Sentences with phrase «local decision making on»

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I certainly hope that local governments aren't making schooling, bussing, or housing decisions on the basis of the ethnicity of their constituents!

Since the floodwaters receded, SBP has made significant progress on the ground, partnering with local organizations to help build their capacity and better inform their decision making, holding training sessions with homeowners to share vital information, beginning muck & gut operations in a hard - hit neighborhood, and has established a permanent field office in the Houston area.

For example, a local plumber is typically sought on an as - needed basis, so optimizing content and search ads for «emergency plumbing services» may help you target consumers who are actively making a quick purchasing decision.

Management practices would be nimble and non-bureaucratic, with local decision - making based on prudence and common sense.

The federal government now swept past all the barriers that once had put up resistance — as in extending controls on local schools or bringing under the review of federal courts the decisions made on hiring and firing in private businesses, even small colleges.

Much more of the decision - making about education and of the responsibility to finance it would devolve on local communities.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

«They make local decisions on their own, so even if we have input, we give them credit and grow them.»

tapping local knowledge and skills to inform decision - making on the size, timing and / or nature of river flows

I didn't have any local mommy friends at the time to offer up their recommendations, so I made my decision on an OB based on the experience a coworker and his wife had.

We know that picking a school can be a daunting task so we reached out to six local families to find out why private education works for them and their tips on making a decision.

You should be better able to make a decision about which playgrounds are the safest for you to let your children play on, and you may even be ready to make some recommendations to your own local playgrounds too.

YP is your local companion for making decisions on everything from where to eat to where to find cheap gas.

It is not eating local or organic, avoiding plastic, taking my own bags, cooking from scratch, seeking out phantom power, freezing my buns off, making my own cleaning products, line drying my clothes, or any of the other million decisions we make on a daily basis.

The book offers practical tools to help adoptive parents make decisions about everything from embarking on an open adoption to opening a closed local or international adoption.

In previous years EFA has asked local authorities to set in advance the dates by which they planned to make decisions on placements, agree contracts, and make payments for students known to them and to monitor their own delivery against these plans.

«I believe that our local elected officials have already been elected to do their jobs,» Marchione said at a news conference on the issue, «and to put something out as simple as shared services I think that the local governments can certainly make those decisions on behalf of their community.»

A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole city regions, in contrast to existing city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf of, their local authority.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

«I always want the city and the county and local communities to elect people who share the values of the public, that are going to work hard, they have the utmost integrity, that you can rely on in a moment of crisis to make sound decisions, and will attract quality people to an administration,» he said.

Similar complaints were made when Salmond rode roughshod over the wishes of local residents and planners to «call in» the decision to approve Donald Trump's golf complex plan on the Aberdeenshire coast.

Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat local government spokesperson, said: «Councils are making tough decisions because they recognise that council tax continues to hit those on low and fixed incomes the hardest.

Decisions on how much to charge tenants are made by registered social landlords, following dialogue between local authorities and housing associations.

He thinks the party's current stance on solving 21st - century problems is as outdated as «trying to overhaul an Apple MacBook with a spanner» and says decisions should be made by members networked via the internet rather than in local party meetings in draughty church halls.

The bill reflects an unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers who see the Common Core Learning Standards as a federal intrusion on local decision - making and Democratic lawmakers who oppose the use of standardized tests to sanction teachers and schools.

Open.ny.gov can help local governments by fostering research, promoting informed decision - making, and enhancing collaboration based on public data.

Ultimately, the decision on whether or not to hold the game as scheduled belongs to the NFL, which said Thursday it would work with both the team and local authorities in making the determination.

The Conservation Fund focuses on educating New Yorkers about environmental issues and the environmental decision making processes at the local, regional, state and federal government levels.

45 % of Lib Dem voters said the fact they were in a Con / LD marginal made them more likely to vote, and 43 % of them said their decision was based more on the local result than the big picture.

I think if we were to make decisions at a federal level that would make America more competitive, it would be better than pitting communities against each other on a local level or even the state level.

Local New York race with 2016 House implications: Mike Hein, the Ulster County executive, is on the ballot for re-election, and if victorious, he could make a decision soon on whether to run for Congress in New York's 19th District.

But as the pleas from local people in Lewes show, making decisions based on party interests rather than the desires of local progressives can easily backfire.

Co-convener Patrick Harvie, when quizzed on why his party was standing just three candidates in Scotland, said: «Our local branches make their own decisions and most of our local branches have decided they've put their energy, time and money into the local election campaigns this year and they're not in a position to run in every constituency.

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

Governor's language does not protect church - related agencies from denial of funding by state and local government agencies to provide charitable and health services, or allow them to make hiring and benefits decisions based on religious beliefs.

The governor says the rules of the tax cap do not take away local decision making, but he says it does end the previous system, which the governor says was on «automatic pilot» as school taxes went up year after year.

Last week's local elections decided who will make most of the most important decisions in English cities over the next few years — decisions that will have a big impact on local economic growth across the country, as well as the national economy.

And as we seek to devolve more responsibilities to the local level, we will also explore the ways of improving the legitimacy and accountability of primary care trusts and of the commissioning decisions they make on behalf of their local communities.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

HORICON — The Horicon Town Board, acting as the local Board of Health, delayed making decisions on two separate variance requests for septic systems in proximity to Brant Lake.

The committee in Monroe County makes its decisions based on how they think performance at the local level is... We have people from the left, the right and the center in leadership.

Financial issues are also central to the Russell campaign, but the supervisor says he and the other Town Board members made difficult decisions during the early days of the national economic meltdown to lessen the blow on local taxpayers.

«When state and local leaders make their own decisions on school standards, they are much more likely to reach pragmatic decisions that will last,» Magee said.

ESD president Howard Zemsky said recently that it makes decisions about which projects to fund based on discussions with local officials and the regional economic development councils.

It probably should be up to your local community to make their own decisions on this,» said Funke, (R.)

This is helping her craft research that's relevant to local stakeholders, and allowing her to test decision - making tools and processes on - the - ground.

The game allows players to take the roles of stakeholders, such as farmers, developer, watermen, and local policymakers, make decisions about their livelihoods or regulatory authority; and see the impacts of their decisions on their own personal finances, the regional economy, and watershed health.

They have no central control system; instead their developers gave each one the ability to make decisions based on its local conditions.

«Local and global shocks, such as economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»

You can also hit up the prepared food section at your local grocery store, it's time - effective, easy to stay on track, and allows you to eliminate stressful decision - making in the process.