Sentences with phrase «of local controversy»

Apparently, the story has generated quite a bit of local controversy over who was right: Paul, the dissatisfied customer, or Angellino's, the stiffed restaurant.

Not exact matches

While the purchase occurred more than two years ago, the controversy arose because eight holding companies controlled by Zuckerberg filed so - called «quiet title» lawsuits against hundreds of locals.

The new cans court a different kind of controversy by painting Budweiser, the self - proclaimed King of Beers, as a «local» product.

The state and local tax deduction, a lightening rod for controversy in high - tax states, would be limited to property taxes of up to $ 10,000.

It will require that we turn more of our attention homeward, away from raging national controversies and toward the everyday lives of our living moral communities — toward family, school, and congregation; toward civic priorities and local commitments; toward neighbors in need and friends in crisis.

Meanwhile, the World and National councils of churches, myriad regional and local councils, the many bilateral conversations, and unity efforts like the Consultation on Church Union have continued to do their work largely out of the public eye except for occasional moments of media - orchestrated controversy.

[I'm not convinced that one side or the other has the edge on «bullying,» but I certainly share Caryn's serious concerns over governments threatening to withold building permits from Chick - fil - A, (the same strategy was used here in East Tennessee to try and prevent local Muslims from building a mosque), and her critique of the unfortunate public «outing» this controversy inspired.]

There is currently a controversy in this community over whether or not to include a «we agnostics» group (a 12 step AA group) in the local directory of meetings.

(Wellesley, Massachusetts) A Wellesley Middle School field trip to a local mosque has sparked controversy in the affluent community west of Boston after a video surfaced showing some of the students praying inside the hall.

Moreover, at a time of increasing specialization, local churches can be the meeting place for a genuine exchange of views, a marketplace of ideas and values, a place where — within an environment of Christian love and support — people can deal with controversy in realistic and productive ways.

Ferguson begins his search for Lincoln in Richmond, Virginia, where ¯ in 2003 ¯ a great controversy surrounded the installation, in a local plaza, of a statue of the sixteenth president of the United States.

In the controversy over the subpoena issued to local pastors in Houston who opposed an anti-discrimination ordinance, it is wise to heed the rhetoric of its defenders even as the subpoenas have evoked national protest.

I remember the controversies in Kelowna when Wimber came but the controversies were local not because of Wimber... Then of course Toronto..

Less than a year since more than half of its members resigned in the midst of the I - Square controversy, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, in her first State of the County address, introduced major changes to the local Industrial Development Agency.

Dislocating businesses has been a major source of controversy since the downtown hospital was announced, even dividing local officials.

The warning came as the controversies over the identity of the Liberian corpse brought into a hospital in Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi local government area of Anambra State, are yet to die down.

Late last February, Mayor Bill de Blasio reversed three Success Academy co-locations, setting off a firestorm of controversy between his administration and local charter leaders.

Initially Esposito was due to face Republican Anthony Senft, but he dropped out of the race in the midst of a controversy over waste dumping in a local park.

During an extended interview with local media last week, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy weighed in on the mosque - near - Ground - Zero controversy, saying that while the developers have a right to move forward with the project, it would be better for them to honor the feelings of the 9/11 families and consider an alternate site.

He points to the controversy over Cuomo's gun control measure — the SAFE Act — as an example of an issue that could be shaking down at the local voting booths.

The final report of the Commission on Local Government Modernization, better known as Consensus, has generated controversy, in particular the recommendation to establish a new form of metropolitan government that would include both the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The current controversy in Hoosick Falls began more than a year and a half ago when Michael Hickey, a resident whose father had died in 2013 of kidney cancer, began conducting his own tests on local wells.

As controversy has swirled around a Pittsfield museum's plan to sell parts of its permanent collection to fund a multi-million dollar expansion and future vision, a local state representative is supporting the institution's leadership.

The Thurman Station Association, a local group of community volunteers, has stepped in to take over the Jack Wax Party after controversy erupted over the handling of the party's proceeds occurred late last year and the former town board decided to conduct oversight of the event — but a new town board in January rescinded the resolution that both established town involvement and named former town Deputy Supervisor Susan Shepler to organize the event.

