Sentences with phrase «public stance taken»

REM: Does this mean that all three regional leaders agree with a public stance taken by any one of you?

The change also follows a public stance taken by the White House, with President Obama saying in November he favors maintaining net neutrality by using the heavy regulatory approach of Title II.

Not exact matches

In recent months, President Obama has taken a public stance favoring a reclassification of broadband providers under Title II.

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.

In the past, it's been considered a sound business practice for brands to avoid taking public political stances on hot topics.

Vanguard is talking to manufacturers, but it has not taken a public stance.

Didn't support the Burnaby School Board's policy banning homophobia and transphobia: The premier didn't stand up for the board's progressive policy, missing a key opportunity to take a strong public stance in favour of protecting LGBT students.

Executives at large corporations have shown themselves to be increasingly willing to take public stances both for (and against) what is now a $ 300 billion token market.

So, we're asked as a corporation to take public stance on very complicated issues.

More visible to the outside world than modernizing our Membership model, we also strive to lead by taking public stances on issues that impact businesses across Greater Vancouver, and thus our communities and the standard of living we aspire to have for our families.

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.

Those of us who dismiss the conservative tradition as being represented by Billy Graham or by the stance of Christianity Today ten or 5 years ago might, for example, take a look at Richard Mouw's Political Evangelism, which is typical of a new breed of theological writing from a very conservative, though hardly fundamentalist, biblical perspective, or God in Public, by William Coats, Episcopal chaplain at the University of Wisconsin.

Cynicism aside I think there's tremendous signaling effect in making McConnell take a public stance.

While pro leagues take a tough, anti-sports betting stance in the legal world, some leagues, like the NBA, take a completely different approach when discussing the issue in public.

Essentially, bettors who are willing to take an unpopular stance and take the 49ers will get a free point based on public perception alone.

I want to make sure people go into the election with their eyes open,» said Trustee Tom Swan, who has not taken a public stance on the issue.

Then Tough took a strong stance against public education and our system citing some radical policy changes.

For much of his business career, Romney did not take public, political stances.

She then briefed on Cuomo - related issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.

Ari Paul argues that police unions deserve not solidarity from other city unions, but rather, healthy antagonism — public sector workers like teachers should take a forceful stance against police brutality.

For several months, Cuomo's potential opponents have criticized the attorney general for not taking public stances on policy issues.

Though Governor Andrew Cuomo hasn't taken a public stance on the legislation, Dr. Koza, the National Popular Vote co-founder, tells us that he has «indications that he would be supportive.»

Quinn, taking her first public stance on the Garden showdown more than six months into the debate, announced June 19 that she supported a stricter 10 - year limit — one without any loophole.

The party took a surprising and confusing stance on the state attorney general race at its convention Saturday, throwing support behind both Letitia James, the city's public advocate, and outspoken law professor Zephyr Teachout.

But the Post celebrates the DA for taking that stance, saying he'll be better able to probe public corruption than a 12 - year Senate incumbent ever could.

Gregory Ball has taken a strong, public stance against medical marijuana since bills regarding the topic have come before the NYS senate after passing through the Assembly.

Greenberg says the public may not agree with every stance the governor has taken, but they seem relieved that someone in state government is acting like a leader.

Conservative MPs have held back from criticising their leader in public, but senior figures such as communities secretary Sajid Javid may well have been hoping that May would take a tougher stance.

In response to the devolving condition of New York's public housing and the recent lead paint inspection scandal, the federal government is taking a firm stance.

Mayor Bill de Blasio took heat over his tough stance on charter schools during an appearance on MSNBC's «Morning Joe» on Monday, and countered that he's acting in defense of the many more students who go to traditional public schools.

Through the 12 - question survey, the new group hopes to bring local environmental concerns into the forefront this election year and to force candidates to take a public stance on everything from noise pollution and water quality to land preservation and waste management.

In 2009, Mario Cuomo endorsed de Blasio in his successful bid to become public advocate, even though the two men had taken opposing stances on the term - limits debate, and, as the Times noted, «Former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo rarely plays the endorsement game when it comes to Democratic primaries.

Hein has declined to take a public stance on sales tax agreement except to say that he could support a short - term extension of the current formula, but only if it was linked to substantive changes in how the city and towns deliver services.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Erie County continues to take a proactive stance to address the serious public health crisis of fatal opioid drug overdoses in our community.

In the years since he took his stance on HIV, he has seen his resources dwindle, but he has also been cut loose from the strings that come with public funding.

Indeed, when the U.K. government considered repealing Section 24 more than 10 years ago, then — Science Minister David Sainsbury said the biggest concern was «the question of penalties for people who improperly put that information into the public domain» and taking a tough stance against «animal terrorism.»

Brooks is also terrific, and Alec Baldwin is quite strong as Omalu's partner in this fight, former Steelers team doctor Julian Bailes (who, as I write this, has now taken a public position against Omalu's stance that kids shouldn't be allowed to play football until they're no longer kids: 18 - years - old).

The Duchess of Cambridge, in line with royal protocol which forbids members of the British royal family from taking a political stance on public issues, wore a dark green dress.

(The Christian Science Monitor) Julie Reuben discusses how most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university.

Still, our findings suggest that a well - publicized stance taken by a popular president on an education issue might shift the opinions of large segments of the American public.

Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Juan Gabriel previously taught at a project - and inquiry - based public high school in Philadelphia, where he learned the affordances of encouraging teachers to take both leadership and inquiry stances.

Pragmatism, as developed by Dewey and others, takes this general stance towards solving public problems and it still seems to me the right one.

What it made me do is take a firm stance against corporate takeover of the public education standards, assessments, curriculum, data systems, and the production of a totalitarian workforce development system.

Calling school choice the best route out of poverty, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took aim at New York City's new mayor on Wednesday for his cooler stance toward public charter schools and warned that Republicans may hold congressional hearings on the education policies of Democrat Bill de Blasio's administration.

One of the cardinal sins of book selling is to take a public stance on issues that do not correlate to your genre, risking the wrath of a reading public.

Given the extremely strong public stance that American has taken on the ME3 issue, we have reached the conclusion that the codesharing relationships between American and these carriers no longer make sense for us.

Indeed, she took a very public stance in 2011 when two books on Natalia Goncharova, with a mass of paintings of dubious authenticity, were published in the West.

Disclaimers and announcements taking stances against sexual harassment across genders continue this week by Artforum staff and art professionals at large in the wake of a lawsuit and the public reveal of allegations of long - standing sexual harassment by Artforum publisher Knight Landesman.

It also appears that «The Register» is taking a rather aggressively protective stance toward «Goddard» and his «analysis» in article comments, as public requests for his CV are moderated out, as well as at least some criticisms of his writings.