Sentences with phrase «local political support»

If the mosques were small developments they would not receive large nonprofit monies nor would they receive large local political support.

Not exact matches

Political pressure is on sovereign wealth funds to use investment to support local communities and infrastructure.

Some of the main ones include the perception that certain industries should be controlled by tightly regulated local institutions to avoid market failures, the political pressure to build and support local corporate champions, and the need to continue to provide basic subsidized products and services.

The overall influence of Christianity, however, supported a robust local political culture.

«Yet when options to be followed after the murder were being considered, there is little evidence that high - level political and official leadership offered guidance and support to the local district administration.»

The scope of our public policy and government relations activities includes our participation in trade associations and support of political candidates and campaigns at the local, state and federal levels.

With increasing national and state support for local food system development, the political climate is favorable for the development of a packing house

On another point, a longer list of places where local political factors mitigate strongly against support for a coalition would have to include Liverpool.

It also requires them not to «attempt or support the functions, programmes and activities of political, social, ethic or gender interest group in a private capacity and name or in circumstances unrelated to the discharge of the project and tasks of the Civil and Local Government Services».

For example, the Commission could help facilitate local deliberative bodies or citizen assemblies, support local authorities conduct effective participatory budgeting exercises, and experiment with new means for the public to engage in political decision - making processes in more direct and sustained ways.

Población local activism flourished throughout the 1970s and 80s, supported by the Vicariate of Solidarity — progressive branches of the Catholic Church — internationally funded NGOs, left - wing political parties, and radical armed groups (such as the FPMR and the Lautaro Youth Movement).

This offers some support to Hopkins» politicised places hypothesis, which says that in communities which are undergoing demographic changes at the time when salient national rhetoric politicizes immigration, immigrants can quickly become the targets of local political hostility.

«In today's current political climate, when the average wealth of a member of Congress is $ 1 million, we are showing that a grassroots campaign focused on low - dollar and local support, can keep the doors to the halls of government open to those who can't write them selves a large check or rely on large corporate donations.»

Bedford attorney and political newcomer Samard Khojasteh is continuing to forge ahead with his bid to represent the Republican Party in the yet - to - be-called 37th Senate District special election, assembling a campaign team and sending out a letter seeking the support of local committee members.

CFD serves the political needs of the Upper West Side by promoting and organizing progressive opinion on local, state and national issues, as well as supporting Democratic candidates dedicated to peace, progress and social justice.

In 2011, the local political opposition to parties supporting HS2 at national level was fragmented.

There will be little support for a new political agenda based on a participatory process unless local communities understand such processes and receive protection from the state — and people see that the democratic process will indeed bring more benefits and security than before.

Jeffrey Graham, who served for 20 years as the mayor of Watertown, the district's largest population center with 27,000 residents, now runs a local political blog and supports both Trump and Stefanik.

In addition to numerous business owners based in Flushing, Queens and Chinatown, Liu earned support from several local unions, including $ 4,150 from DC 37's political action committee, $ 1,250 from Local 32BJ, $ 1,500 from TWU Local 100, $ 1,500 from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and $ 2,000 from the Uniformed Fire Officers Associalocal unions, including $ 4,150 from DC 37's political action committee, $ 1,250 from Local 32BJ, $ 1,500 from TWU Local 100, $ 1,500 from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and $ 2,000 from the Uniformed Fire Officers AssociaLocal 32BJ, $ 1,500 from TWU Local 100, $ 1,500 from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and $ 2,000 from the Uniformed Fire Officers AssociaLocal 100, $ 1,500 from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and $ 2,000 from the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.

As Monroe County Democratic Party leaders decide who has enough support to wage a campaign for Louise Slaughter's vacant congressional seat, a local political observer says it's in the party's best interest to not have a special election.

The Democratic Unionists supported a Leave vote, without providing any discernible rationale, while almost every other local political party opposed Brexit, mainly on the basis that anything that might unsettle the notoriously fragile political and economic ecosystem could hardly be a good thing.

Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti, who is facing a GOP primary battle this fall and so far does not have the support of local Conservatives, is continuing to make political hay from various Democratic proposals to assist undocumented immigrants in New York.

The labor - backed party is best known for its involvement in statewide races and political campaigns in New York City, but in this month's election, it recruited and supported 111 candidates in local races.

