Sentences with phrase «local elected politicians»

California's history of infringing the fundamental right to bear arms has, since 1923, centered on the principles of local control, giving local elected politicians and city bureaucrats the power to decide, on a subjective, case - by - case basis, which law - abiding people can exercise their fundamental Second Amendment right to self - defense outside their home.

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Ms. Leibovici is a long - time local politician who was first elected as a Liberal MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in 1993 and served on city council from 2001 to 2013.

This is the reality even the Sugar Regulatory Administration chief, Gina Martin - Bautista, and the power circle of politicians — members of haciendero clans elected into local and national positions known as the sugar bloc can do nothing about.

If you get to elect local officials, you can at least elect ones independent of higher level politicians, who might hopefully check their power («yes, Mr. Pro-Cat mayor, I know you want me to arrest all dog lovers in town.

Local authorities would be given a strategic role as «champions» for parents and pupils, but the Lib Dem leader said the plans did not give councils any power to do this, and consequently took power away from locally - elected politicians.

Local elected officials urged Garner to meet with politicians, stake out a campaign platform and discuss a strategy if she wants to move forward.

Like many local politicians, Silver earns supplemental income from jobs other than his elected state government post (which earns him $ 121,000 annually).

Flanked by several local politicians and supporters in Utica Monday, Myers, who's a county legislator from Broome County, at the other end of the sprawling 22nd District, promised to be very visible in the Mohawk Valley, if she's elected to Congress.

Rosenthal said she's known Moore for years, and once connected him with local elected officials when he was raising money for Michigan politician Jennifer Granholm.

Municipal politicians, competitors and ratepayers groups can all get in the way, and because many regulators in the U.S. are elected officials, local elections can complicate the timing of a deal.

Two Broward County elected officials on Friday called for local leaders to defy a state law that puts politicians at risk of being removed from office if they pass any local limits on gun rights.