Sentences with phrase «local elected leaders who»

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Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

While frustrations are now growing among some elected officials and local leaders who say no progress has been made, Quinn said she hopes that Brookfield and the protesters will be able to come to together in the coming days to reach a compromise that strikes the right balance between the free speech rights of the protesters and mounting concerns from nearby businesses and residents that «are not insignificant,» she said.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

The Industrial Development Agency's board of directors voted 14 - 1 in favor of a tax break and capital investment package — despite criticism from residents and elected leaders who complained the local community was shut out of a deal they say poses environmental threats and only a promise of future jobs.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

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.

It will be his first run for elected office and could become a showdown between party leaders and Rodney Wiltshire, the City Council president who has clashed with Wade and other leaders of the local party.

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In addition to Judge Lippman, local elected officials, policy experts and community leaders who made various arguments in support of raising the age, joined Carlucci and Klein at the roundtable.

One of the local laws, in part, requires that all elected officials in Erie County disclose family members who are government employees, serving on governmental boards, political party leaders, or officers of a political party committee.

Though Bratton did not say what specifics he or the department will require from those who celebrate J'Ouvert — it's unclear, in fact, who organizes the large gathering — but said staffing issues and funding for more street lighting will be arranged in collaboration with the NYPD, the area's elected officials and local community leaders.

Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Woodbury), who represents Stony Point, said, «The New York Rising Program will allow these communities to bring together local elected officials, community leaders and residents to develop a comprehensive rebuilding plan which will allow them to rebuild in a more effective and efficient manner.»

When the film opens, Homs could pass for a thriving Syrian city, though tanks in the streets and soldiers on rooftops reflect the mounting tension between the locals and the country's leader, president Bashar al - Assad, «elected» (the 2000 ballot offered no alternatives) after the death of his father, who had controlled the country for three decades before him.

The DfE has stated that the leaders — who were elected by their peers across the country — «were chosen because they have the right experience and local knowledge to take on this important role».

That's why I'm encouraged by the Louisiana Senate's proposals in SB 432, which is the product of collaboration among local school leaders, parents, stakeholders, advocates and elected officials who have come together to find a lasting solution.

Wouldn't it be awesome if public schools had ambassadors / senators / advocates who could represent their schools» needs to city, state, and local leaders separate from their local elected officials?

Nearly 80 % of polled voters said they trust their local school leaders to make decisions and to hold schools accountable, more than they do elected officials in Lansing who have little stake in classrooms outside their own districts.

In Connecticut, the SBAC disaster was slowed by a handful of dedicated and committed public school superintendents who recognized that parents had the fundamental and inalienable right to opt their children out of the destructive SBAC test, but the majority of local education leaders (and elected officials) kowtowed to the Malloy administration and engaged in an immoral and unethical effort to mislead parents into believing that schools had «no degrees of freedom» on the SBAC testing issue.

This is an all - too common predicament for local government leaders in Florida these days: chafing at state limits on how they govern the voters who elected them.

That was the rallying cry from National Association of REALTORS ® President - elect Elizabeth Mendenhall and CEO Bob Goldberg to local, state, and national association leaders and staff, who gathered in Chicago on Tuesday for NAR's 2017 Leadership Summit.