Sentences with phrase «powerful special interests»

These parents took on the most powerful special interests in the state, and they won.

It's because they would be stepping on the toes of politically powerful special interests who have commercial and cultural interests in those two species, despite the damage they do.

Powerful special interests want to add bureaucratic restrictions and red tape that gets between charter public school students, teachers and learning.

Public - employee unions have been some of the state's most powerful special interests.

Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union and one of the most politically powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?

Under pressure from powerful special interests who manipulate the language of «rights» and «freedom» in ways that contradict «the laws of Nature's God,» our atheocratic government now deems itself competent to rewrite the God - given definitions of marriage and the family.

«What we're seing is a growing trend in both the number of gifts and the total value of those gifts given by powerful special interest groups to state lawmakers.»

In short, the gutted version of AB 934 adds insult to injury for millions of Californians and stands as the poster - child for the kind of politics that benefit powerful special interests at the expense of students, parents and all the rest of us.

«It has little to do with cleaning up public corruption in Albany and everything to do with bolstering the electoral influence of New York State's already wildly powerful special interests, most importantly the Working Families Party.»

In the long run, however, New Yorkers pay a much higher bill for the favors that legislators routinely — if honestly — are willing to do for powerful special interests.

«As usual, the administration sides with big, powerful special interests over the interests of average American families, who will pay the price for lower miles per gallon and dirtier air,» said Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, in a statement.

These are just a few examples of how «local» wind power opponents like John Droz and Lisa Linowes have teamed up with powerful special interest groups to perpetuate overblown claims about wind power and military radar operations.

We don't want the CA State Assembly making decisions based on dishonest rhetoric coming from powerful special interests.

Opponents fear the delegate selection process will be hijacked by powerful special interests.

«At a time when the city is being forced to do more with less, it is outrageous that the state would create a new unfunded mandate that will benefit a politically powerful special interest group,» said Bloomberg spokesman Mark Botnick.

«Now Mr. Malpass is spending this fortune to buy a Senate seat and return to the George Bush economic policies that benefit only the powerful special interests and hurt middle class New Yorkers.»

So while saying no to powerful special interests may seem like it carries short - term political cost, it's necessary to assure voters that he's not just another politician who only cares about himself.

Nothing short of every one of us joined together is needed to overcome the resistance of the powerful special interests blocking our path to a clean energy future, settling for the dangerous status quo.

Washington (CNN)- Democrats continued to assail House Minority Leader John Boehner Tuesday, unveiling a website that highlights the Ohio congressman's ties to powerful special interest groups.

«New Yorkers need an Attorney General who will demand accountability from the powerful special interests and deliver justice for the working families of this state,» Schneiderman said in a public statement.

Millions of dollars in campaign cash are being laundered through political committees (PCs) that are able to accept unlimited contributions from rich and powerful special interests.

Williams, a Buffalo - area native who decided to raise his family of four children in Central New York after his military career, said he stands apart from Katko and the two declared Democratic candidates - Eric Kingson and Colleen Deacon - because of his experience taking on powerful special interests.

Held annually at the exclusive Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, the Pro Tem Cup raises money from Sacramento's most powerful special interest groups to support the California Democratic Party.

The party stated Sunday that its local members as well as a list of public - and private - sector unions, some of them among the most powerful special interests in Albany, unanimously support Cuomo's platform, which he calls the New New York Agenda.

«We need an economy that works for everyone, not just the powerful special interests.

While Brownley has been busy, in Gorell's words, retreating to «the trenches of party politics,» the Ventura County Republican spent November retreating to the beaches of Maui with Sacramento's most powerful special interest groups.

to protect politically powerful special interests.»

«At the top of that list of legislative «must dos» are initiatives to overhaul ethics enforcement, limit outside income, and reign in the influence of New York's powerful special interests,» said Horner.

Data and transparency alone do not move public policy in a sector like education, which has powerful special interests and unclear outcome goals.

While AB 934 was once an honest attempt to support effective teachers and prioritize quality in California's education system, the bill is now the product of backroom deals in the state capital with the state's most powerful special interest groups.

Ross noted that powerful special interests are lobbying for increasing education privatization and pro-voucher mega-donors from across the country have larded Republican politicians with campaign contributions.

«He has placed America's children and their academic success at the center of his work every day of his tenure, often challenging the most intransigent and powerful special interests in our political system to do so,» Daniels wrote in a statement.

This legislation does not share any data that hasn't already been made publicly available — it's just political theater for politicians looking to pander to powerful special interests.

It is a test if the teachers unions, clearly the state's most powerful special interest, will lose influence if their chosen candidate is defeated.

A backroom deal that was manufactured by the state's most powerful special interest groups, which swapped a promising bill out for a reinforcement of the status quo.

«So long as districts continue to ignore the crushing reality of the looming financial crisis at the hands of unfunded retiree liabilities, and so long as the Legislature fails to fundamentally overhaul the authorizing structure in California, we anticipate that powerful special interests will continue to use charter public schools as a red herring to avoid the hard decisions that lie ahead,» continued Marquez.

Earlier this year, as the truly repulsive story of Mark Berndt (warning: the link is not for the faint of heart)-- an elementary teacher in the L.A. Unified School District accused of committing unspeakable acts against his students — came to light, I noted here on Public Sector Inc. that the failure to prevent his crimes owed in part to the influence of the California Teachers Association, the teachers union that is the state's most powerful special interest.

Yet, stirred up by the CTA delegates, the anger of other delegates over the plaintiffs» victory in standing up to the most powerful special interest in California was intense.

If we can keep the momentum going, maybe we can defeat the rich and powerful special interests that are threatening education.

Roosevelt, unsurprisingly, is portrayed by Goodwin as egotistical, bombastic, and determined to take on powerful special interests.