Sentences with phrase «public dollars spent»

... so the 1 %, who are pulling ALL of the CCSS and RTTT strings, and their lackeys in Washington and state capitals across the land can grab all of those billions and billions of public dollars spent on public education AND PRIVATIZE AMERICA»S SCHOOLS.

Most public dollars spent to benefit children go toward traditional education (such as public school).

But supporters of the proposals say public dollars spent on schools need to be scrutinized further, especially as Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a record increase in school funding and referendums are being passed at historic rates.

Members of the Erie County Legislature quizzed County Attorney Michael Siragusa Thursday afternoon about public dollars spent on outside legal advice regarding a part - time job pursued by one legislator.

Donaldson and Carlson - Thies note that poverty is rising despite the hundreds of billions of public dollars spent to fight it.

In this case it's determining how much the taxpayer benefits from each public dollar spent.

«We've changed the way we work to ensure that we achieve more affordable housing for every public dollar spent, and that our housing reaches the New Yorkers who need it most,» Been said.

In other words, we need to leverage each public dollar we spend to make clean energy cheap.

Research has found that each public dollar spent to provide family planning services saves an estimated $ 3.00 that would otherwise be spent in Medicaid costs for pregnancy - related care and medical care for newborns.

With the software, he said, hospital administrators will be able to report to the hospital board and to the community to account for every public dollar spent.

Not exact matches

If I spend a million dollars explaining that to the public, I've just wasted a million dollars of my shareholders» money.

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

«It is disturbing that the same companies and investors who have pledged to work with the City to respect California public safety and public realm laws are spending lobbying dollars in Sacramento to repeal them,» San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who has been leading the charge to regulate the scooters, told TechCrunch.

The hospitals are funded by tax dollars, and clearly they don't want to be seen spending those dollars on things the public is likely to find dubious.

This is further evidence that telecom players have a tough time competing in the massive public cloud space, where Amazon, Google, and Microsoft spend multiple billions of dollars a year on key infrastructure.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

State and local governments aren't the only ones that spend public dollars to build private sports stadiums — the federal government does, too.

With this much public money on the line, monitoring how US tax dollars are spent in the recovery will be crucial to prevent waste, fraud, and shoddy work.

Emphatically, the trillions of dollars spent over the past year were not in the interest of protecting bank depositors or the general public.

OTTAWA — A five - year $ 50 - billion public infrastructure spending initiative would generate a return on investment to Canadians over the long term as high as $ 3.83 per dollar spent, trigger significant private sector investment and stimulate wage increases, according to a new study by an independent economic modelling firm.

«I want the church family to know that all is well in the Dollar household,» he said, in his first public comments since spending more than 12 hours in jail.

So the fans went after the politicians who agreed about spending public tax dollars for stadium, and BOOM results.

The team spent months working through the numbers they tracked with the Square Play games and then looked at data that's never seen by the public — the exact dollar amount being wagered on every single game.

Remember, formula manufacturers have spent millions of dollars trying to convince the public that formula - feeding is just as good as breastfeeding.

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

When the Public Authorities Control Board approved $ 485.5 million dollars in spending last month, it was supposed to avoid situations like this.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

The HUD inspector general is conducting a wide - ranging audit into how Buffalo's public housing authority spent tens of millions of dollars over the past two years.

Because just as they couldn't control spending when it involved the public's dollars, they also overspent their own campaign budgets.

If the success of a representative democracy hinges on the informed consent of the governed, it is critical that the public know as much as possible about the information used and the processes by which its representatives spend tax dollars and act on policy recommendations.

Reinvent Albany today praised four laws which go into effect today making billions of dollars in City spending more transparent to the public.

The business lobby is serious about crushing «the little party that could» (a Newsday headline of a few years ago), spending millions of dollars on television and mail against WFP candidates, and even trying to hire well - known progressive public relations firms to wage a PR battle against them.

«Before spending nearly half - a-billion dollars of the public's money, legislators should be provided a comprehensive status report on the current progress, future expectations, and possible concerns relating to the project,» Kolb wrote in the letter.

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

Tens of billions of dollars are spent to meet those demands and this week the governor's health budget proposal was the subject of a legislative public hearing.

Since then, millions of dollars have been spent, the public response has been divisive and the amphitheater has sprung up almost out of nowhere.

«State government just squandered its opportunity to restore public confidence to the procurement process and shed light on billions of dollars in economic development spending.

«When government spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to send a message that New York is a place to visit and open for business, it should have clear objectives and show the public actual results,» DiNapoli said in a news release.

A political action committee associated with Jonathan Soros is prepared to spend millions of dollars against Republican state senators on Long Island if state lawmakers don't approve a system of public campaign finance.

«Today's charges demonstrate our vigilance in ensuring that every taxpayer dollar is spent properly, and that corrupt individuals who betray the public trust to line their own pockets will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.»

The new site is a welcome addition to the growing list of online tools which help the public understand how the government is spending tax dollars.

The proposed public financing regulations provide an outline for how the matching funds payments will be made, as well how oversight of the funds spent would function and criteria for what type of contribution qualifies to receive public dollars.

«Parents and taxpayers deserve to know how charters spend public dollars and to know that students are the real beneficiaries, not an afterthought,» Mulgrew said.

«With our maximum - security prisons at 122 percent capacity and our overall prison population at 100 %, protecting the safety of inmates, corrections officers and the public at large means that tax dollars must be spent efficiently, and any reforms must address the extremely dangerous overcrowding and «double bunking» conditions at our medium - and maximum - security prisons.»

The New York Post reported that the city's other borough presidents had only spent hundreds of dollars on photographers for public events.

In this conversation, she describes her «Green New Deal» platform, explains why she thinks that spending more public dollars could actually lower the nation's debt in the long run, and contends that only the Greens are offering real solutions to the environmental challenges facing the nation and the world.

«When government spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to send a message that New York is a place to visit and open for business, it should have clear objectives and show the public actual results,» DiNapoli said in a release accompanying the audit.

«When public dollars are spent, the jobs that are created should be stable, pay decently, and have benefits — they should have the things people need to live,» said Kirk Laubenstein, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Justice, a local labor group.

«Unlike most state agencies, every single dollar spent by the Senate - including legislative mail - is specifically lined out in expenditure reports made available to the public and the media every six months,» said Reif in a statement.

The MTA has in the past approved multi-year, billion - dollar spending plans with little public oversight.