Sentences with phrase «public taxpayer funds»

have been among the most vocal proponents of diverting scarce public taxpayer funds to Achievement First, Inc, the large charter school management company, to former charter school operator Dr.» Michael Sharpe and his disgraced FUSE charter school chain and Steve Perry, the controversial anti-teacher former Hartford school administrator and self - described «most trusted educator in America,» who, thanks to Governor Malloy is opening his own privately owned but publicly funded «boutique» charter school company.

As a result of their ill - conceived policies billions of dollars in public taxpayer funds at the federal level and tens of millions of dollars here in Connecticut are being shifted away from classroom instruction so that corporate education reform companies can continue to make even more money.

Not exact matches

The candidates agreed that banks shouldn't be allowed to engage in «recklessness» that exposed the public to high risk of economic contagion and a taxpayer - funded bailout.

France's mostly taxpayer - funded public pension system may do better at ensuring every retiree is sufficiently funded (for now), and America's mostly private pension patchwork may be more sustainable into the future, but our hybrid system of individual -, employer - and government - funded benefits ranks high on both criteria, sufficiency and sustainability — «which is uncommon,» says Morin

Jon Kasselman of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy explored the ramifications of enlarging the CPP, including its potential (in concert with the Guaranteed Income Supplement) to eliminate taxpayer - funded Old Age Security, and the possibility of making the enhanced portion of CPP coverage voluntary.

The International Monetary Fund for years has documented that asking ever healthier taxpayers to wait a little longer for their pension benefits is among the handful of measures that will allow developed economies to save their public retirement systems for bankruptcy.

She continued: «They just up and announced that I was prohibited from speaking anyway... I feel like the Constitution is important and that taxpayer - supported universities should not be using public funds to violate American citizens» Constitutional rights.»

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

And better yet, if the Fed can keep the pensions thinly solvent by pumping up the stock market, Congress and State Governments can defer the inevitable taxpayer bailout of public pension funds — for now.

Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised by doctors, local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the company.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Canadian taxpayers funded this research and the Canadian public deserves to learn the results.

So the response to the public to end taxpayer funds for these crops?

For Gordon Brown rejects the very idea that there should be alternative providers of taxpayer funded public services.»

Now tell me again how this project does not require «public» funds and how this project does not cost taxpayers «a dime»?

«My first job as state comptroller is to protect the one million members, and the rest of New York State taxpayers, from the irresponsibility that has left New Jersey, Illinois, California and dozens of other public pension funds across the nation dangerously under - funded, DiNapoli said.

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

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.

To ensure irreversibility, we are implementing the following measures to tackle some of the long - term structural issues: a. capping of the statutory funds at 25 percent of government tax revenues b. operationalization of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to consolidate all government funds at the Bank of Ghana c. tightening of expenditure controls in GIFMIS to minimize inefficiencies and budget overruns d. strict enforcement of the PFM Act, as well as the Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their money.

Senate Republicans in the past year have blocked a public financing measure that was introduced by Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying a taxpayer - funded system is too expensive and a poor use of resources.

He wants taxpayer - funded political campaigns, allowing politicians to campaign exclusively on the public dime and forcing you, the taxpayer, to cover the cost of their negative TV ads, mailers and robocalls.

And it came, blowing up the taxpayer funded conference into a public relations nightmare.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

● Keep corrupt lawmakers convicted of defrauding the public from receiving taxpayer - funded pensions.

Since college only benefits the student, taxpayers should not be burdened with funding a service that has no direct benefit for the public.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

The Commons public accounts committee will say on Wednesday that ministers have staked billions of taxpayer funds on the untested housing strategy and violated Treasury guidelines.

One measure that seems particularly close to an agreement is the elimination of taxpayer - funded pensions for officials convicted of public corruption.

We hope that Mayor (and former Public Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquiPublic Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquipublic funds spent to acquire it.

But charter schools get a cut of taxpayer dollars, which threatens the money needed to fund the public schools and keep the Syracuse Teachers Association operating.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino's last - minute campaign video pushes his candidacy on the independent Taxpayers Party line, and deems the Democrats a «threat» to the solvency of New York and accuses them of «playing games» with public funds.

In a case that could have ramifications for government transparency, New York's top judges may decide whether details about taxpayer - funded teacher pensions should remain hidden or be open to the public.

The State Assembly has passed legislation that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from public officers convicted of corruption, as well as a resolution aimed at preventing conflicts of interest with regard to legislators» outside income.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez pitched a plan last year that would kick in public money to expand them to every borough, but the company's latest proposal would do it without taxpayer funds.

Communications between the mayor and his taxpayer - funded staff who work for the city are normally withheld from public disclosure.

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

As state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently reported, ESDC «provides little public information regarding the results of taxpayer - funded investments in its initiatives.»

«It's distressing, however, that Jack Martins has chosen an issue that unites us all — health care for veterans — to try to distract from the revelations of mismanagement and taxpayer - funded patronage that have emerged in the past week about the public hospital run by his political machine.»

One proposal released Wednesday by Cuomo's tax department would create one or more state - operated charitable funds to receive taxpayers» contributions for healthcare and public schools.

Healy, the former Republican chairman, blamed the glut of candidates on the state's public campaign financing system, where candidates collect $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations to receive millions in taxpayer - funded election grants.

«No taxpayer funds should be used to pay for any public official's sexual harassment or misconduct — period,» Cuomo said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday released a package of measures designed to curtail sexual harassment in the workplace that include a uniform policy for state government employees, a ban on taxpayer funds for settlements related to sexual assault and harassment and require the disclosure from public and some private entities of harassment - related settlements.

With no oversight or subpoena power, «it is clear by now that the public advocate position has just become a taxpayer - funded method to run for mayor of the city of New York,» Sliwa said.

Cuomo also wants to add 100 new charter schools in the state, which are publicly funded by taxpayers but don't have to follow all the rules and regulations that public schools must obey.

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

ALBANY — New York state's public pension funds are underfunded by a staggering $ 120 billion — and taxpayers will have to shell out an additional $ 8.5 billion a year by 2015 to keep them in the black, according to a report released yesterday.

The GOP has long maintained that a matching small donor plan using public funds is a waste of the taxpayers» money, and would only lead to more annoying robo - calls.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

«For too long in the public sector, trade unions have received taxpayer funding that is poor value for money and inadequately controlled.