Sentences with phrase «party bosses who»

In truth, they have been tricked by wordplay into joining a large political party complete with a pantheon of party bosses who engage in back room horse - trading shenanigans like every other party.

Rob Ryan, Hoffman's campaign adviser, suggests the trend is the result of GOP party bosses who want to even the score from November when Hoffman embarrassed Republicans who refused to endorse him.

Helping to seal the deal was a mayor with little interest in placating the old - school party bosses who spurned his candidacy.

Making the council speaker a publicly elected position would take the power away from the party bosses who currently control the process, he said.

Not exact matches

Sutton also likened the boss and his intention to stay as an uncle who doesn't want to leave a party and it is a good phrase which I agree with to some extent.

- Witten seems like the type who NEVER just hangs out as one of the guys on the team and has sweater parties at his house for his select guys - Witten is that one co-worker at your job that plays golf with the boss on the weekends and tells him who all to drop a surprise drug test on

Notre Dame's rugger boys, who didn't know a scrum - down from a loose - forward five years ago, scored with 15 seconds to go to win the Irish Challenge Cup, but plucky Toronto showed who was boss at the parties

The news will come as a disappointment to interested parties, especially United boss Sir Alex Ferguson who has been linked with a # 20million New Year raid.

Finding himself fifth choice behind strikers who had helped the club break a Football League record by winning nine consecutive matches without conceding a goal, a disgruntled le Fondre reportedly fell out with boss Jim Gannon and in January 2007 both parties felt a move would be beneficial, the striker joining north - west rivals Rochdale on loan.

«This so - called new Democratic Party is the party of the back - room bosses who are making sure that they're hand - picked minions continue in office.&rParty is the party of the back - room bosses who are making sure that they're hand - picked minions continue in office.&rparty of the back - room bosses who are making sure that they're hand - picked minions continue in office.»

«With all of the candidates who put their names forward for a vacant Senate seat in Westchester County, it's shocking that the party bosses would choose this one,» Reif said.

They have replaced Silver with Carl Heastie, the longtime Bronx Democratic boss who just fixed the selection of the new district attorney, orchestrating resignations and sidestepping voters so the local party plutocrats, including Heastie, don't have to look over their own shoulders.

The infighting amongst top brass of the party has cascaded to party grassroots and social media commentators who have in recent times turned attention to fighting proxy «wars» in defense of their «bosses».

Could a James Faleke, who never participated in the primaries of the party have replaced his late boss in the supplementary poll?

He's moving up to replace his boss, Matt Masterson, who is departing for a job in the private sector, party Chairman Ed Cox announced this afternoon.

Mr. Díaz, not unknown to make controversial statements, said he wants to «show the high level of hypocrisy among many, many people in this business of politics and media» regarding Mr. Lopez, who was once the powerful boss of Brooklyn's Democratic Party before his sexual harassment scandal shook the state's political landscape a few weeks ago.

But many reforms to the board, which is made up of patronage appointments by political party bosses in each county, will be beyond the reach of Mr. de Blasio, who said he believed legislative action was needed.

Four year later, Ferraro entered the 1978 Democratic primary for the Ninth Congressional District, defeating then - City Councilman Tom Manton, who later succeeded Ferraro in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the longtime Queens Democratic Party boss, by 53 percent to 28 percent.

Long Island Sen. Phil Boyle, a Suffolk County sheriff candidate, gave the wife of one of his longtime political bosses — Patricia Walsh, married to ex-Suffolk County Conservative Party Chairman Edward Walsh Jr., who was convicted in 2016 on federal charges — a $ 25,000 raise this year.

Republicans who didn't like Lazio probably weren't any more likely to pick Levy, an opportunist Democrat and the choice of the party bosses.

Speaker Sheldon Silver, Dov Hikind (a major Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish power broker), Vito Lopez (Brooklyn Democratic boss and Housing Committee chair), Richard Brodsky (now a former assemblyman who used to chair the Corporations Committee and lost a 2010 AG bid), Joe Morelle (chair of the Insurane Committee and head of the Monroe County Democratic Party), and Peter Abbate (chair of the Governmental Employees Committee, in the Assembly since 1996).

«It's still the same old Labour party: a weak leader in the pocket of the union bosses who's unable to stand up for hardworking people.»

One of my goals is to make sure the local Independence Party members» — who live and work in Rensselaer County — voices are are heard, not the party bosses from New York City and Albany,» Meyer Party members» — who live and work in Rensselaer County — voices are are heard, not the party bosses from New York City and Albany,» Meyer party bosses from New York City and Albany,» Meyer said.

