Sentences with phrase «patronage positions»
"Patronage positions" refer to job positions that are filled based on personal connections, favoritism, or political affiliation rather than qualifications or merit. Full definition
Their interactions soon became flirtatious, she said in the complaint, but also intimidating, as Mr. Hoyt, 55, claimed that he was close to the governor and «was in charge of patronage positions in New York State.»
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We like his warning that people in patronage positions might be reassigned and his promise to institute a culture change — give eight hours of pay for eight hours of work and make assignments, promotions and overtime based on merit.
Normally, the parties pick someone loyal, so that commissioner can hire other party loyalists for patronage positions, according to numerous sources.
A good first step in ridding the Capitol of corruption is to rid independent ethics institutions of political patronage positions.
Mr. Brays past patronage positions included working for the Buffalo Common Council, Public Affairs Officer for the Erie County Water Authority, and Deputy Clerk of the Erie County Legislature.
The letter was signed by Terrence McCracken, who heads the Democratic Committee in Lancaster and was recently moved from one Water Authority post into the job of «secretary,» one of Erie County's most coveted six - figure patronage positions.
The Bronx, for example, doesn't have a single Republican elected official, and the local party apparatus is mostly relegated to appointing patronage positions at the Board of Election and a vote to let non-Republicans run on their party's line — the sort of vote that is at the heart of the Smith scandal.
One has to wonder exactly when the Town Board will understand that layoffs of people occupying «make - no - work» and «no - show» jobs and political patronage positions, as we shall mention below, may be needed to restore fiscal sanity and save the taxpayers further financial pain?
Some missives were flirtatious, the suit says, and «made it a point to advise [Cater] of his powerful position with the state and closeness to the governor and that he was in charge of patronage positions.»
Kallos believes the city should stop funding these «patronage positions» and hire qualified people through publicly advertised jobs.
But I do agree with you it should not just be a «patronage position.»
Even in 2011 when he was opposed by Ralph Sabatini the former Republican hierarchy, under the now defunct leadership of Vinnie Reda, did not want him to run and in fact offered him a patronage position not to run.