Sentences with phrase «said public voice»

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele encouraged Realtors ® to continue engaging policymakers face to face and said public voice is needed to clear the legislative clutter in Washington.

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One user from California noted,» [It's] not cool to sue customers simply for writing a review,» while another from Massachusetts said, «When you sue your customers for voicing their dissatisfaction in a public setting, you're attempting to stifle free speech.»
When it comes to statement wording, it's part of «designing the public voice» and how Zuckerberg wants to come across as a leader, Spatafora says.
Craig Benjamin of Amnesty International Canada said, «This is one more important voice added to the call for the kind of independent public inquiry that we need to establish a truly comprehensive and effective national plan of action.
We heard voices saying that Canada and the world economy need increased social services, expanded public infrastructure investments and restored regimes of strict regulation for banks and investment houses.
Hudak says OREA has been a stronger — and necessary — voice in the public debate.
«Many members of the public voiced their support for the measures and the product list through telephone calls, emails and other means,» the ministry said.
Peter Williams, a Catholic writer and speaker for Catholic Voices, told Premier's News Hour: «An encyclical is one of the levels of authority that says to Catholics this is what you must be aware of and take account of when acting in the public sphere.
«I kind of look at the gospel as a stream of water, and it's the purest at its source,» says Wilde, a spokeswoman for Principle Voices, a Utah - based group that educates the public about polygamy.
If we have something to say about the timeless enemies of the human condition — injustice, ignorance, bigotry, exploitation, hunger, war — we will fail if we try to sound like every other voice in the public realm instead of using our language and tradition.
These days, there are no Christians with currency as intellectuals, which is to say as articulate public voices who interpret present political and cultural trends for a broad, educated audience.
The LDS Church released a statement in response to the protest saying, «Of course, the Church recognizes the right of groups to voice their opinion in the public square.
nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow
When asked for his stance on the futures of Nasri and Fabregas, who have been strongly linked with moves, Gazidis said: «We don't conduct our business in public and I am not going to throw my voice into the mix.
So new technologies are always going to catch our eyes, and parents are always going to be tempted to buy the newest, biggest, best thing,» says Dawn Comstock, a professor at University of Colorado's School of Public Health and a leading voice on concussion research.
«For 17 years, Cynthia Nixon has been a leading voice and on - the - ground fighter for public education, women's rights, LGBTQ equality, and protecting New York's environment from corporate polluters,» said the group's executive director, Charles Chamberlain.
«The board member who spoke such disgusting words presents a danger to the children at Buffalo Public Schools and I will keep saying that in the clearest, loudest voice possible until he is removed from this board,» said Rachel Dominquez, concerned parent.
Many Tory activists now say in public that which they would only voice in private just a few months ago; that they won't campaign for Cameron's Conservatives at the next election.
«What we're saying by contributing to her, is that we're encouraging her to maintain a strong voice in public life,» said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which recently gave her a maximum donation.
«Whatever it is you think state government should or shouldn't be doing, with public financing you have a much better chance of having your voice and your neighbors» voices heard and not drowned out by big money,» Scharff said.
Individual SMS messages, emails, blog posts, Facebook messages, voice calls and YouTube videos are a lot harder to track — which is also why they're a lot more likely to be useful in a protest than, say, public Twitter posts that can be read by the police as well as the crowd.
I can say this confidently: Brian is a dedicated public servant and we need his strong, progressive voice in the State Senate.»
He said the Union shall from time to time engage the government to ensure that it fulfills its promise else they will go out «again and cry to the public to hear our voice that we are not being handled fairly.»
«As public opinion continues to shift in favor of marriage equality across the country and particularly in New York, we are honored to have Russell Simmons lend his voice to the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign,» said HRC President Joe Solmonese.
Noting that the state budget places significant responsibility with the Regents for clarifying and fleshing out changes to teacher evaluation, Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus said that public hearings would ensure that all voices are heard.
In his public inauguration speech earlier this month, Walsh said he would be a «consistent and passionate voice» for the grid.
Dave Prentis, general secretary of public services union Unison, said: «These spiteful proposals will deny millions of ordinary workers a voice at work.
«I come here today to lend my voice to support these workers and to demand that we lift their wages,» said Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James on Mon., Oct. 20th.
«The Mayor nominated three of the most qualified and respected voices on public transit in all of New York City,» de Blasio spokesman Wiley Norvell said.
