Sentences with phrase «reform town government»

Republican Town Council nominee Bill Schirmer, a small business owner with a long history of community service, will provide incumbent Supervisor Kelly Myers and Deputy Supervisor Jimmy Bruno with the support they need to reform our town government and eliminate the $ 400,000 General Fund deficit accrued by the Democratic - backed majority.

Kelly worked hard to reduce spending and reform town government.

Not exact matches

He noted Towns, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was noncommittal when asked by Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, to subpoena records from the «Friends of Angelo» loan program through which the former CEO of Countrywide Financial charged with fraud and insider trading by the SEC provided sweetheart mortgages to Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd and others.

The largely amicable town board race will feature former town building inspector Paul Andreassen, running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence party lines; longtime Saugerties police officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local government.

Following eight months of calls for ethics reform from Blakeman and King Sweeney, the board also passed 6 - 1 legislation concerning an inspector general / compliance officer, who would monitor possible waste and corruption within town government.

The proposed reform of our government would encourage individuals to contact thier district representatives and would promote balanced actions by the Town Board.

Nick Confessore has an interesting story on the NYT site today about the loss of clout specifically among African American Democrats now that Rep. Charlie Rangel is no longer Ways & Means chairman, Rep. Ed Towns is poised to lose the top slot on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Gov. David Paterson is about to leave office.

To date, his efforts have resulted in voters adopting measures to reform government in 3 counties, 6 towns, and 1 village, saving taxpayers $ 5.2 million dollars per year.

The Assembly member — who said he is interested in seeing the elimination of backdoor borrowing and term limits enacted in both houses, among other changes — has spent the last five years campaigning with Con Con advocates like SUNY New Paltz professor Gerald Benjamin and government reform activist Bill Samuels, participating in countless town halls and panel discussions to help get the word out.

If an alliance district will submit to getting rid of veteran teachers (and replacing them with scab labor from TFA); getting rid of staff people, not just in the schools and central office, but in town offices as well; hand over their democratic rights to elect their officials and let a Strong Man / Woman Mayor appoint people to the Board of Ed (even non residents); remove all checks and balances in local government; and, let any reformer do whatever they want to children, who will be guinea pigs for reform, drill - and - kill, «no excuses» punishments of preschoolers and kindergarteners — THEN Malloy will release money for leaky roofs and essential remediation of toxins.

Controversial Land Planning Reform Advancing In the meantime, the government is promoting a plan to reform the town planning system which environmental activists say would have severe social and environmental consequReform Advancing In the meantime, the government is promoting a plan to reform the town planning system which environmental activists say would have severe social and environmental consequreform the town planning system which environmental activists say would have severe social and environmental consequences.

However, a controversial reform of the town planning system has many in Israel accusing the government of promoting environmentally destructive policies.

The Northern Territory Government has also connected the growth town policy to tenure reform, stating:

The Northern Territory Government states that it will not take money away from other communities to build up the 20 growth towns [85] but has been criticised for not providing details about what the reforms will mean for community services.