Sentences with phrase «said fair director»

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., said only: «Once the Senate receives a nomination, we look forward to a full, fair and timely confirmation process to fill the director position.

Jonathan Zaid, the executive director of patient advocacy group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, said the enhanced coverage comes after years of litigation to gain this level of acceptance for medical marijuana.

«There is a fair amount of excitement about this, as it's a new platform for app developers to develop and generate revenue,» says Scott Strawn, program director for Google Strategic Advisory at research company IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts.

«It sounds to me like they are intentionally avoiding doing business with people of color,» said Allison Bethel, director of the fair housing clinic at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

«If you're going to have free markets, they've got to be fair,» said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

«We are pleased to see the Obama administration will not cause harm to citizens and states by shutting these businesses down, and hope this will lead to an expansion of sensible policies related to marijuana, such as allowing these businesses access to banking, and taxing them at a fair rate,» said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a Washington, D.C. - based trade group that represents what it says are the thousands of firms involved in marijuana production and sales.

Retired Army Col. H. Charles Hodges Jr., senior director of events and programs for Hiring Our Heroes and former Joint Base Lewis - McChord garrison commander, said he is expecting the hiring fair to host up to 1,000 job seekers from the local military community.

We believe that responsible businesses are those who don't just tackle the company bonuses at the top — but take steps to ensure a fairer deal for the workers and farmers at the bottom of the supply chain too,» says Harriet Lamb, executive director of the Fairtrade Foundation.

Anne Seeberg, event director of Natural Product Scandinavia and Nordic Organic Food Fair, says: «We're absolutely thrilled to be nominated for Best Overseas Tradeshow.

«As a leading global logistics provider to the beer, wine, and spirits industries, we are delighted to partner with the London Wine Fair for the launch of the Innovation Zone,» says Sébastien Desreumaux, Managing Director, UK, for JF Hillebrand.

«Fairtrade is about delivering greater benefits of trade to farmers in the developing world — fair payments, a sustainable environment and just working conditions,» said Hans Theyer, Executive Director of Fairtrade America, the U.S. representative of the international Fairtrade system.

This year's London Wine Fair, being held at at Kensington Olympia, May 3 - 5, will play host to the largest and most diverse content to date, says show director Ross Carter.

Commenting on this year's content, show director, Ross Carter, says: «Education has always been a key component of The Fair, alongside diversity and discovery.

«We promise that our farmers will always be paid a fair and independently agreed price for their milk,» said John Scouler, Tesco's commercial director, in the statement.

The FIA's racing director Charlie Whiting says the addition of aero fairings will make F1's halo device more attractive

[The committee] was pretty fair about looking at who you played,» said LSU senior associate athletic director Verge Ausberry.

Race director Charlie Whiting dismissed Vettel's concerns, saying it's always been the case that the safety car can change the race and that safety is more important than making sure it's fair.

But I can not help but wonder what's going on at our club's helm when I hear our directors saying things like, «we need to sell before we're able to buy» and «we're missing our Financial Fair Play targets by approximately $ 60m.»

«We have seen an improvement in sportsmanship, fair play and friendship between our youth athletes,» says Bradley Ficek, Director of Youth Sports and Fitness at the base.

Camp fairs are common in other parts of the country, but more rare in the Chicago area, said Debby Menzel, a camp director for the DuPage County Council of Girl Scouts.

«The majority of New Yorkers support fair marriage laws that protect lesbian and gay families,» said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

«No - one opposes fair immigration rules, but that doesn't require polarising publicity stunts which fuel fear and intimidate vulnerable communities, poisoning delicate race relations,» Liberty policy director Isabella Sankey said.

James Gower, managing director of The Game Fair, said: «We were delighted with the turn out from BASC members at this year's event after we worked extremely hard to ensure the biggest rural show of the year connected with its core audience in the shooting world.

«The only way to respond to cuts coming from President Trump and the GOP Congress is to look at fair share tax revenues,» said Michael Kink, the executive director of Strong Economy for All.

«A «small rotten core» of company directors, including bankers, are to face tougher laws to ensure they are banned from running British businesses, Vince Cable will say on Monday as he unveils a series of measures to promote a fairer economy.

Cuomo said Acting State Fair Director Troy Waffner is «doing a very good job.

Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner says the project has come together quickly, and it will mean big changes at the facility by the time the Syracuse Nationals car show comes to town in mid-July.

State GOP communications director Alex Carey agreed with Giuliani, saying, «It wouldn't be fair to change the rules (in the middle of the game).»

