Sentences with phrase «public position on an issue»

For company leaders who aren't afraid to take a public stance, the survey shows that 51 percent of millennials said they are more likely to buy from a company whose CEO spoke out an issue they agree with, and 44 percent of full - time millennial employees said they would be more loyal to their organization if their CEO took a public position on an issue.

The Democratic - led Assembly approved a one - year delay in enacting a 5 - cent bag tax in New York City and the measure now goes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is yet to take a public position on the issue.

Cuomo, who had never previously taken a public position on the issue, said in his veto message, «The existing statutory limits on the investment of public pension funds are carefully designed to achieve the appropriate balance between promoting growth and limiting risk.»

He praised Miner and de Blasio for taking a public position on the issue.

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We participate in the policymaking process by informing public officials about our positions on issues significant to our customers and our business.

Among the hires Facebook is seeking to make are privacy and public policy managers, a government outreach manager, associate general counsel positions, and a couple of policy managers to help draft positions on tech and video policy issues.

It has learned from its mistakes as well as its successes, and on the whole its current positions on public issues seem to me wise.

Serious inquiry supports civility in public life, inquisition damages it, and whatever reservations some might have about his positions on particular issues, these essays show Michnik to be very much a mainstay of that civility.

Now it takes little reflection to see that most major problems of ecclesial and political controversy have always been and will continue to be divergent and not convergent ones; accordingly, there is an especially vexing irony in the fact that those who want to find a «mainstream» position on the Big Issues are almost always those who are committed on other grounds to a pluralist or relativist stance in matters of public debate.

Church assemblies do indeed take positions on many public issues, frequently invoking Scripture as a defense for their viewpoint.

While the Justice made clear his own preference for pro-life public policies, he argued that in itself democracy is neutral as between competing positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia.

However, he added: «He did, as he himself acknowledged, not handle that whole issue very well at reconciling his own personal faith with his public positions on gay rights and other issues.

The enthusiastic advocacy by the Lubavitch Hassidim of menorahs on public property and public funds for yeshivas has shattered the once monolithic «Jewish» position on church - state issues.

Under federal tax law, section 501 (c)(3) organizations may take positions on public policy issues, including issues that divide candidates in an election for public office.

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

Rather, they have rather well - defined ideologies, of either the left or the right, and therefore rather predictable positions on public issues.

When statements were made on radio and television that slandered individuals, or strong positions about issues of public importance were aired which needed balance and rebuttal, it was possible for ordinary citizens to demand that the station provide time for reply.

Very few object to denominations speaking out on public issues, and most (80 per cent) agree with most of their own church body's positions in this field.

This figure was rejected by industry, but it did not back away from its right to contact parliamentarians and provide information in support of its position on this important public health issue.

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bPublic Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bpublic health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

You rarely hear from the people who unsubscribe for other reasons (they're on too many lists, aren't interested in your issues, etc.), and the angry emails tend to dominate, particularly if your organization or campaign is taking strong positions in public.

«The EU's advice is totally in agreement with our public position on the same issue, to the effect that the Buhari administration must refrain from massive deployment of State violence and use of dark side of the laws of the land as well as levying of political, economic, social, ethnic and cultural wars against members of the Nigeria's Igbo and other Southern nationalities.

Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best on the issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a public name for himself, then stand when the prospects of victory are real.

His position on this issue never has been made public.

But from what is public about their toxic relationship, Brown didn't practice tough love... he was an enablear.Whitney's tragedy should not be used to defend the counterproductive war on drugs.This war has failed; mainly serves the money intererts of the prison / industrial complex; and has strongly curtailed our civil liberties.Insteaed, Houston's tragedy should be used to argue the position that drugs and drug addiction is a medical issue, not a criminal issue.The war on drugs should be reconfigured, beginning with the legalization of medical pot

She has yet to take a public position on the amendment, and an aide didn't respond to an email request for comment on the issue or on Schumer.

He vowed to reinvent the lieutenant governor role into a public advocate position representing the «people's voice in Albany» and that he would take on the «issues that pit a tiny concentrated interest against the broader interest.»

Mr. Cornegy, who issued a public congratulations on Twitter on Friday, told Mr. Johnson that he wanted a position with real power, not just the role of majority leader, which had been offered to him, according to a person briefed on the discussion.

Schneiderman, who has begun to staff up and stake out flanking positions around Cuomo on several key issues, including public corruption, issued his own statement on Monday.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

The budget resolutions passed by the legislative chambers are largely symbolic documents, but allow both the Senate and Assembly to stake out their public positions on key issues in the budget talks.

AFT President Randi Weingarten said Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.

The group hosted a town hall in Sunset Park on Friday night in which activists and residents grilled Public Advocate Letitia James and acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on their positions on broken windows, affordable housing, public housing and other police reform - oriented iPublic Advocate Letitia James and acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on their positions on broken windows, affordable housing, public housing and other police reform - oriented ipublic housing and other police reform - oriented issues.

Representatives from other government watchdog organizations — including New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, and Citizens Budget Commission — told Gotham Gazette that they have not taken a position on the ballot question, but that the issue is being debated vigorously internally.

But when he was asked about the issue on a radio show hosted by the New York Post's Fred Dicker, Cuomo hesitated, saying he «didn't know» if he'd taken a public position on the bill.

We are polling all elected officials and those seeking public office as to their position on this important issue and we intend to keep the millions of Italian Americans residing in this state informed as to the result of our inquiry and make the community aware of who is supportive of the Italian American community and who will succumb to anti Italian sentiment.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins receiving 5 percent, with much of his support believed to have come from public employees and liberals who were disappointed with the incumbent's hard line in contract talks, his failure to live up to promises four years earlier to reform Albany, or positions on environmental issues like fracking.

Although he did issue a statement regretting the «appearance» and «impression» of the letters he wrote on government stationery, he maintained that he «never sought to leverage my public position nor mix my government role with my personal and professional relationship» in the letters [2].

I am sending the bill because I wanted my thoughts and position to be clear and specific in order to further the ongoing public dialogue on this important issue.»

ALBANY — American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

Without evidence of public statements to support equality, and with the backing of the Conservative Party, advocates for same - sex marriage have reason to doubt Tim Kennedy's position on the issue.»

Up to Us will also work toward getting all candidates for office to take strong and clear public positions on women's issues.

As a lifelong resident of Queens, I am calling on all the candidates to make their position public on this issue immediately!

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

Sponsored by the Leagues of Women Voters of Albany and Schenectady County, the Altamont Free Public Library, and the Guilderland Public Library, this event gives voters the chance to hear the candidates» positions on important issues, and ask the questions.

Ivey and Fields made public statements regarding their positions on major issues facing Alabama voters.

It seems that when we question his position on an issue he tries to intimidate us through the press, social media, and his own email list, spinning the public up with half truths and outright misinformation.

The debate about ethics in bio and life sciences in Germany was refueled last week: While Germany's central research funding organization, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), decided to revise its position on human stem cell research, the German government is finally reacting to heated public debates about sensitive issues by establishing a National Ethics Commission.

After he obtained his B.A. degree, Bromley was offered an assistant position at AAAS to help compile scientific facts on climate change and other global environmental issues for the public, analyzing large numerical data sets and making maps using computational tools.