Sentences with phrase «member of the legislature»

There is nothing illegal or improper by members of the legislature, the media, or even the executive branch seeking information that is public by nature.

But shouldn't it then be made clear to the public and the other members of the legislature that they are taking that risk?

This led to the further surprise of a few members of the legislature trying to regulate the teaching mission of the university.

They'll discuss the budget process from the perspective of a rank and file member of the legislature.

The county has hired five outside legal firms to defend members of the legislature, the county executive and the personnel director in a lawsuit from the county comptroller.

There were 33 members of the legislature until the charter reduced the number to 23.

For the second session in a row, however, members of the legislature want to restrict the court's ability to make changes to the Code.

If there were fewer members of the legislature, individual members could have a greater impact.

The court assumed the reliability of the study and impugned the motives of members of the legislature who disputed its findings.

The Labour MP Tony Wright agreed: here is a parliament that in practice refuses to be sovereign since «the main objective of members of the legislature is to join the executive».

Local school officials, in turn, are admonishing members of the legislature for the shortfall, while lawmakers are blaming the state school board, and school board members are pointing to faulty data.

This past Monday I was in Sacramento, California's state capital, talking with members of the legislature about recommendations for reimagining permanent status as tenure for teachers.

The Association of Professional Political Consultants was set up in the early 1990s with the aim of cleaning up perceptions of its members, mostly through the twin demands of full client disclosure and banning the employment of sitting members of the legislature.

«If the governor's staff is directing subpoenas away from people who contributed to the governor and towards members of the legislature, then we have a serious problem,» Brodsky said.

Mangano became one of the 19 original members of the legislature, which replaced the board in 1996 after a federal judge found the weighted voting system to be unconstitutional.

Democrat Mark Whalen, a current member of the legislature also spoke in support of the facility.

It was done without important input from the public and many members of the legislature who were elected by Floridians to serve them.

Who else in the universe talks like this: «The Office of Policy and Management and we are agnostic at the moment on the right solution» for moving forward with enrollment growth at magnet schools, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor told members of the legislature's Education and Appropriations committees Feb. 27.

Cohen will take on incumbent Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer (D), a 26 - year member of the legislature who is seeking her 14th term.

One of the Independent Party nominees is Nancy Argenziano, who is a former Democratic member of the legislature.

Sadly, others members of the legislature not only voted against our environment, but sought to dismantle prior conservation victories.»

The bipartisan coalition that came together earlier this week to take control the New York State Senate is drawing mixed reactions from some local members of the legislature.

Better wil be for dov to stay quiet so as not to antagonize the opposing members of the legislature which is exactly what happened the previous time.

Additional opposition came from Legislator Frank Sparaco, who cited a lack of time to objectively assess the situation and a reluctance to support a lawsuit without adequate information and was the only member of the legislature to vote against the resolution.

Ashcroft delayed comment on whether he currently pays tax on his global income in the United Kingdom, despite being a prominent and influential member of the legislature and major donor to the Conservative Party but eventually announced his non-domiciled status.

Approximately 2,500 gun owners, shooters and sportsmen attended to lobby and educate members of the legislature.

New Jersey Assemblywoman Valerie Venieri - Huttle called the vetoes «a total rebuke to the ratepayers and the elected members of the legislature from both states.»

Memo to Shelly Silver, the method of election pursuant to statue is by a «JOINT BALLOT» which means a «SECRET VOTE», not a public one as you do as an elective member of the legislature.

Every single member of the legislature has either participated or facilitated these crimes.

Also, members of the legislature overall currently have average tenures of more than a decade.

Several Republican members of the legislature favor impeaching the governor, but Harrell said he would avoid talking about possible impeachment charges until the State Ethics Commission concludes its recently - launched investigation into Sanford's travel expenses.

Aquario says county leaders, as well as other local government leaders, will be lobbying members of the legislature, in the weeks leading up to the state budget deadline.

«Our goal is not just indicting and arresting more and more members of the legislature, the goal is reform,» Schneiderman said.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has also come under fire for not aggressively investigating and disclosing prior claims of sexual harassment against members of the legislature, sent Kellner a letter that was released to the public stripping him of his chairmanship of the Committee on Libraries and warning him that he is ineligible for leadership positions in the future.

The Moreland Commission asked members of the legislature who are lawyers to disclose more details about the clients they serve in their private practices.

The attorney general also called for more power to be delegated to individual members of the legislature, in a strike at Albany's «three men in a room» culture, and for longer terms for Assembly members to cut down on time spent campaigning and fundraising — the latter requiring an amendment to the state constitution.

Laura Curran (D - Baldwin), who requested the report as the ranking minority party member of the legislature's Public Safety Committee, said, «There have been so many questions asked about Armor that I was just looking to see what the statistics were, what they're doing, what they're not doing.

You might think they're talking about current American politics: There is no money in the national treasury for more social programs like orphanages and vaccinations; The military budget must be cut; The rich are intent on keeping their tax privileges; Members of the legislature continue to beat down all proposed reforms of the leader; The conditions of the poor are getting worse; Some religious leaders insist that the Earth was created in six literal days; Foreigners must be deported.

More than 100 students attended our first - ever Youth Symposium where they toured the State Capitol, heard remarks from Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley - Thomas (D - 54), the youngest member of the legislature, and interacted with a panel of Capitol Fellows.

Given that misinformation about charters was shared publicly and originated from one of our esteemed members of the legislature, I worry that the community might take his misunderstandings as facts.

It is long past time that the era of backroom deals that delivered new funding to schools represented by politically powerful members of the legislature has ended.

Growing numbers of teachers — from every corner of the state — are contacting members of the legislature's Education Committee and urging them to adopt Senate Bill 380, an Act Concerning the Exclusion of Student Performance on the Mastery Examination from Teacher Evaluations.

Proposed laws get a lot of screens, though their application is subject to the political process: public servants in the in - house policy development process, political staff ditto, professional drafters, Cabinet, then members of the legislature and in many cases legislative committeed with witnesses who may well be experts (and who often claim to be)-- and then consultations with experts as regulations are drafted.

Planned Parenthood has stepped up and supported me in my campaign and supported my ability to stand up against the conservative, anti-choice members of the legislature, like Catherine Miranda.

«Riverkeeper thanks Governor Cuomo and members of the legislature for standing against this misguided federal proposal.