Sentences with phrase «n't run the council»

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

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«I'm not the kind of guy who ran for student council as a kid,» says the married father of three.

Cohn, who runs the National Economic Council, is not leaving for one particular reason, officials told the Times.

It is important not to oversensationalize the Council, which may prove to be a disappointment in the long run.

Donald Trump, who says he will announce next month whether he will run for president, called the Family Research Council's Perkins last week to chat for the first time, even though the thrice - married Trump isn't exactly known as a «family values» Republican.

The schools in question are not faith schools, or «schools with a religious character», but a combination of academies and council - run schools.

Since none of the New Testament was written while Jesus was allegedly alive, who's to say that Saul (and later the Council of Nicaea) simply just didn't remove all reference to Jesus» wife, because it conflicted with how they wanted their church to be run?

Grassley «is not just asking them to come in and talk, he is asking them for everything,» Kenneth Behr, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, told The Tampa Tribune, which in May ran a lengthy investigative report on the Whites» Without Walls church and its finances.

I'd gone to a couple of job clubs from the council and they weren't Christian - run.

For those of you who don't know, I am running against @JordanSpieth for Chairman of the @PGATOUR Player Advisory Council.

The Oakbrook Terrace City Council will begin discussions this week with the Oakbrook Terrace Park District about possible cost - cutting moves that could result in the transfer of some, if not all, of the functions of the city - run Butterfield Road youth center.

But, it sounded to me like the younger Giuliani, who is currently working for NYC Council Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, might be mulling a run closer to home sometime in the not - so - distant future.

Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

At the same time, I will make sure that the Council is run for the benefit of East Enders, not Whitehall bureaucrats and Westminster parties.

Kellner lost his Democratic primary for city council last year and did not run for re-election to the state Assembly this year.

Misratans should run their town's affairs through their new democratically - elected local council and Benghazi transparency activists must be involved in their local governance — but only as representatives of the central government and not as their own fiefdoms.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

Rochester City Council President Lovely Warren is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for Mayor, but her bid did not get off to a good start Wednesday night.

Insiders say County does not like Ferreras, and they want to either weaken her by running a formidable primary opponent, or knock her out of the Council altogether.

With Liu's recent endorsement of Grace Meng, Congress was out of the question and Peter Koo easily won reelection, so a Council run won't happen, at least not for another four years.

It is not a sure thing, however, as Chris Banks, the man who ran a tough primary race against Inez Barron in 2012, is seeking the Council seat this year.

And Mr. Gentile's office, too, would not say whether the councilman was definitely running for the seat — but said that as a prosecutor, state senator and now deputy majority leader in the Council, he'd «never backed away from a fight.»

If Yoni Hikind does not run, Kalman Yeger will have lucked into a Council seat without a competitive election.

«Look at the number of Local Governments we have, if we run true federalism, we would not be having 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and 20 Local Governments.

Users of its services will not become shareholders like John Lewis staff, but local residents who contribute to the running of services could see their council tax payment reduced.

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams is the latest name to surface as a possible 2018 Democratic primary challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and did not rule out the possibility of running, though he says he's currently «100 percent focused» on the Council speakership that opens in January.

McMahon, who represents the North Shore on the City Council, and Straniere are running for the 13th District Congressional seat left open by Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican who opted not to seek re-election after it was discovered he fathered a child outside of his marriage.

The two top Republicans on the town council have opted not to run this year, leaving an opening as veteran local politicians face off alongside newcomers.

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye): Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating Conservative - run East Sussex county council, which, after a disappointing grant from the Department for Education, has stepped in with # 12 million of capital that it had not planned to give to ensure that the St Leonards academy is rebuilt to provide better education in Hastings?

A number of top - tier Democrats have opted not to challenge de Blasio in the September primary, so far leaving him to face State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who handedly lost the Democratic mayoral primary in 2009 to then - comptroller Bill Thompson and Sal Albanese, a former City Council member from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2013.

«The only reason I can think to do this is [is that] when real numbers come out in June and show less - than - positive results, it will be Bill de Blasio's administration's fault and not on Bloomberg's twelve - year legacy running the schools,» charged Miriam Aristy - Farer, President of District 6's Community Education Council (CEC).

That's his problem, it's not that he doesn't know the name of the leader of the council or that he's running cost of living but doesn't know the cost of his living.

While the councilman has not yet officially declared his candidacy for any position, sources close to him said he's eyeing a run for comptroller if Liu leaves the post, setting up a potential challenge with fellow Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., who currently heads the Council's powerful Finance Committee.

Also, Cuomo didn't attend the Council's 2010 conference, sending his running mate, then - Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, in his place.

Under current rules, sex and relationship education is only compulsory in council - run secondary schools, but not for academies and free schools, or for primary school pupils.

Moya was not the preferred candidate back when he ran in a special election for the NYC Council seat being vacated by Monserrate when he was first elected to the Senate.

Hundreds of those who did vote in Malliotakis» race, but not for her, cast write - ins, including several for local Democrat Justin Brannan, who is now running for City Council, certain write - ins for presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and even gag votes for deceased individuals, such as Elvis Presley, or fictional characters from popular culture, such as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones.

With seven candidates vying for the two seats left open by Thomas and Reynolds opted to not re-run for their seats, deciding to run for Mayor instead, some Mt. Vernon residents don't even now the names of the all the city council candidates, which included Lisa A. Copeland and John Boykin who were running on the ticket with incumbent Mayor Davis who lost to Richard Thomas in the primary.

Many feel that Derbyshire County Council will be the toughest nut to crack in local government for us on 4th June, but one needs to remember that Labour have not faced us when there has not been a General Election on the same day since 1993... and that was not a good year for Conservatives anyway!Accordingly, we have worked hard to establish a Shadow Cabinet, engage in active but constructive opposition and really get to grips with the workings of the County Council so that we can put our vision for the future in place quickly; to employ a cliché: «to hit the ground running».

While a mayoral run is probably less likely than a City Council one, the speculation does not end there.

Over at the Riverdale Press (not 0n - line) Buddy Stein reports that Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is mulling over the idea of running for City Council in 2009.

What's more, members of the State Senate, House of Delegates and Montgomery City Council have little to risk by running because they are not standing for re-election until 2018.

New York City Council Member Eric Ulrich today endorsed Bo Dietl for mayor, supporting Dietl in a race that he may not get to run.

For the first time in at least eight years, Harrison's Democratic Committee will not run a full slate of Town Council candidates in the upcoming November election.

Quickly,» and not run on the Working Families Party line for City Council.

At the time, he did not rule it out, despite saying he was «100 percent solely focused» on running for City Council speaker.

The MP also addressed the Grenfell Tower disaster, asking why commissioners had not been sent in by the Government to take over the running of the «failing» Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council.

Williams first asked Mark - Viverito, who is term - limited from seeking re-election to the Council, if she is interested in running for Rep. Charles Rangel's seat in Harlem, after the longtime congressman announced he won't run again in 2016.

«When I ran for city council member at the age of 21 people said you couldn't do it.

Williams did not rule it out, even though he said right now he is «100 % solely focused» on running for the City Council speakership that opens in January.