Sentences with phrase «most outspoken opponent»

The National Education Association (NEA) is the most outspoken opponent of school vouchers, claiming they will lead to the reduction of funding for and the privatization of public education.

When I tried to ask Diaz Sr. about Ramos, who has been reaching out to the LGBT community in hopes of gaining their support againt the senator — the chamber's most outspoken opponent of same - sex marriage — he clamed right up.

UniteHere, a union connected to one of Airbnb's most outspoken opponents, the Hotel & Motel Trades Council, provided $ 200,000 to de Blasio's now defunct Campaign for One New York, the New York Daily News reported.

ICMYI: Councilman Jim Gennaro, one of the most outspoken opponents of hydrofracking — and the only geologist in the City Council — applauds Governor Cuomo's initiative to regulate the hydrofracking industry.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the surrounding district, was one of the most outspoken opponents of the homeless shelter and was disappointed by the ruling.»

For years, anti-fracking activists have been Cuomo's most outspoken opponents, protesting nearly all his public appearances and rallying thousands in Albany for the annual State of the State address.

One of the bill's most outspoken opponents, Assemblyman Bob Reilly has announced his retirement this year and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he was torn about the legislation so boosters thought this might be their year.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the surrounding district, was one of the most outspoken opponents of the homeless shelter, and said she was disappointed by the ruling.

Instead, he had proposed an ambitious plan for free higher education, unveiled alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the country's most outspoken opponents of charter schools.

Godin has been one of the most outspoken opponents to tangible books and proclaims the future of publishing is digital.

The Checks and Balances Project is scrutinizing Ohio Rep. Bill Seitz (R - Cincinnati), one of the state's most outspoken opponents of commercial wind farms and enforceable clean energy standards.

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Richmonds Bishop Walter Sullivan, among the most outspoken Catholic opponents of U.S. aid to the contras, was so outraged that he publicly criticized Robertson, saying «I can not imagine Jesus reviewing troops.

At least in the last thirty years, neo-Calvinists have been among the most outspoken and principled Afrikaner opponents of apartheid.

«I have been the most outspoken Democrat in the State Legislature on this issue and have already worked across the aisle to achieve successful results on the issue, long before my opponent indicated any stance on the issue and certainly before he entered this race.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long was an outspoken opponent of the gay marriage bill — perhaps the most recognizable member of the anti crowd.

Cuomo's director of communications, Melissa DeRosa, began following the Twitter account of actor Mark Ruffalo, an outspoken fracking opponent and one of the governor's most prominent critics.

An effort by opponents to stop a proposed Ohio wind farm, which includes a legally questionable maneuver to prevent property owners from granting variances, has the support of the state legislature's most outspoken critic of renewable energy.