Sentences with phrase «political patronage positions»
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?
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A good first step in ridding the Capitol of corruption is to rid independent ethics institutions of political patronage positions.
Not exact matches
The purpose has been to put his own loyal men into all the government positions, consolidate his own power, reward his supporters like any good political patronage system would.
Everyone is jockeying for position in the senate democratic conference in order to save their political patronage hacks in the likely case that they've lost their majority.
Savino has been the subject of reportage by the Rockland County Times as his appointment to the Clarkstown position appeared to be an inside «political patronage» deal at the time.
Breaking news story reported first in the Rockland County Times on January 5, 2012 BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The same position that only two years ago County Legislator and Minority Leader Frank Sparaco referred to in a series of Rockland County Times articles as being a no - show job paid off as political patronage to former Chair -LSB-...]
The same position that only two years ago County Legislator and Minority Leader Frank Sparaco referred to in a series of Rockland County Times articles as being a no - show job paid off as political patronage to former Chair of the Independence Party Marsha Coopersmith, is now going to the law firm of Sparaco's close friend and lawyer Jay Savino, albeit at about half the price and on an annual per diem basis.
And it is absolutely no secret that all those bogus «diversity» and «affirmative action» positions are do - nothing political patronage jobs that enrich only the politically connected elite of the minority community, along with thier families and closest friends.
The lawsuit said Hoyt used his position of political power, by being able to dole out patronage jobs, to «seduce, manipulate, sexually harass and sexually assault the Plaintiff without any repercussions.»
thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.
If this was simply political patronage I would have him for a position 18 months ago.
Additionally primary responsibility for climate catastrophe falls on those who bear substantial responsibility by dint of economic positioning, scientific obfuscation, political patronage, political influence or political position as to the direction of our political - economic system, where that system effects our society's energy and land use and therefore climate impacts.