Sentences with phrase «most public officials»

There was a time when the term «economic development,» as used by most public officials and business leaders, referred to the practice of luring firms and jobs to a jurisdiction by selling companies on the benefits of that community — such as favorable tax rates — and providing monetary incentives to locate there.

Most public officials are entitled only to qualified immunity.

I also have no doubt that the vast majority of the public is open minded on the topic of climate change, and that most public officials are aware that global warming is an impending problem.

Not exact matches

One of the tech world's most persistent rumours made solid, Facebook's official filing of its forthcoming initial public offering generated the predictable torrent of scrutiny and discussion.

«They gave immunity to the very person you would most want to prosecute, which is the person who destroyed official public records after there was a subpoena and after there was a prosecution order,» Gowdy said.

That's a specific example that speaks to a larger truth: Most public - sector officials can not understand the pressure and time demands startups face.

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We don't know who he was exactly, but the title Luke gives him, most excellent Theophilus, hints that he may have been some sort of high ranking public official.

As I mentioned in the commentary, most believe that his title indicates he was a high ranking public official.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

The passage most picked up in news reports is this: «We urge those Catholic officials who choose to depart from Church teaching on the inviolability of human life in their public life to consider the consequences for their own spiritual well being, as well as the scandal they risk by leading others into serious sin....

Anyone holding to the hope that more simple methods can be effective is invited to read the daily headlines chronicling the scandals and corrupt practices of public and private officials, most of whom, sad to relate, are church members technically in good standing.

I had a theory that Washington was more religious than most people thought, but I was basing this only on his public, official statements as General and President.

Even the most orthodox economists agree, although both they and government officials often neglect this point in their public communications.

I should start by noting that the line can move for a variety of reasons including injuries, weather and officials, but most of the time oddsmakers shade their opening lines to account for public money on the favorite and then allow sharp money from their most respected clients to shape the line.

One of them would require the Harness Racing Commission to hold open meetings on the granting of licenses; another would make it illegal for public officials or political party officials to hold financial interests in tracks; and the most severe of all would repeal the law which legalized pari - mutuel betting at harness tracks.

The spread can move for a variety of reasons including injuries, weather, and officials, but most of the time oddsmakers shade their opening lines to account for public money on the favorite and then allow sharp money from their most respected clients to shape the line.

In addition to helping parents make the best and most appropriate decision for themselves, the information provided here should also be of use to educators, health professionals, public health officials, the media, sleep researchers, child protective services, coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other social scientists, as well as researchers in a variety the developmental fields including human biology.

The move would come as New York and most of the nation continues to battle what public health officials say is an epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, an issue that has especially ravaged parts of upstate New York.

«Two: I have stated on record many times that public officials not publicly disclosing their declared assets turns the assets declaration exercise into a hollow ritual, most recently through an article I wrote as a columnist on the back - page of THISDAY on 7 September 2015, titled «Issues around Assets Declaration.»

Our law enforcement officials and public servants need research to most effectively understand how to help communities and keep them safer.

Most elected officials feel that way, although a select few — Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has been known to gleefully squeeze in fundraising calls while driving in between public events, comes to mind — actually enjoy the ask.

But one expectation that people generally (should) have from any senior public official is the ability to demonstrate that he or she is genuinely willing and able to tackle the issues that the majority consider to be most important.

By making Bill 371 a law that unfairly targets pregnancy centers part of her centerpiece during her tenure in City Council, Christine Quinn has established herself as one of the most aggressive anti-Christian anti-freedom of speech public officials in NYC.

Other public officials have complained their conflict hurts New Yorkers, which is an opinion most Quinnipiac poll respondents agreed with.

Symbols of the ruling party and the president — including pagnes (clothing fabric / tissue) decorated with RDPC insignia and the face of the president, campaign T - shirts from every campaign of the last 25 years (given free of charge to Cameroonians as an impetus to vote for Biya), official Biya portraits in every public office, campaign posters in private homes and businesses, billboards of Biya's grinning face at the entrances and exists of most towns — abound.

