Sentences with phrase «party runs the council»

In England and Wales the system is also still used to elect local councillors and here «no overall control» situations frequently occur, where either a coalition of parties runs the council, or the largest party assumes control without a majority.

Not exact matches

The Farmers» Movement and the Canadian Council of Agriculture had initially hoped to convert the Liberal Party to their point of view, and run Liberal candidates in the West under their platform.

Careful, you're starting to sound like you're running under the Monster Raving Loony Party ticket... and whilst they do well in council elections, they never get elected to government — mostly because they usually make too much sense...

Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

At the same time, I will make sure that the Council is run for the benefit of East Enders, not Whitehall bureaucrats and Westminster parties.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Rep. Charles Rangel's post, confirmed he's interested in running to replace Sen. Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the NYC Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens was elected to Wright's old seat.

The running mate to the APC governorship candidate Elder Wilberforce Igiri and the state party chairman Chief Tiwei Orunimighe are from the council area.

NYC Councilman David Greenfield is asking the Manhattan Democratic Party to boot a Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rParty to boot a Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rparty rolls.

In the areas of Labour - run councils in England, the lack of viable opposition made the party complacent and lazy.

In 2014, Cuomo created the Women's Equality Party with help from former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul as he was running for reelection.

Brad was elected to the City Council in 2009, and reelected in 2013, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, to represent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington.

Lander was elected to the City Council in 2009, and reelected in 2013, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, to represent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington.

I wonder how many Labour - run authorities are places where people would spontaneously say that their council was doing a good job, let alone attribute this to the Labour Party?

State party officials also gave $ 10,000 to Bob Dougherty, a political novice recruited by Miner's staff to run for an open 3rd District city council seat representing Strathmore and the Valley.

New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council political director Neal Kwatra is on loan to the state Democratic Party where he will be running a statewide field operation for gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, multiple sources confirm.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

The ESRC Party Members Project (PMP) is a three - year project run by Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Monica Poletti and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

For local candidates running for borough and City Council offices, those waivers can be issued from the leadership of the state party.

There is increased speculation that Kenneth Mitchell, Council Member from Staten Island District 49, chagrined over his loss to Debi Rose in the Democratic primary, is readying a run in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

In the run - up to the Scottish parliamentary elections due to be held in 2016, The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling on Scotland's political parties to prioritise the four tax principles of Adam Smith: equality, certainty, convenience and economy, in their design of a new council tax system.

Albanese, a former City Council member who is running as a Democrat, was officially endorsed by the Reform Party of New York and is counting on winning the line to be included in the November 7 general.

The Green Party of St. Paul has launched an impressive coordinated campaign effort this year, running Devin Miller for School Board, Johnny Howard for City Council Ward 1, Jim Ivey for City Council Ward 2, and Bee Kevin Xiong for City Council Ward 6.

The other two Democrats who wanted to run on the party line were David Stott, a former Onondaga County legislator from Salina, and Jean Kessner, a member of the Syracuse Common Council.

The council also gave $ 573,589 to the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, the massive charity run by Brooklyn's Democratic Party chairman, Assemblyman Vitocouncil also gave $ 573,589 to the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, the massive charity run by Brooklyn's Democratic Party chairman, Assemblyman VitoCouncil, the massive charity run by Brooklyn's Democratic Party chairman, Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

Attendees at Weprin's birthday party included Public Advocate Letitia James, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli (who spoke about Weprin's expertise on financial matters), Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the Queens County Democratic Organization, and Queens borough president Melinda Katz, who served with Weprin in the Council before running in a crowded primary against him for City Comptroller in 2009.

And while the borough has had several uncontested elections in past years, the Democratic party nominated medical marijuana advocate Dylan Schwartz to run against Joe Borelli for the South Shore City Council seat and retired engineer Rich Florentino to run against Steven Matteo in the Mid-Island Council district.

Dionisio, who has also been endorsed by the Independence Party, will run against the winner of a Democratic primary between Chris Rodier, the town Democratic Party endorsed candidate, and Stout, who was appointed by an all - Republican council in January following former Councilman Joe Canella's resignation to become a town justice.

Quickly,» and not run on the Working Families Party line for City Council.

It also reflects that while there can be these disagreements, it is still the case that people correctly place high value on the ability of a party to effectively run a council.»

James has successfully run on the party's line before, during her runs for both City Council and public advocate.

Nathaniel Horowitz, 27, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines against incumbent Democrat Charlie Landi, 77, who arrived on the Common Council in 1988 and, with a few breaks, has been there ever since.