The political rallies, candidate sightings, and campaign staffs competing for support have offered the borough's residents and officials a chance to push local issues.

Stewart has exhibited erratic behavior in the past, including support for incumbent Republicans, and has generated much opposition from local political leaders.

He ended his quest to develop that site because of scant support from local political leaders, according to a representative.

Local political blogger and Democratic Party activist Jeremy Blaber spent last summer going door to door throughout the city pounding in lawn signs and drumming up support for mayoral candidate Shayne Gallo.

Last August, Grayson did receive the support of the Central Florida Building and Construction Trades Council, a local union, and his campaign noted he has also received a donation from the Communications Workers of America's political action committee.

Daniel Donovan, a Staten Island prosecutor and veteran political figure, is locking up the support of local GOP power brokers who will decide who runs in the election.

«Public Safety Advocates is a political expenditure committee for public safety organizations to support candidates they have determined will keep our local communities safer,» Burke said.

But the local branch of the American Federation of Teachers still backed his re-election bid, and political action committees supporting his candidacy have received donations from teachers unions.

Mr. Hoffmann noted that Mr. Napolitano had «no significant political activity in the past year beyond support of his local elected officials» and that his giving is allowed.

Teachout is one of a handful of area politicians who are hoping that the energy of Sanders «political revolution» will reverberate over time and down the ballot as grass roots groups that formed to support the Vermont senator's unexpectedly strong primary run turn their attention to local political contests — and the machinery of the Democratic Party itself.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over one - third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multi-million dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment, from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

Carl Paladino's former campaign manager Michael Caputo, a protege of political trickster Roger Stone, is mailing Tea - Party advocates urging them to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2 percent cap on local property taxes.

Defiant City Comptroller (and potential mayoral candidate) John Liu announced his support for scandal - prone veteran Congressman Charlie Rangel today, sending every local political reporter to the thesaurus.

Without a public campaign finance system that matches private donations and encourages small - dollar contributions, outsider legislative candidates have little to no chance of raising enough cash to stage a significant challenge without strong name recognition or support of established organizations, unions, and local political figures.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over a third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multimillion dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

It's true that local councillors, together with their friends and families form a cadre of support in active and fully viable political associations.

Underlying party support in Britain is pretty stable — if you graph opinion polls over the last couple of years it's clear that the only events that have actually shifted political support have been David Cameron's election as Conservative leader, which moved the Labour and Conservative parties pretty much neck and neck, and the week prior to the local elections when Labour was hit by both John Prescott's affair and the foreign prisoner release scandal, since when the Conservatives have had a consistent lead.

«This study demonstrates widespread support for local park and recreation services across the political spectrum.»

Had the commission been able to develop as a real alternative to local authorization, larger numbers of charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support of charter schools, capable of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment.

Even as the state - and federal - led accountability movement presents new challenges to local control, the political, economic, and educational arguments for local control are also likely to continue to enjoy support.

So it rewarded states for enlisting districts and local communities in designing and implementing the plans; it encouraged states to build political support across key constituencies and across sectors; and it provided political cover for state and local leaders to push forward ideas that could be controversial.

Movement strategists consider five factors when selecting battlegrounds, she said, and the District met each condition: a legislative and an executive branch controlled by supporters, local political champions for education or urban renewal, local business support, a weakened teacher union, and grassroots backing.

By now the NGO is fully versed in buying political support, hiring the useless lefty daughters and sons so they can drink, have sex and get paid and get lefty do - good moralizing awards in some tropical local, driving Toyota Land Rovers, wearing Pantagonia and hitting My Face on their Appple laptops.

But through the support of the NEA's Public Engagement Project, the Columbus Education Association convened a community conversation attended by more than 300 people — parents, business leaders, teachers, district administrators, and local faith - based and political leaders.

Ten non-union teachers and the Christian Educators Association are suing their local, state and national unions, alleging that the organizations are forcing them to pay to support political activities they do not agree with in violation of their first amendment rights.

The main reason why none of the main political parties will risk supporting the widely held view that GCSEs (the 16 + examination) should be abolished is that they are used as the basis of performance tables which enable government to assert a degree of control over schools at a time when they are weakening the existing controls of local government over schools.

Thanks to the efforts of numerous Senators and Representatives on both sides of the political aisle, numerous sections of ESSA enable states and local education agencies to utilize federal funds to support college coursework for: