial future, the car dealers say.

«On - pack claims are definitely an indicator of what clean label is, but the connotation of the term keeps changing as far as product formulation goes, making it difficult for legislators to give it a definition,» said Soumya Nair, Kerry's director of marketing insights.

The cost of Empire Zones could have been vastly reduced if state legislators had acted more quickly to tighten the rules after shirt - changing was identified as a problem, said David Catalfamo, former communications director for Pataki.

But, she said, if people really do want to change the laws, they have to call their legislators — not the board of elections.

ALBANY — More than five years into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tenure, some legislators, lobbyists and political players said his tendency to change positions has left them unsure where he stands on issues and uncertain of his core beliefs.

The establishment of the Reform Party will be another force in the fight to enact desperately needed changes in New York, chief among them repealing Common Core and enacting term limits for legislators,» Astorino said in a statement.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

The report says, «The county executive may have offered inaccurate revenue and spending projections, but county legislators almost universally adopted those projections without change.

The latest plan by the Democrats on the Board of Legislators to change the fee structure at Playland Amusement Park for non-riders remains «financially and operationally irresponsible and fundamentally unfair» and will be vetoed, said County Executive Robert P. Astorino.

Cuomo has said he wouldn't approve a budget without certain changes to laws governing legislators» outside incomes.

«Nothing in the judge's decision changes the fact that power is being taken away from legislators and given back to New Yorkers,» said Dadey, who says the amendment will «ensure that no lines, no districts are drawn for political advantage anymore».

Susan Lerner, with Common Cause, says legislators are finding that if they don't change their policies they are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors.

The National Democratic Congress legislator for the Wa Central constituency, Rashid Pelpuo has said President John Maham is not scared of any presidential candidate in the December 7 general elections, not even the flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom According to him, President Mahama has won the hearts of many Ghanaians with his «changing...

More than five years into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tenure, some legislators, lobbyists and political players said his tendency to change positions has left them unsure where he stands on issues and uncertain of his core beliefs.

Walter says some legislators are looking at legislation to change the whole system and ease the stress on kids.

During a hastily announced radio interview with former Gov. David Paterson, Cuomo admitted he had «no luck» convincing legislators to act on these changes, and said his new goal is to convince lawmakers that more changes are needed, even if they are not one of the bad apples cited in the report.

The criticism, he said, was unfair because he did not attempt to change the system of part - time legislators, citing staunch resistance by Republicans who control the State Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he would assent to a salary increase for himself and legislators — likely delivered through a supposedly independent commission — in exchange for funding for a new hate crimes task force, an agreement to release affordable housing money, changes to state procurement processes and, possibly, extending Uber outside of New York City.

Following the recent indictments of top legislators like former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former Sen. leader Dean Skelos, some say there's heightened scrutiny of deal making in Albany and that might put any changes to 421a on hold.

«I believe that most legislators believe as I do that there is a vehicle to change the Constitution and that's through the Legislature,» Heastie said.

Malloy's budget director, Ben Barnes, said that the legal language in the budget bill could cost the state as much as $ 1 billion over two years, but legislators in the House and Senate did not make any changes.

Though the ethics changes passed in the budget were blasted as half - loaf policies, he showed he had the muscle to get legislators to sign off on the reforms he said he wanted.

Cuomo outlined several changes he said should take place, including full disclosure of all outside income for legislators; stopping the personal use of campaign funds; updating campaign finance laws to require more disclosure; and removing state pensions from lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested he would campaign against legislators if they continue to resist his calls for changes in disclosure and campaign finance laws, he said during a radio interview.

«Certainly I think there's going to be robust changes to requirements of legislators in terms of disclosure,» said Skelos.

«Many legislators that I've talked to have been looking for the regents to try to address some of the issues, so I think they'll be positive about the changes suggested,» Tilles said.

Some leading legislators have left the door open for changes in the evaluation law during their next session, which begins in January.State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), during an interview last week with National Public Radio on WCNY in Syracuse, said he believes any required changes probably could be made by the Regents and their staff in the Education Department.

«It's important that we think about it as something across the board so as to not change the balance of power between the executive and the Legislature,» said Assembly appointee Roman Hedges, who proposed an inflation - adjusted increase to legislators» salaries of about $ 35,000, which went nowhere.

DeSena cites jobs and the economy as his main focus, but he said he would also prioritize tax, budget and ethics reform, and that he hopes to work with other legislators from both parties to affect real change.

They also said that Mr. Cuomo opposed Mr. Schneiderman and another candidate, Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, a Westchester Democrat, because he worried that they would not be aggressive enough in prosecuting corruption among legislators and were too closely identified with Albany in a year when voters are eager to see change.

The situation, he said, was never going to change as long as legislators were driven «on a day - to - day basis» by the concerns of their districts.

Five Republican legislators and Amherst Democrat Tom Loughran say thyey have the votes to eliminate a proposed property tax hike and make major spending changes today.

Iowa legislators, who say they are now paying out $ 95 million a year in state funds for some 39,000 nonexistent students, have vowed to change the state's school - finance formula this year.

«I think legislators who are thinking we don't need to drastically change things in Milwaukee and we're still going to get «Race to the Top» dollars are greatly mistaken,» said Colón, who will be the lead Assembly author of the MPS governance change bill.

Given the substantive way this law changes how Utah teachers are evaluated and dismissed, I was astonished to see a recent commentary («This teacher / legislator says it's time to end tenure,» June 22), penned by a legislator, speaking about the need to eliminate tenure in Utah.

Say what you want but I think the bill is a threat to teachers, students, parents and the most fundamental elements of our public education system and if I was a legislator I'd be fighting every moment to get it changed.

Horn said legislators» work will require extensive vetting and «homework» to bypass «unintended consequences,» but lawmakers seemed prepared this week to promise major changes.

«We all know that public education in Mississippi is terrible,» Canter said, adding that although policy hasn't changed yet, just seeing legislators focus on education has been encouraging.

Be sure to tell the legislator exactly what you think should be changed (e.g. «We should change section ABC of the Texas Property Code, < citation >, to say that «no landlord can charge a fee of more than X for Y in Z conditions,» or something similar.»)

Legislators seeking to change the law say that even healthy athletes rarely play past age 35, so it is unfair for them to be compensated until age 67.

Retired Justice Bob Orr has criticized the General Assembly's efforts to change the courts, and he has said that litigation over the 2011 redistricting is motivating legislators.

«I ca n`t just wait around for them to change the laws,» Olivares said of legislators.

«There are lots of people affected by this, and I think (legislators) will be smarter next time and will solicit input from the industry and give industry time to comment and make changes,» he says.

«Members have varying degrees of interest in politics, but when we get them to Government Day at the state capitol meeting with lawmakers, for the most part, we change attitudes and open their eyes to the view the legislators have from the inside,» says Bruce King, government affairs director at the REALTORS ® Association of Northwestern Wisconsin.