Sentences with phrase «made by political appointees»

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The document recommended a chamber made up of half elected members, 30 per cent political appointees and 20 per cent non-political nominations - but Mr Straw emphasised that this was only his view and was not endorsed by the cabinet (full story).

But that is a decision that should be made by elected officials — the governor and the legislature — not by unaccountable political appointees.

But the suggestion by the mayor and his defenders that he was singled out for punishment for political reasons by the Cuomo - appointed official who made the referral is complicated by the fact that the appointee, Board of Elections enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, has sounded the alarm over similar behavior in the past.

Secondly, the Sheriff's group is the largest group in our state preferred by vast majority of PDP members and seasoned politicians unlike the other group made up mainly of political appointees in an involuntary political relationship.

Secretary Duncan needs to head this off now, by admitting that he and his team have potential conflicts of interests with regard to their roles in grant making, recognizing that those conflicts are widely perceived by potential grantees, and explaining how grant decisions will be insulated from interference by the department's political appointees.

The definition the term «employee» to mean: an individual employed by an employer, except that the term «employee» shall not include any person elected to public office in any State or political subdivision of any State by the qualified voters thereof, or any person chosen by such officer to be on such officer's personal staff, or an appointee on the policy making level or an immediate adviser with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office.

Skillfully stringing together big - tobacco litigatrix Sharon Eubanks» departure («The political appointees to whom I report made this an easy decision,» Eubanks told The Washington Post), and a recent Legal Affairs article by civil rights vet William R. Yeomans, Cernovich writes:

Opposition politicians called that «cronyism,» and said ordinary Canadians won't be impressed by Mr. Butts's assertion that a political appointee took a pay cut to make more than $ 200,000 in a plum post.