A Siena College poll this week shows that most New Yorkers don't know about the Moreland Commission, a panel of district attorneys and law enforcement officials investigating public corruption in Albany.

«Throughout his career, Paul has counseled public officials on substantive policy issues and the most effective methods of community outreach.

This is a plan that keeps spending under two percent, reforms New York's education bureaucracy, implements the nation's strongest and most comprehensive disclosure laws for public officials and makes the largest investment in the Upstate economy in a generation.

The former MP who served from 1996 to 2004 for the Ajumako - Enyan - Esiam Constituency, was one of the most popular public officials from the Central Region during the Kufuor era.

These measures will create the strongest and most comprehensive ethics laws for public officials of any state in the nation,» said Governor Cuomo.

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

Ethics Reform Includes Nation's Strongest and Most Comprehensive Disclosure Laws for Public Officials with Outside Income

ALBANY — When Joe Martens, then - commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and his co-workers took a dip earlier this month in one of the nation's most polluted lakes, federal officials warned them that it was not just a bad idea, but it also sent the public the wrong message.

«One of the most important things the legislature can do in an effort to restore some faith in the system is to pass the proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure elected officials like Sheldon Silver, who abused their office for their own personal benefit, would not receive a public pension,» said Little in a statement.

It should punish Silver for the vast harm he has caused and the position of trust that he exploited, deter other elected officials from the temptation towards corruption, and communicate to the public that the rule of law applies even to the most prominent of public officials.»

Edwin said: «It is therefore appalling that BUA Group in the midst of these overwhelming facts will still want the public to believe that Dangote Group is after its business when in actual fact BUA has been the one mining illegally in Dangote Mining Lease and attacking its officials without any justification... The crocodile tears being shed by BUA in its cry for help and open letter to the President is most laughable and a total distraction from BUA's continuous illegal activities within Dangote's ML 2541 aimed at depleting and exhausting the limestone reserves in order to sabotage Dangote Group's legitimate investment.»

Lawmakers snubbed all of his proposals except the most obvious one: a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent public officials convicted of corruption from collecting state pensions.

The EPA's new guidance will go a long way in protecting public health and arming local officials with the most up - to - date information to keep our drinking water safe from harmful contaminates.»

No city or statewide elected official — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, the entire City Council and most of the borough presidents — or labor union has thoroughly resisted the reality of a breakaway Democratic conference aiding Republicans.

New York Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson was among nine public officials honored by Governing magazine as among the most «outstanding leaders in state and local government.»

In another indication that the world's most powerful politician has few qualms about battling local public officials, Trump again has sued the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser over the valuation of his Trump National Golf Club.

At 4 p.m., New York City Public Advocate Tish James, numerous women's organizations and elected officials will host «an emergency rally and call to action» following GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's most recent attack on women, Columbus Circle (60th and Broadway), Manhattan.

The government is hiking the costs of the process so much that most people simply won't be able to afford to mount a legal challenge against the executive - whether that's a government minister, your local council, or any other public sector area where busybody officials look to take shortcuts.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said he had raised concerns last year that Russians had sought to recruit Trump campaign officials in an effort to influence the election, providing the most expansive public remarks to date from an official involved at the time.

Most of the meeting consisted of PSC reps hearing and taking notes on statements from public officials, residents, activists and other local leaders and residents.

Most importantly, Ortt said the legislature needs to pass a constitutional amendment stripping pensions from elected officials who commit felonies related to their public office.

Governor Cuomo, in a brief statement after the budget was passed, called the package «the nation's strongest and most comprehensive disclosure laws for public officials.»

That's partly why the city's health department has been commended by public health officials across the country, including Tom Farley, former mayor Michael Bloomberg's health commissioner, even as local politicians — most prominently Governor Andrew Cuomo — have publicly wondered whether the department could have done more or acted quicker.

In the last 40 years, most outbreaks have infected only a couple dozen people, and most are confined inside a building, making it easy for public health officials to identify the source.