Sentences with phrase «not public servants»

But not public servants that were just doing their job.

To find out — I am nothing if not a public servant — I hit up Hudson News at John F. Kennedy's Terminal 1 on a mission: assemble three healthy (ish) meals, using only offerings from New York City's favorite travel newsstand.

She's not a public servant.»

Shouldn't public servants be wholly truthful with us all the time?

(2) Any person appointed under subsection (1) who is not a public servant within the meaning of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 may be paid such remuneration and expenses as may be from time to time fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Possessing the ability to use good judgement sense to prevent criminal acts along with inherent compassion, I am nothing if not a public servant.

Not exact matches

In a statement, President Obama said of the astronaut and public servant, «John always had the right stuff, inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to Mars and beyond — not just to visit, but to stay... The last of America's first astronauts has left us, but propelled by their example we know that our future here on Earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

Politicians and public servants don't have the incentives to take the tough actions to control costs because they don't personally own the funds they are managing, nor do they have the profit motive to energize them.

He told CNN that it's «awkward» and «almost indecent» for someone who's claiming to be a great public servant to be caught not contributing his fair share to society.

There are many very capable public servants — but not many with experience of delivering multibillion - dollar transit projects, hospitals or stadiums.

Some readers will recall that public servants have been told to refer systematically to the «Harper government,» but that didn't begin until he had been the Prime Minister for nearly five years.

Public servants are not eligible for consideration.

These changes to the essential service regime will have the effect of meaning that a larger number of public servants can not exercise their right to strike.

• Boondoggles for bank executives; rather, their employees are salaried public servants (paid by the state, with a transparent pay structure) who would likely not earn bonuses, commissions or fees for generating loans.

When Canada shut down the program in 2014, it left a fully trained industry adept at selling immigration investment and public servants used to administering immigration investment programs, as well as a pipeline with thousands of clients from around the world who had applied to Canada's program and whose applications had not yet been processed.

It's a tremendous responsibility, and one elected officials elsewhere have decided is better left to public servants whose primary motivation isn't getting re-elected.

It wasn't until a public servant took it upon themselves to test the water in Prince Rupert schools this year that it was revealed that children and staff are being exposed to elevated lead levels.

Non-Christian nations tend to have a rough time establishing democracy, because they have no foundation of teaching self sacrifice and unselfish service and other moral values and a public servant in a democracy must not be motivated by greed.

Yer just ticked that granny smith apples don't receive a mass socie mob invite to the red apple gubmint red mass that the Public Servants receive from the original gubmint Church..

But if the time should ever come — and I do not concede any conflict to be even remotely possible — when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.»

The most generous interpretation I can think of goes something like this: Virginity would disqualify one for office, not precisely because it is a moral failing, but because it bespeaks a lack of experience, a naiveté we can ill afford in our public servants.

I don't want no stinkin» PUblic Servant with aspirations.

Directors of state lotteries now see themselves not as public servants, but as corporate managers of a billion - dollar industry who should do everything possible to maximize lottery revenue.

She has co-written this article as an academic, not as a public servant and not representing the views of the WA health department.

@Spectrum — your point relates to steps available to politicians who are public servants and answerable to their public office and not «contracts» for football services.

what arsenal needs now is creativity in the midfield like, d Silva, b Silva, de brne and pact wingers, get rid of xhaka, iwobi, and bellerin they are on free salaries, they are public servants not footballers wat a waste

Isn't it time we — and especially those public servants who come into contact with families — started to recognise a new reality?

«I'm a public servant, not a politician,» Pfefferman said.

As a public servant and not a politician, I simply could not do that to the village.»

The very modest pay and pensions of public servants did not cause the recession, so they should not be blamed or punished for it.

«We want Ekiti State workers to note that Fayose is nobody's friend; that is teachers, civil servants, public servants, local government workers, artisans, driver unions etc must note that Fayose is not your friend.

«This result shows that public servants, who provide vital services from the cradle to the grave, will not stand back while everything they have ever worked for is taken from them,» PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said.

However my transgression doesn't change my view that for many civil servants — and even for many others with very little relationship to elected government — local or national — purdah is an excuse to close down any public facing or vaguely innovative government activity.

My duty as a public servant is not something I take lightly and I will not walk away from it until I feel my job is done.»

Now I'm sure there are some religious leaders, artists and public servants who did maths, engineering or natural science but not many.

Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Benito Romano said, «Attorney General Schneiderman understands that New Yorkers not only need stronger enforcement tools for fighting corruption, but also systemic reforms that make public service more transparent and ethical, allowing honest, hard - working public servants to thrive.

In recent months we have seen Harriet Harman try to secure the right for MPs to spend our money on what they like and not tell us about it and government MPs continue to ask for over infl ation pay rises and huge increases in allowances, while at the same time tightening the screw on low paid public servants and jobless people on benefits.

«I'm running because I believe public servants should be just that, servants, not self - serving,» the first - time candidate told supporters at a campaign kickoff covered by KBPS.

«This is not how honest and honorable public servants talk.

Rice spokesman Eric Phillips said her early indifference to voting doesn't mean she can't be an effective public servant.

The statistics keep changing, the series aren't the same, the functions and the roles keep altering and nothing is constant — particularly not the people who run the machine, for ministers and now senior public servants too live in a «here today gone tomorrow» world where they're no sooner settled in than they're out.

«It exposes in a very stark way that the present conventions on accountability between civil servants and ministers to Parliament and the public aren't working,» PAC chair Margaret Hodge told Today.

Yet while they'll profess admiration for individual public servants, mainstream politicians have over the past three decades relentlessly promoted a narrative which has taught us to believe that publicly - owned services such as the NHS aren't quite good enough.

Leaving City Hall Friday, Mr. de Blasio defended Ms. Noerdlinger, once a top aide to Rev. Al Sharpton, telling reporters that «we don't care what someone's boyfriend says, we care what the public servant is about, as she is very dedicated to working to bring police and community together and that's what we care about.»

«This is definitely not the way the County Executive, a public servant, should be doing the business of the people,» said BOL Chairman Ken Jenkins (D - Yonkers).

Which is darn strange because as you know, public servants around Albany don't cotton much to freedom of information.

A governor and his deputy should not take more than what public servants get as pension.

He explained that Section 13 of Act 959 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act is not amendable to the provisions of Article 199 of the 1992 Constitution, which deals with the retiring age of public servants «because the Special Prosecutor and the Deputy Special Prosecutor are not appointed under Chapter 14 of the Constitution.»

If he can't be trusted to be truthful with a finical report how can he be trusted to be a public servant?»