Sentences with phrase «of members of the public say»

Eighty - six per cent of members of the public say it is possible to be tolerant of the rights of others while being protective of the «traditional rights of many» at the same time, Widdecombe argued.

A solid 67 % of members of the public say they support continuing the federal requirement for annual testing, while just 21 % oppose the idea, with the remainder taking a neutral position.

Not exact matches

By tradition, the junior members of the Governing Council say little in public that hasn't already been said by their boss, the governor.

The findings of the investigation headed by former Attorney General Eric Holder will be made public, board member Arianna Huffington said in a call with reporters on Thursday afternoon.

«There are quite a few board members of public companies who never speak to the media,» says Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of board education and advisory firm The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance.

Karen Thomas, senior executive vice president for government relations and public policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, said most of its members still feel it's too risky to take the plunge.

Uber said California should allow paying members of the public to ride in autonomous vehicles with drivers.

«There are a number of requirements that public companies have independent board members,» says Mike Gould, a partner in the Chicago office of PricewaterhouseCoopers» capital markets transaction services practice.

«We don't need mandates,» said Lauren «Bubba» McDonald, a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, who is widely credited with helping jumpstart the state's solar industry.

Although members of The People's Vote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit again.

«The welfare ministry is in a difficult position — it will not and can not say, «public pensions are in trouble and you won't be receiving much,»» said Hideyuki Morito, a member of a government panel on pensions and professor of law at Keio University.

In a statement to news site The Verge on Monday, the Air Force's 45th Space Wing, which is tasked with keeping the public safe during launches, said that the shutdown has caused it to remove «key members of the civilian workforce» from its efforts.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

Tvert says it's «not really a matter of Republicans versus Democrats» because there are members of either party who are «more progressive» on the legalization debate than others, «but public attitudes are clearly shifting... and it's only a matter of time before that is reflected in laws nationwide.»

Paul Murphy, an Irish member of the European parliament, decried the secrecy of the negotiations, saying they had «been driven by Canadian and European multinationals and agrobusiness that want market access and access to vital public services so they can profit at the expense of working - class people.»

«But compared to members of the general public who have full - time jobs, he still has some time off to look after the children, to give them their baths, to put them to bed and I think he'll continue to do that,» Joseph said.

The CEO said he would indeed remain a member, reaffirming a commitment to stay part of the group he made prior to the meeting, following the resignation from the council of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in response to both employee and public reaction.

Darryl Walker, president of the BCGEU, says his members are worried and want more money to go into public projects and smaller communities.

The chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, James Doty, said Wednesday that board member Jeanette Franzel will meet with representatives of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and eight companies on Thursday to discuss concerns about the unintended consequences of the PCAOB inspection process and changes to internal controls reviews.

«These moving billboards, as we call them, are a great educational tool for the motoring public,» said Elisabeth Barna, ATA's chief operating officer and a member of the TMAF executive committee, at the Mid-America Truck Show in Louisville.

Still, in 2015, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) President Jack Mozloom said that the federation's members «are strongly opposed» to a paid - leave mandate, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a membership organization for individual HR professionals, has taken a public position supporting only voluntarily provided paid - leave programs.

A key, early goal of the visit: Butterfield said he and three fellow CBC members plan to ask tech executives to attend a public «summit» focused on diversity.

The use by the respondents of the aforesaid false, misleading and deceptive statements, representations and practices has had, and now has, the capacity and tendency to mislead members of the public into the erroneous and mistaken belief that said statements and representations were and are true and into the investment of substantial sums of money to participate in the respondents» multilevel marketing program and the purchase of substantial quantities of respondents» products by reason of said erroneous and mistaken belief.

«Many members of the public voiced their support for the measures and the product list through telephone calls, emails and other means,» the ministry said.

In a statement the Charity Commission said: «In March 2014 complaints were received from members of the public alleging the charity was being used for private advantage.

Catholic Matters Archbishop Charles J. Chaput («St. Paul in the Public Square,» June / July 2009) says there are 65 million Catholics in the United States, but it seems to me that many of these so - called Catholics are members in name only.