Since then, two IDA boards, four school districts, hundreds of Valley Stream taxpayers, and about a dozen state and local lawmakers have become embroiled in a controversy over the mall's tax incentives that have been blamed for steep tax hikes for residents.

One of the questions that keeps coming up in this county - versus - city sales tax controversy is why would County Executive Mike Hein alienate almost every local elected official in the county?

► Speaking of policy and bias: Also in this week's Science, Edwin Cartlidge reported on the controversy surrounding an industry - sponsored report that holds «activities at a local oil field» blameless for two deadly earthquakes that struck Italy in 2012.

Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew Yong's claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy, but when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Yong must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.

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Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood's Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities.

But the impact - aid rules at the center of the dispute could cause similar disruption in other states and plunge the federal government into local controversies over education finance.

«The local affiliates doing this work and teachers have remained really committed, and both unions have been committed to providing resources to members despite some of the political controversy,» attests Gates Foundation staffer Lynn Olson, who works with the unions on their Common Core endeavors.

A union - led coalition of local and national groups has launched a campaign against Ohio's charter school program, hoping to stir up enough controversy to make charter schools an election issue.

Merrill said Tuesday that Wake County has been «dragging its feet» in committing to any of its prospective options, all of which are sure to spur controversy in the community, as local officials await any sign of a direction from the state legislature.

Camden, which is home to arguably the state's lowest - performing schools, has been at the center of this controversy, with Christie announcing the act in the city and some high - profile players poised to make bids for local projects.

However, local media lavished most of its coverage of the race on campaign spending and the charter school controversy.

Emphasize the local news hook — when you'll be in town, what you'll be doing when you're there, and how your expertise can tie into the events that are happening there or the controversies that are unfolding or the politics of the area.

There is a lot of controversy regarding early neutering of large breeds as some believe it hinders growth and causes certain health problems so get as much information as possible from the breeder and your local vet.

And they learned that the biologist not only had been a vocal advocate of controlling outdoor cat populations to protect birds and other wildlife but also had sparked controversy as a graduate student in Athens, Georgia, for trapping free - roaming cats and taking them to the local shelter.

The student that designed the shirt initially said he wanted to donate 50 % of the proceeds to a local animal defense league «because we knew there would be a controversy about the shirts, you know, animal rights, stuff like that.»

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> The nationwide debate over how best to manage the tens of millions of feral cats estimated to roam freely in communities throughout the country has found its way to Ulster County, where a controversy over the practices of a local animal shelter in High Falls has hit a fevered pitch.

The local horse carts in the Gilis attract a little bit of controversy.

In Verona, New Jersey, recently, a controversy erupted over train tracks installed as part of a Holocaust memorial outside a local synagogue.

I think a lot of the temperature data controversies could be addressed by examining agricultural journals, local farming newspapers, and similar sources, where daily temperature and precipitation data were published.

I think that this article is more of a local interest story than an attempt to actually describe the scientific controversy.

Since there is controversy over the subject of climate change, it is important to study the behaviour of ice sheets in the past, in order to predict what may happen in the futureThe study focused on «erratic» rocks, which are rocks that differ totally from the local sedimentary rocks and have been transported there by moving ice.

The controversy is not about the immediate local consequences of condensation or about any other issue of such basics, it's about the claim that you present a previously disregarded mechanism for driving winds.

The fascinating story of the British aid worker Emma McCune who went to work for Street Kids International in Southern Sudan in the early 1990s and who created great controversy when she married Riek Machar, a local Sundanese rebel commander.

Though there has been some controversy surrounding its effectiveness, the RSPO works with some 300 member companies to help ensure that no more rainforest is chopped down for palm oil plantations, that all plantations minimize their environmental impact, and that the rights of local people and plantation workers are respected in producing palm oil.

The Board decides controversies and disputes between local boards of education and employee organizations representing school system personnel.