The Council Of African Political Parties, which was founded in 2013, to form an umbrella Body for the two major political parties in all democratic African countries, has its permanent Secretariat in Khartoum, and is run by the General Secretary, Dr. Al Nafie Al Nafie, a Sudanese national who retained his position unoParties, which was founded in 2013, to form an umbrella Body for the two major political parties in all democratic African countries, has its permanent Secretariat in Khartoum, and is run by the General Secretary, Dr. Al Nafie Al Nafie, a Sudanese national who retained his position unoparties in all democratic African countries, has its permanent Secretariat in Khartoum, and is run by the General Secretary, Dr. Al Nafie Al Nafie, a Sudanese national who retained his position unopposed.

Labour movements often deal with issues like this, for example, an industrial dispute that covers a workplace chapel, of a trade section, of a trade union, which is affiliated to at least one Trades Hall Council, both the union and TUC being (factionalised) affiliates to a political party, which holds government, which runs the chapel section of the workplace in the first place.

The move was a particularly damaging one for the Conservatives, who had pointed to the Labour - run council's support for the agenda as proof that the Big Society could work across party lines.

Yet eight months later, according to the February 13, 2017 New York Post article «Low voter turnout expected for special election to fill Harlem city council seat» it stated that «Construction and development executive Brian Benjamin, chairman of Community Board 10 and finance chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party, has expressed interest in running» for State Senate.

Unfortunately, it was never allowed to become what it was supposed to be, because the agenda was always driven by the so - called progressives running the staff,» said Mike McGuire, the director of the Mason Tenders District Council PAC and a founding WFP member who left the party.

Sweeping cuts by the Tory - run Warwickshire county council, including what the Fire Brigade Union has described as the biggest ever closure plan proposed by a county's fire service, are fuelling the party's hopes of clinging on in Nuneaton.

Before the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had run the council together for the previous 7 years.

The 2015 Mt Vernon Democratic primary, can not come quick enough for some, with six Mayoral candidates — Mayor Davis, Clinton Young, Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Maureen Walker & Richard Thomas (Deborah Reynolds will appear on the Conservative line in the General Election but not appear in the Democratic primary) and seven city council candidates — Andre Wallace, Delia Farquharson, Diane Munro, Lisa Copeland, John Boykin, Janice Duarte (who is a Democrat running on the Independence Party line) and Cheryl Dennis who is running as an Independent (No party), all vying for two city council seats availParty line) and Cheryl Dennis who is running as an Independent (No party), all vying for two city council seats availparty), all vying for two city council seats available.

Possible candidates at the time included Ronald Castorina Jr., a Republican commissioner for the City Board of Election; Lisa Grey, a lawyer; Janine Materna, president of the Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley Civic Association; Carmine Morano, who ran as the Independence Party candidate for Congress in 2008; and Michael Reilly, a retired NYPD lieutenant and currently president of Community Education Council 31.

Materna is president of Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley Civic Association and ran against Ignizio for City Council as a Democrat in 2009 before changing her party affiliation to Republican in 2012.

However, here we have a rather unusual situation where a minor party are obviously at least in the running to win the seat given the last general election and their strength on the local council, what's more local voters are reasonably likely to be aware of it.

He's running for City Council on the Working Families Party line even though the party has disownedParty line even though the party has disownedparty has disowned him.

City Councilman David Greenfield is asking the Manhattan Democratic Party to boot a City Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rParty to boot a City Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rparty rolls.

On the Common Council, meanwhile, Republicans maintained their two - member minority after newcomer Nate Horowitz knocked off a veteran incumbent in Ward 3 and registered Republican Deborah Brown, running without a major party line, bested the Democratic candidate in her second run for the Ward 9 seat.

Without a Republican running against Mayor Stephanie Miner, and with Democrats having with a stranglehold in most common council and school board races, Green Party candidates are emerging as alternatives for voters in a handful of races.

This was taken as the parliament's cue to have its parties run with candidates for the President of the European Commission with the candidate of the winning party being proposed by the Council.

Quite frankly, if Lopez - Pierre wants to run for City Council he should do so by petitioning his way onto the Ku Klux Klan party.

It will be his first run for elected office and could become a showdown between party leaders and Rodney Wiltshire, the City Council president who has clashed with Wade and other leaders of the local party.

Last week Tower Hamlets Labour group, myopic in their perpetual factionalism, joined forces with local Tories to vote down the annual budget proposed by the former Labour council leader and now independent mayor Lutfur Rahman, who of course was removed as Labour candidate by the National Executive Committee in the run up to the 2010 mayoral election, despite having been selected by a majority of local party members.