Sentences with phrase «of local referendums»

A big increase in the number of directly - elected mayors — rejected by the great majority of local referendums

The prospect of local referendums, or of Ministers championing Councils who transfer community assets, would have been unthinkable during the last Parliament.

A Dangerous Game looks at the destruction caused by building and maintaining luxury golf courses in areas as diverse as New Jersey, Dubai, Scotland, China, and Croatia (where a World Heritage protected site was green - lighted, even with the passage of a local referendum against it had an 84 % majority), and asks some hard questions about the ethics and appropriateness of continuing to construct super-luxury resorts when they have such negative effects on the surrounding communities.

Not exact matches

Since there are no exit polls for the referendum, unlike the general election, this is our best gauge of voter sentiment until results start trickling in from local counting areas around 1 a.m. BST.

Although we will still block content based on standards and local laws, our hope is that this system of personal controls and democratic referenda should minimize restrictions on what we can share.

«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.

Any substantial defections requiring the support of major opposition party New Democracy would open up the possibility of broader changes to the government or a referendum, said Saravelos, who calculates that between 10 and 40 Syriza lawmakers could dissent based on local media reports.

Ireland had just had an election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum result) in one of his first speeches in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.

Before opening her own firm, Bailey - Chapman held a number of public affairs and advocacy leadership positions including vice president of public affairs for Penn National Gaming, the country's second largest gaming company, where she oversaw a multi-state government affairs team and managed several local and statewide referenda campaign efforts.

Although the local historical society wants the former manufacturing plant and administrative offices of Jewel Tea to be given historical landmark status, village trustees Monday concurred with Park District residents who supported its demolition in a March referendum issue.

In February of 2008, Fox Valley Park District residents approved a $ 44.8 million referendum to fund improvements for local parks, trails and public facilities, acquire new land for additional recreation space, preserve Fox River shoreline areas and create additional venues for athletic fields, and numerous other goals.

Village trustees suggested Monday night that a referendum be held to see whether the public would approve of spending village tax revenue on a project that benefits mostly the Park District and local businesses that participate in the Taste and Touch of Palatine.

Jeremy Corbyn's reach and ability to win votes will shortly be put to the test, first with a series of local and devolved elections and then with June's referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

«All of the affected electors will also be written to by their local Electoral Registration Officer with an explanation of what happened and will be told that they will not be able to vote at the referendum,» they said in a statement.

For example, it proposes an automatic referendum trigger to approve increases in council tax beyond the ceiling set by government, and seeks to make the setting of senior pay in local authorities more transparent.

Prominent among them is the ability of local communities to propose development which, if it meets certain safeguards and get 50 per cent of support in a local referendum, can be built without planning permission.

First, because age and education are the biggest demographic correlates of referendum vote choice, we have weighted the YouGov respondents in each local authority so that their age and education profile matches that for that council as measured by the 2011 Census.

To secure his grip on power in RS by perpetuating an environment of fear of violence, Mr Dodik is using the referendum as part of his campaign for the 2016 local elections.

Without the approval of referendums, Osborne's mayors are another top - down fix to basic questions about how communities organise and decide local priorities.

It would be inappropriate to devote public revenues to a private casino corporation when the people of New York were promised after the casino referendum that these casinos would be generating revenue for their local economies and would become economic engines themselves.

Almost all English district and unitary councils — 279 of 293 — held elections too, and there were also votes for six mayors, for many parish and town councils, plus the odd local referendum.

Councils must call a local referendum to get the approval of voters if they want to put bills up by more than 2 per cent, under rules set by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.»

The referenda were for the individual local authorities only, even in the case of Manchester where a Greater Manchester combined authority existed.

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The cap could be overridden only by a vote of the local governing board and a 60 percent majority in a local referendum.

The New York State League of Women Voters provides materials to its local chapters on the upcoming referendum.

[16][17] There have been campaigns in four of the local authorities with directly elected mayors to hold referendums to abolish the posts.