The justices, by an 8 - 1 vote, said Wednesday that members of Westboro Baptist Church had a right to promote what they call a broad - based message on public matters such as wars.

The members of today's intense religious groups and not a few members of the larger public like to get even closer to home, rubbing texts like these into contemporary Christian consciousness: «Now great multitudes accompanied Jesus; and he turned and said to them, «If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he can not be my disciple»» (Luke 14:25 f.).

She said: «I think this private member's bill follows a trend we've seen in America with the introduction of state legislation to undermine LGBT and other equality laws with an increase of so - called conscientious objection exemptions for public employees providing public services.»

Since people behave differently in small intimate groups than in large public ones, there are some things we can say about the behavior of people in groups that refer to the structure of the group rather than to the individuality of its members....

This he says is necessary in order to protect members of the public from «faith criteria or faith requirements» they have not «voluntarily accepted.»

With the many Chaldeans that woke up this morning and were picked up by [ICE] agents, there is a lot of confusion and anger,» he said, going on to discourage members from heated public demonstrations.

As the U.S. bishops, including the archbishop of Denver, have said many times, both major political parties have many good Catholics as members, both have important strengths, and neither fully represents a Catholic approach to public policy.

Are you saying that members of Christian Churches should not be allowed to release statements commenting on public policy???

The Druid Network, which has about 350 members, sought charitable status for «the advancement of religion for public benefit and no other purpose,» the commission said in its ruling.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention had issued a statement Wednesday saying that the ad that first aired during the Super Bowl sends dangerous and insensitive messages, and it asked members of the public to write to the automaker and ask that the ad be pulled.

Rev Kelvin Inglis, Rector of St Thomas» Church, said: «The service will bring together city leaders and representatives, members of the business community and local people, together with leaders and members of the emergency and public services.

Announcing the murder probe on Monday evening, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Dickson, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Serious Crime Branch, said: «Police were called to the scene after concerns were raised by a member of the public in relation to Mr Flowerday.

Although Nineteen is part of the TPC Sawgrass, it is open to the public as well as club members, and Gonzalez says that creates a challenge in a way because many people assume they won't be able to get a table without being a member or the guest of a member.

«We are proud to have worked alongside Members of Congress, as well as a broad coalition of public health and education groups and others in the food and beverage industry, to see this bill pass,» Neely said.

«The USDA has violated the public's trust in the USDA organic label, and will continue to undermine the value of the label in the market as long as it ignores the legal authority of the NOSB, and of public process, to establish the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances,» said Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides and a former member of the NOSB.

«Fonterra can comfortably pursue both [higher milk prices and shareholder returns] because its milk price is rules - based and subject to oversight by a panel chaired by an independent director of Fonterra [and with a majority of its members being independent] coupled with oversight by NZ's competition regulator through a very public process,» he said.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

Far better that they say «We dug up some dirt, why not take a look» instead of labelling those involved as some how sub human and then trying to force down our throats the impression that we as members of the public should be offended by the behaviour of the individuals concerned.

«What members of the board say in public can, however unwittingly, advance the plaintiffs» goals and injure the university.

The FAI released a statement, saying: «Following inaccurate media reports which refer to an incident involving a member of the public this evening at the Republic of Ireland team hotel, we wish to clarify that Roy Keane called the Gardai following the incident.

Tressa Eaton from Serious Eats says, «Urban fruit - harvesting engages a community, makes community members aware of their own local (and often organic) food resources, provides an opportunity for neighbors to meet over the boughs of fruit trees, and brings up important questions about public space.

«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.

Nestle's Public Affairs Manager, Marie Chantal Messier in response to a letter from Mike Brady of Baby Milk Action said that Nestle's CSV council charter stipulated that «if so desired, Council members may receive compensation for time spent devoted to the Council at a rate of CHF 25,000 per annum, assuming participation in a minimum of one meeting per year».

«Comcast is a leader in providing parents the tools and the knowledge they need to make the right decisions about what members of their family should be able to see on their TV and online,» said Joe Waz, Senior Vice President for External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel at Comcast and FOSI board member.