The lawmaker, who doubles as boss of the Queens County Democratic Party, is the only New Yorker in the leadership of the House Democratic minority.

GOP majority spokesman Scott Reiff attacked Mayer, stating: «With all of the candidates who put their names forward for a vacant Senate seat in Westchester County, it's shocking that the party bosses would choose this one.

Three of the other four Republican party bosses also said that Smith, who was mired in the Aqueduct Racino bidding scandal, also panned his bid, the paper said.

She said she was bullied for not «kissing the ring» of party boss Rep. Joe Crowley — who has been vocal in his support for Moya — and said it's a «grave and horrific injustice - not only to my candidacy, but the civic process.»

Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Vito Lopez, who was censured last week for sexually harassing two interns, announced today that he will «regrettably» relinquish his role as an old - school political boss, but plans to keep his position in the State Assembly.

Nydia Velazquez is by no means a perfect pol from The Times standpoint — too slavishly devoted to organized labor and a little wobbly on Israel, but far far better than Erik Dilan, who is closely allied with Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez — a no - no from the paper's standpoint.

The Democrat and Chronicle's David Andreatta examines how voters here — who have now left the decision on the GOP nominee in the hands of the party's officials — bucked a national trend: «Unlike in much of the rest of the country, Republicans here apparently still have faith in party bosses.»

Those who know him from the Ulster County DA's office from either party will not as he did make a great impression and did his then boss DA Donald Williams wrong.

«It's unfortunate that the Queens Democratic Party bosses, who supported corrupt ex-Senator Hiram Monserrate for years, once again are shamefully distorting Senator Avella's 100 % pro-choice and pro-Women's Equality Agenda voting record.

The Chief Justice, who has a habit of pandering to the whims and caprices of New Patriotic Party (NPP), has empanelled a committee to look into the alleged abuse of power and corruption claims made against the EC boss.

My respect for Gov. Pataki notwithstanding, it shows once again that my opponent is the hand - picked choice of the party bosses, who are afraid of a true reformer in Albany.»

She will do as her party bosses tell her to do... and that includes who she will endorse for President.

«I think the time of partisan party - boss politics has passed, and we need to move toward a more open process for selecting candidates who represent the values of the voters,» Guy said.

The old school party bosses were state legislators and local district leaders, who usually lived within walking distance of most of their voters.

It's all part of a technique of bullying candidates who are not favored by the party bosses.

He's facing off against the much more conservative Steve Lonegan, a former three term mayor and small business owner who's running as the candidate of the right and against what he calls the «party bosses.»

Johnson has won the endorsement of the Hotel Trades Council and courted Democratic Party bosses from the Bronx and Queens, lining him up as the likely successor to Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is term - limited.

«Party bosses deciding in a back room is not acceptable,» said Anusha Venkataraman, member of the New Kings Democrats, a reform - minded political club, who urged Seddio Monday morning to call a vote.

Allies of Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, who entered Saturday as one of two leading contenders for DNC boss, «asked him not to come,» said a Democratic Party source.

'' Pirro's shaky start was mocked by state Democratic Party boss Denny Farrell, who said it shows «she may not be able to take on her primary opponents, let alone Sen. Hillary Clinton.

«As you may assume, the political party bosses are not happy allowing the voters to exercise their constitutional rights in having a choice in who is representing them,» he said.

Although it remains unclear who the post is directed at, it comes on the heels of scathing attacks launched on the former boss of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), by fire brand New Patriotic Party's legislator, Kennedy Agyapong.

The party boss, who now works for the lobbying firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, did not respond to requests for comment.

«Florida desperately needs an independent senator in Washington who will fight for good jobs and economic opportunity, a quality education for every child, and Social Security for all of our seniors regardless of what the political party bosses want,» Lawson said in a statement.

The staff of the Upper West Regional office of the National Disaster Management Organizations [NADMO], have laid down their tools in solidarity with their boss, Isaac Seidu, who was attacked on Wednesday, allegedly by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth.

A top union boss who twice backed Jeremy Corbyn to become Labour leader today warned he must come up with a plan to improve the party's fortunes following last night's by - election results.

do you want those who picked labour up in 87 swung and fought tooth and nail to swing it to the centre ground and got us back in with the blip of losing in 92, and governed for 13 years, youthinmk they should consider thir place in the party, it was hyardly a career move joining labbour in 87, union bosses said we woul» dnt win in thir lifetimes again,