The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges,
political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.
Not exact matches
The
governor, who was at the office
of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was accompanying by some
of his security aides and other
political appointees, was received by INEC staff and the administrator
of Okene Local Government Council, Engr.
Hiring pricey
political appointees to work for the Executive Chamber — but paying them through other entities — has allowed Cuomo and prior
governors to increase the size
of their staffs while escaping criticism for inflating the Executive Chamber budget.
«A situation where the
governor and his cotterie
of largely unproductive
political appointees display ostentatious wealth while civil servants wallow in naked penury, is condemnable, to say the least.»
If a
political appointee earns $ 100k per year and works for 4 years, then leaves when there is a new
governor or party in power, that person walks away with $ 64000,
of which they put in $ 32000.
The package includes bills that would create an independent budget office, prevent the
governor's
appointees from donating to
political campaigns and require financial disclosure for members
of the regional economic development councils that were formed by Cuomo.
In turn, the Board
of Governors is comprised
of political appointees, presidents
of the regional Federal Reserve banks, and members
of the financial system.
«They need to ask that because,
of course, she seems to be a close
political bud
of the
governor,» said Bonventre, who said in many cases the
appointees often go on to vote against the views
of the
governors and presidents.
«The whole point
of setting up the commission was so that the agency head and the Legislature and the
governor and the comptroller and the attorney general and so forth didn't have to publicly say anything, that we were making the decision on their behalf, on the behalf
of the people, that we were created for the purposes
of removing this from the
political process,» Assembly
appointee Roman Hedges said last week.
He said now that Nigerians were aware
of this, they should also demand for take
of pay
of Governors, members
of state Houses
of Assemblies, Commissioners and other elected or
political appointees in the respective states.
Governor Godwin Obaseki
of Edo has admonished new
political appointees to see their appointments as a call to service and opportunities to impact positively on their communities.
The statement said the
governor advised all
political appointees to take their responsibilities seriously to enable government succeed in the delivery
of projects contained in his administration «s development blueprint.
These are
political appointees — three each from the
governor, speaker
of the House and Senate president — who embrace charter schools and are empowered to authorize them anywhere in the state.
The line
of political accountability would run to mayors and
governors through their
appointees.
Considering that
Governor Malloy's
political appointees on the State Board
of Education approved the two new charter schools last summer knowing there was no money in the budget to fund the schools and that the State
of Connecticut would be facing a $ 1.6 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, it is unclear what Mr. Grace means when he says that that the state is reneging on its commitment to charter schools.
However, despite that opposition from the local officials responsible for education policy and despite the fact that Connecticut doesn't even fund its existing public schools adequately and the fact that the State
of Connecticut is facing a massive $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit next year,
Governor Malloy's former Commissioner
of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Malloy's
political appointees on the State Board
of Education approved four new charter school proposals last spring.
Like so many
of Malloy's «initiatives» once the cameras are turned off and the media walk away, the
Governor and his top
political appointees move on to the next media opportunity without following through with the actual task
of governing.
Although the corporate education reform entity, Relay School
of Education, has recently been prohibited from working in California and Pennsylvania,
Governor Dannel Malloy's
political appointees on the State Board
of Education are poised today to grant the controversial teacher training scheme, «full program approval» to operate in Connecticut.
A year ago, almost to the day, a group
of Bridgeport citizens, including Maria Pereira, attended the State Board
of Education meeting to request
Governor Dannel Malloy's
political appointees REJECT applications by two more charter school companies to open privately run, but publicly funded facilities in Bridgeport.
According to the State Board
of Education's agenda,
Governor Dannel Malloy's
political appointees will hold an executive session, on Wednesday, and then immediately re-convene to adopt a motion that would allow the charter school industry's Relay Graduate School
of Education to operate in Connecticut.
Jonathan Pelto, the Education and Democracy Party's candidate for
governor called on Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy to fire Stefan Pryor, his Commissioner of Education and remove his political appointee, Andrea Comer from the State Board of Ed
governor called on
Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy to fire Stefan Pryor, his Commissioner of Education and remove his political appointee, Andrea Comer from the State Board of Ed
Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy to fire Stefan Pryor, his Commissioner
of Education and remove his
political appointee, Andrea Comer from the State Board
of Education.
But in a sadly predictable move,
Governor Dannel Malloy's
political appointees on the State Board
of Education continued their incredible record
of failure by refusing to step at today's State Board
of Education meeting to protect Connecticut's public school parents and children.
Sources at the State Capital report that
Governor Dannel Malloy's
political appointees on the Connecticut State Board
of Education will be directed to name Nathan D. Quesnel as Connecticut's next Commissioner
of Education.
The charter school application submitted by Steve Perry and approved by
Governor Malloy's
political appointees on the State Board
of Education included the names
of the members
of the Governing Council
of Steve Perry's new charter school...
As for this charade,
Governor Malloy's Commissioner
of Education and his
political appointees on the State Board
of Education approved Perry's proposal for Bridgeport even though there is no funding in Connecticut's state budget for another charter school.
The board would consist
of the state superintendent and 10 other
political appointees, including two from the
governor, six from the Legislature and two from the state superintendent.
To be eligible for the Optional Retirement Plan for
Political Appointees (ORPPA), you must be an officer or employee appointed by the
Governor, Lieutenant
Governor or Attorney General to a position
of deputy, counsel or director.
If a western ISO is created, the board
of governors will not all be California
political appointees and that makes some people nervous.
The existing system whereby RPD members are
governor - in - council
appointees has long been criticized, both for the quality
of appointees and the frequent use
of appointments for
political patronage.