Sentences with phrase «rod for controversy»

The gap in between those two periods - when the Uber app is on but there's no passenger in the vehicle - has become a lightening rod for controversy and debate between TNCs, regulators, and drivers.

What could tip the balance is the appearance that a candidate is a lightning rod for controversy, said Mark Rasch, a Washington lawyer and consultant who specializes in Internet issues.

Michaels, readers may recall, became a lightning rod for controversy last month after Charlottesville City Councilor Kevin Lynch questioned the propriety of Michaels» role as so - called «state climatologist» while accepting industry money and espousing an unpopular view that downplays global warming.

Upon its publication, the book became a lightning rod for controversy in the culture wars of the 1980s.

It's true, the artist's photographs of drag kings, leather sadomasochists, lesbian couples and herself — pierced and hooded in leather S&M gear — turned Opie into a lightning rod for controversy in the LGBTQ community.

To be fair, Blue Buffalo has become something of a lightning rod for controversy in the last few years.

Because Coleman was a lightning rod for controversy, I was often asked to present our results to various professional organizations.

Though the film has a respected comedic helmsman in Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Spy) and a cast fronted by some of the leading ladies of comedy (Kristin Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, for starters), the new take on the paranormal investigators has been a lightning rod for controversy since it got the green light.

So by your estimation, why has Three Billboards managed to be both popular and a lightning rod for controversy?

Although Zatz has encountered some delays to his own project to convert part of his home into a bed - and - breakfast due to certain interpretations of the Zoning Law, he demurs from any characterization of the kaw itself as a lightning rod for controversy.

Sebastian Gorka, an outspoken adviser to Trump and lightning rod for controversy, has been forced out of his position at the White House, two administration officials said.

Jim Smithberg, the tough Orland Park village manager whose style often made him a lightning rod for controversy, resigned this week and accepted a position as village manager in Romeoville.

Let's face it, Bennett was going to be a lightning rod for controversy — manufactured or not — for the rest of his time on the Seahawks.

The state and local tax deduction, a lightening rod for controversy in high - tax states, would be limited to property taxes of up to $ 10,000.

Not exact matches

10:05 - Murdoch says he resigned as non-exec chairman of BSkyB to avoid becoming a «Lightening rod» for controversy.

(CNN)- The New Jersey General Assembly, which is investigating the George Washington Bridge controversy, on Wednesday named the same prosecutor that went after former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as its own special counsel for a committee that will lead the bridge probe.

What's more for only the Pixel 2 XL, the lightning rod of controversy this year, has addressed complaints of the phone's «dull» OLED display by adding a new «Saturated» mode to two others — «Natural,» and, what once was «Vivid,» now «Boosted.»

But the numbers have also become a lightning rod of controversy over the market's perceived fragmentation — perhaps for good reason.