Sentences with phrase «not local district»

«Those cases will be the providence of the attorney general and not the local district attorney.
The sponsors of the special investigation legislation in a legislative memo said placing such control in Schneiderman's office would have put investigations of police - related deaths in the hands of a comparatively independent entity and not a local district attorney.
«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.
Isn't that a local district issue?
The Advocate: Lafayette educator association says the state, not local districts, should fund state - approved charter schools http://bit.ly/1Rwm9gf

Not exact matches

Not exactly a brand - friendly approach, especially after you layer on the numbers for locals and districts.
Not one person voting in Tuesday's hotly contested special election in the local 18th District said the tariffs would affect their choice.
Members are responsible for these taxes if the local school district has an income tax, but OPERS can not withhold the tax from the benefit payment.
The school district does not plan to discipline him for the offense, according to Local 10 News.
Besides inflation, the provincial government has fobbed off a whole array of additional downloaded costs to local school districts — costs the government largely controls, but doesn't provide sufficient funding to cover.
Furthermore, Hoge and Wenger discovered a consensus among judicatory officers regarding pastors who have left local church ministry: «These pastors tended to be loners in the district or presbytery, for whatever reason not part of ministerial friendship groups or action groups.
A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.
This local appeal also extends to products in well - established categories like apple juice, where drinks are appearing that use local varieties / origins to encourage trial - «tude Gala «tude Apple Juice uses Gala apples, Trader's Joe's McIntosh uses McIntosh apples, and Giant Eagle Market District Valencia Orange Juice is not - from - concentrate and uses only 100 % Florida oranges.
The name of a Congressional district as a local rallying cry: not normal.
With the backing of the local party, and depending on the district, it wouldn't be shocking for him to win the general either.
They were not going to [local bars - and - restaurants district] Aggieville.
However, just like Social Security, I would not expect Washington (or Austin, or Sacramento, or...) to provide everything that the local district / school needs.
But don't underestimate what individual people at the local level (especially someone as powerful as big district Supt) can do.
The 20 acres of land a developer wants to set aside for for parks in the giant Thornwood development in South Elgin isn't sufficient and the land is mostly unusable, according to a local Park District official.
Sharon — Oh, what I wouldn't give to have Ann Cooper running food service for our local school district!
Ann Cooper, who runs food service for our local school district, says you can't expect everything to improve overnight.
The school district also allows frozen and canned local product into their «Harvest of the Month» program to show students that local food comes in many forms — and doesn't always have to be fresh!
Yet I don't think that failure has been due to a lack of commitment on the part of my district; rather, as explained to those of us on the Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, a district as large as ours (300 schools) faces unique challenges in relying on local sources to supply produce for its 200,000 meals served daily.
Since the United States educational system usually develops policies from the local level, some districts feel that the new standards rolling out nationwide are simply too cookie cutter and won't be in the best interest of local areas.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — The first opposition to an Arlington Heights Park District tax referendum proposal arose Tuesday when a local tax watchdog group announced it would not support the plan.
The planetarium, which sits on Park District land, has seen a slight increase in attendance recently as more locals stay close to home during vacations, but officials don't expect that trend to continue.
In 1981, local residents objected so vociferously to a proposal to close the zoo to meet Chicago Park District budget cuts that the district found money not only to keep it open, but to renoDistrict budget cuts that the district found money not only to keep it open, but to renodistrict found money not only to keep it open, but to renovate it.
The owners of a south suburban golf course vowed Wednesday not to sell their property to a local park district unless legally forced to do so.
The district also is offering a service for local not - for - profit community organizations to publicize registration dates and special activities on PDTV's bulletin boards.
These districts have found that not only can a regional food system be more efficient than a local or conventional one, but «when food grown regionally is eaten in season, it's tastier when it reaches kids» lunch trays — and there's a better chance that kids will eat it.»
While many local districts have crafted updated health curriculum, the law itself hasn't been updated in more than 70 years.
In addition, the memo says, debts too difficult to collect must be written off as operating losses and may not be covered by the food service account, but by finding money «which may come from the district's general fund, special funding from the state or other local sources, or any other non-Federal sources.»
Liberty Lake (KXLY)- Local foods coming to school cafeterias today Andy Billig, representative for the 3rd legislative district in Spokane, says this project is not only good for students, but business as well.
There is so much that Americans don't understand about their OWN school systems and local school districts.
She said she was interested in the park district race as well because she does not want the local YMCA to be affected by a potential community center that the park district have talked about before.
I don't envy the task of a trying to ensure quality control at 300 local schools, and I'll write more about the issue of on - site quality control as I learn more from my district.
Residents at the hearing complained their local pool options are limited since the Wheaton Park District does not have an indoor pool either.
Why not leave it up to local districts, and in ten years see which ones have the healthiest graduates?
The Park District, whose officials could not be reached for comment Thursday, used about $ 441,000 in state and local funds to develop the land at Oak Hollow and another village open space, Munao Park, according to the agency's documents.
Negotiations between the Addison Park District and owners of a local ice arena and fitness center appear to be deteriorating, and key figures on both sides are indicating they do not have enough information to proceed.
That's despite a considerable amount of grumbling by local municipal and school district officials and business leaders about the lack of mandate relief that was promised by the administration to take the edge off the cap's impact, but so far has not materialized.
The result would not be the same in my example of «fair» districting because the second ideal would also be fulfilled: representatives would be from all around the state each district having a local person (s).
Even after throwing his hat in the ring, Sean has been absent in the local community events — if you think you don't need support of the people in the district — think again.
Spitzer was, not surprisingly, furious, and he embarked on what he called an «Unfinished Business» tour, calling out local senators in their home districts, and urging «everyone who cares about good government to call their state senator and urge him or her to get back to work.»
Each district does not have its own local laws.
But most organizations will have to make a choice about where to concentrate, and here's why: most of our organizing tools aren't so great at targeting congressional district offices, where local voices can stand out.
«Due to serious concerns over the rollout of new electronic voting machines in several counties within the district, the local financial burden of holding a special election so close to the regular election cycle, as well as the possible disenfranchisement of overseas military voters who would not be able to participate, I will call for a Special Election to be held on November 2, 2010.»
If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.
Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.
Local activist Kamillah Hanks is running against her, assailing the incumbent for not doing enough or being responsive to the district's needs.
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