Sentences with phrase «local taxpayer advocate»

Although VanSingel has a full - time job with the IRS as a local taxpayer advocate in Chicago, in the wake of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria it was not unusual for him to come home after work and spend many more hours coordinating Disaster Legal Services» response.

Each state has at least one local taxpayer advocate.

Not exact matches

As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Committee.

«This association plays an important role in advocating in Albany for the needs of counties and local taxpayers.

«We've reached the end of what we can possibly expect our taxpayers to bear,» she said in her fourth appearance before the Local Government Officials and General Government hearing — an annual parade of elected officials and advocates known as «Tin Cup Day» that began with a three - hour - plus grilling of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The school system and public education advocates believe the county commissioners — by way of the local taxpayers — are the «last line of defense» against reduced state and federal funding and other unfunded state mandates.

And, «programs for the urban poor... stoke resentment and reinforce stereotypes among middle class taxpayers while enriching out - of - town owners and Wall Street investors of the for - profit housing industry, charter schools and development agencies while at the same time creating and sustaining a local class of often anti-union not - for - profit advocates.»

However, I am also an advocate for local management of the local school system that reflects the will of the voters and taxpayers.

Although the three organizations are funded primarily from local taxpayer funds and are supposed to be advocating for local public schools, all three have spent the last three years lobbying for Governor Malloy's restrictive, centralized and top - down Corporate Education Reform Industry agenda... An agenda that undermines local control of education, seeks to limit the rights of parents, denigrates teachers and turns Connecticut's public schools into little more than Common Core testing factories.

Do they stand with Connecticut's students, teachers, parents, public school advocates and taxpayers or will they continue to turn our public schools into little more than testing factories and money pits for an industry that is gorging itself on scarce taxpayer funds while undermining the role of teachers, parents and the local control of public education.