«The Trump administration, with its actions around the census, is coming after New York's money and it's coming after our power,» said NYIC Executive Director Steven Choi, who announced his organization was joining with other advocacy groups to form a coalition called New York Counts 2020 to ensure a fair and accurate census.

«We're encouraged by the renewed interested in Fair Elections in Albany,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action of New York, who released a statement on behalf of the Fair Elections for New York campaign.

Today's move brings us towards a fairer, more just system of electing our President where one person really does equal one vote,» said Bill Lipton, State Director for the Working Families Party.

Cuomo says the next director of the New York State Fair should bring the fair management experience and ideas to enhance the expositFair should bring the fair management experience and ideas to enhance the expositfair management experience and ideas to enhance the exposition.

«Anytime we see subsidies in excess of $ 100,000 per job, much less $ 2 million, it's fair to say that taxpayers will never break even on those deals,» said Greg LeRoy, a national subsidy expert and executive director of Good Jobs First.

He is a dedicated advocate for universal health care, a fair tax code and good - paying jobs for working families,» Bill Lipton, state director of the New York Working Families Party, said in a statement.

CBI Deputy Director - General Katja Hall said: «The introduction of thresholds is an important, but fair, step to ensure that strikes have the clear support of the workforce.

The New York State Attorney General's Office says former State Fair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. received cut - rate deals for food at his daughters» fairgrounds weddings from the company that held the fair's catering contract — an arrangement that short - changed taxpayFair Director Peter Cappuccilli Jr. received cut - rate deals for food at his daughters» fairgrounds weddings from the company that held the fair's catering contract — an arrangement that short - changed taxpayfair's catering contract — an arrangement that short - changed taxpayers.

«We can start looking at the west end of the Fairgrounds, and how we can improve traffic and put anchors down there — from redoing the 4 - H stables and the rings to the possibility of an expo building of some size to really filling in the gaps towards the east side,» said Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner.

Former Syracuse mayor and state fair director Tom Young, who serves on the fair's advisory board, said he had not heard any details about Cuomo's plan.

Troy Waffner, acting state fair director, said Super DIRT Week - the dirt racing championships held every autumn, for decades, in Syracuse - would still happen this year, but nothing is certain beyond this fall.

«We definitely need a much fairer tax code in New York state because right now the major challenge in New York state is how we're going to pay for our schools, our water systems, our infrastructure and just basic services the state is providing,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action and a state co-chair of the Working Families Party.

«Speaking at the Institute of Directors annual convention on Wednesday, the mayor of London said: «It's fair to say that the UK economy has finally reached its Costa Concordia moment.

«Organizing for Action's support brings unstoppable momentum to the campaign for Fair Elections for New York,» said Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York.

«The Tier VI retirement proposal advanced by Gov. Cuomo is a fair and balanced approach to containing pension costs in New York,» said Brian Sampson, executive director of Unshackle Upstate.

«By including public financing of elections in the budget, Governor Cuomo has demonstrated national leadership,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action, in a statement that was released by the group Fair Elections.

Commenting on today's announcement by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) of a call for evidence into the cost of motor insurance, Otto Thoresen, the ABI's Director General, said: «This will give the industry another opportunity to highlight the cost pressures motor insurers are facing, what action is needed to reduce them, and steps the industry is taking to ensure customers get the best deal when buying motor insurance.

Mr. Cuomo's director of state operations, Jim Malatras, said the governor had called him to relay what the legislators had said immediately after leaving the state fair, prompting the governor's aides to call Mr. Brindisi and Mr. Griffo the same day.

Syracuse, NY - After investigating management of the New York State Fair for a year, the state inspector general is preparing to refer to prosecutors evidence against former Director Peter Cappuccilli, sources with knowledge of the probe say.

«The State Education Department should act with urgency and within the timeline prescribed by the legislature to create a fair and rigorous teacher evaluation system,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Ossining for Fair Funding Communications Director Jessica Vecchiarelli said: «With significant enrollment growth and substantial increases in student needs, we are simply asking that Ossining be put on a path to being funded at the same percentage level as the average district in New York State, at least 80 % of the fully phased - in Foundation Aid.

«Tolls are user fees, not taxes, and the proposed toll swap seeks to create a fairer and more balanced system for distributing those user fees, so that everyone benefiting from the city's infrastructure contributes toward its repair and maintenance,» Move NY campaign director Alex Matthiessen said in response.