And while the county Legislature torpedoed Consensus» recommendation of holding a referendum in November, Mahoney managed to win support of local mayors, town supervisors and school district representatives for her County - Wide Shared Service Plan earlier this year.

Moreover, in December 2012, the wide majority of residents of Alba, where Rosia Montana is situated, made a conscious decision to boycott a local referendum regarding the resumption of mining in the Apuseni Mountains and the gold mining exploitation at Rosia Montana.

«If you curtail the power of an elected official via a local law you have to put it to a mandatory referendum and this would be a clear case where the underlying authority to establish fees is vested in the town board,» Sabatino said.

Behind Europe, to be sure, but well ahead of such «Westminster bubble» issues as House of Lords reform, reform of local government, or even the referendum on Scottish independence.

According to a Local Government Minister, O.B Amoah, for the MMDCE elections to be possible, there is a need for a referendum to be held or Article 55 (3) of the Constitution amended to make the position a partisan one.

The 19 - member volunteer Commission on Local Government Modernization, or Consensus, started the year with ambitious hopes of putting a referendum before voters in November.

In the first of a new series of diaries from the People's Pledge campaign, Chris Bruni - Lowe, co-founder and campaign director, announces the next move — three simultaneous local referendums

One EU Referendum later the local election in May 2018 saw the party take less than 5 % of the votes.

What normally would have been a local contest with little national interest partially evolved into an early referendum on Obama, his polices to jumpstart the economy, and the reputations of the Democratic and Republican parties, as both national parties and their congressional committees poured money and resources into the race.

Ms Villiers, generally perceived as detached from local affairs, caused consternation in Belfast by openly campaigning with the DUP ahead of the EU referendum.

Given the backdrop of last year's independence referendum in Scotland and the prime minister's ensuing call for greater devolution of powers to local and regional arenas, it is no surprise that the spectre of a Northern Powerhouse as a new city region has reared its head.

The Premier's major speech marks the start of the final six week countdown to the landmark June 23 referendum which will see both sides throw their all at it now that the local elections are over.

The proposal contained in Cuomo's budget plan would require local government leaders on the county level to convene a review of ways to share services on the municipal level, with a plan that would be voted on in a public referendum by November.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's proposals to force local authorities to hold a referendum each time they increase council tax by more than a central government controlled level, Director of Unlock Democracy, Peter Facey said:

The budget office also pointed to the benefits the revenue would have on property tax bills, along with school and local government aid — something of a long - form version (with numbers) of the referendum language voters will see in November.

11:16 - Hello and welcome to one of our mammoth live blogs, covering the local and mayoral elections and mayoral referenda.

Like many local elected officials in the wake of the statewide casino referendum's passage last year, Yepsen had to navigate the push for a casino and a passionate base of opposition to one.

In its manifesto for last week's local elections, the BNP said its councillors would «seek a local referendum asking parents for their backing for a local prohibition on the teaching of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle choice».

A judge is blocking the Village of Owego's taxpayer - funded poll on whether local residents favor abolishing their police force, saying the survey is likely an «improper and unlawful» non-binding referendum under state law.

In May, alongside the local and (in Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to consider.

Bloomberg spent $ 7 million of his own money pushing nonpartisan elections in a 2003 referendum that failed 70 % to 30 %, but never wavered in his belief that removing party labels in local elections would lead to better competition and decrease the power of political bosses.

The referendum plan, he says, will mean councils have to defend their budget decisions and bill increases to the local electorate instead of Whitehall.

Under the new proposals laid out today by the Communities and Local Government Department, any local authority that sets its council tax increase above a fixed ceiling, approved by Parliament each year, would trigger an automatic referendum of all registered electors in their Local Government Department, any local authority that sets its council tax increase above a fixed ceiling, approved by Parliament each year, would trigger an automatic referendum of all registered electors in their local authority that sets its council tax increase above a fixed ceiling, approved by Parliament each year, would trigger an automatic referendum of all registered electors in their area.