Sentences with phrase «on big money donors»

Latimer must rely on big money donors to support his inaccurate mailers because he either does not care enough to attend public forums on issues important to constituents, or he is too feeble.

«Government can't succeed and can't really work for ordinary New Yorkers until we do restore the public trust,» said Scharff, who believes that can only happen if there's less reliance on big money donors and more on small donors.

Not exact matches

By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

Spoiler alert: she does not go into detail about how fentanyl dealers used the real estate market to launder drug money or how B.C. casinos (also big donors to her party) helped international high rollers convert duffel bags of dirty cash into down payments on luxury homes.

The Republicans during their negotiations on the bill that was PASSED by Congress insisted that their big money donors the insurance corporations were not cut out of Obamacare.

Just being able to sign big money world class players is what has papered over their cracks, but the likes if Arsenal don't have a donor who will lose # 50 million on a flop player and take it as nothing.

The biggest critique that I have is that in resent political cycles there have been concerted efforts to bring in small donors on the left while the right has relied mostly on the traditional big money contributions.

Casale said Cox is also working on raising money from some «very big» donors, and asking members of the party's finance committee to recommit.

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple Limited Liability Companies.

People - Powered - Politics, with a focus on how digital organizing can help us counter the wave of big - donor money that's flowing into the 2012 elections.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

Without small - donor public financing of campaigns, New Yorkers who manage to get a ballot will stay stuck with candidates dependent on big - money donors.

«Unilateral moves like this risk being seen as overtly partisan, and could make it even harder for parties to get round the table and thrash out a deal on the real problem: their over-reliance on big donors» money.

Hedge funder Simons, whose money to the state Democrats made him the third - largest donor of the 2014 election cycle, arguably had his biggest influence on state politics when he made a $ 150 million donation to Stony Brook University contingent on the Legislature agreeing to a SUNY - wide raising of tuition.

It was only a few short winters ago the Occupy Albany tents were set up across from the Capital in Academy Park, trying to shake loose the hold of Wall Street and big money donors on state government.

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items, including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple limited liability companies.

In his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaigns.

Commonly cited concerns include the potential for outsized influence of big money donors on the policy process relative to more traditional voices in public education debates, such as teachers and other education practitioners.

As for the day's developments, the leftie wallahs at ThinkProgress have a piece on the Mann vs Steyn trial of the century, and by comparison with the excitable Pajama Boys of last week (latest to Xerox the party line: Philadelphia Magazine) it's a pretty fair statement of where we're at (and even the comments - Fox News, big - money donors - are comparatively genial).