Citizen Action of New York's Karen Scharff agreed, saying his new language» is very much tied into his call for ending the inequality gap and raising the minimum wage... Public funding of elections is not only a way to end corruption but to give ordinary New Yorkers a voice in our elections.»
«If you read Section 3 of the Criminal Offences Act, the definition of a public officer includes a potential public officer, so when the President nominated me and announced it to the whole world, I became a potential public officer, recognized under the Criminal code as a public officer, so as far as I am concerned, since that day, I am neutral, and that is why you have not heard my voice over the air saying anything because I am coming to an office which has to be neutral and impartial.
He's made passing references to «wealthy donors» three times in his past five addresses, but goes all - in with that line of reasoning this time around: we have contribution limits to make sure elections «are not captured by wealthy public interests,» he says; «wealthy individuals and corporations are able to use Limited Liability Companies» to avoid these limits, so reform is needed «to even the playing field so that rich and poor New Yorkers alike have their voices heard.»
Our petition is grounded on an audio recording in the public domain (copy attached to this petition) which contains the voices of the said ACP Addo Danquah and one Kwame Asare Obeng also known as A-Plus who will be referred to as A-Plus for the purposes of this petition, which we believe has brought the professional integrity of the Ghana Police Service into disrepute.
Kevin Lafferty, who applied last week to replace Carl Paladino as the new Buffalo Public Schools board member representing the Park District, says it's important to have a voice on the board whose children attend school in the district.
Several Syracuse residents who attended last night's public comment session on the proposed government consolidation say they're worried it's a bad idea because they will lose their voice in the process.
«Education Councils provide parents a voice in public education and an opportunity to make grass - roots level impact in their school districts,» said Jesse Mojica, Executive Director of the Division of Family and Community Engagement.
«These reports documents in thorough detail the threat to our democracy and the ability of ordinary New Yorkers to have a voice in our state government and public policy making,» Scharff said.
He says parliament has voiced the public's concerns.
«I want the people who signed the petition to know their voices have been heard and I want to encourage an open, public debate on the name,» said Byrne.
«Community Voices Heard is glad that there is a call for Albany to dedicate more funding to NYCHA, especially given that a real commitment on their part has been missing for a number of years and we believe that this funding is a great starting point,» said Ann Valdez, a public housing resident and member of Community Voices Heard.
For example, III, now a vice provost at the University of Southern California, said that when he started a new job at National Public Radio in Washington in the mid -»80s, he picked up the phone one night to hear a familiar raspy voice.
«What's striking in these numbers is that a few dozen Wall Street financiers and billionaire hedge fund managers are able to far outspend more than 600,000 educators who believe in the promise of public education and voluntarily give a few bucks out of each paycheck to ensure they have a voicesaid Carl Korn, NYSUT's spokesman.
The Legislature wants to ensure that residents have an opportunity to voice their opinion on this matter and that is why we are launching this online poll, as well as hosting a public forum to allow residents to speak on the matter,» said Chairman John Mills.
May has promised that parliament will get a vote on any final deal she produces in the autumn, but Umunna said there could then be different mechanisms for letting the public's voices be heard.
«We will strongly make our points, but understand you are limiting the voice of the public as you do this,» said Democratic state Rep. Mark Pocan of Madison.
Supervisor Scott Russell said he believes the commission failed to come to a consensus and work with the Town Board before voicing their concerns at the first public hearing on Jan. 14.
«Whether you agree or disagree, shutting down the public voice is a terrible, terrible thing,» he said.
«The Conservative Party made their voice heard,» Cuomo said, referring to Skelos» inaction on a bill, supported by the governor, to ease penalties for suspects caught with small amounts of marijuana «in public view.»
Although Nixon said de Blasio's push to increase parent's voices in public school was important (Bloomberg «has completely shut out the parental voice,» she said), it was the Paid Sick Leave bill that was pivotal in her decision to back de Blasio over Quinn.
«Although some of these changes represent modest improvements, we're very disappointed that after months of discussion the city fails to recognize that we can't create a stronger Midtown if we don't reliably invest in the transit system, predictably fund public space improvements, protect landmark worthy buildings, and make sure that New Yorkers have a real voice in the future of their skyline,» Lola Finkelstein, chairwoman of a multi-board task force comprised of Community Boards 1, 4, 5 and 6, said in a statement.
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