Now, Patterson is taking
this same donor support to independent booksellers in the UK in an effort to ensure that people have access to books.
Not exact matches
A powerful GOP
donor who split with his party by funding the «Never Trump» movement — and by
supporting same - sex marriage — Singer is also obsessed about his own and his employees» physical safety, according to those who know him well.
In a recent case in 2012, the state of Kansas pursued a known
donor (where the child was conceived through at - home insemination) for child
support when the child's mother (in a
same - sex relationship) applied for government assistance for the child — despite the fact that the known
donor had signed a written agreement with the intended parents stating that he would not be a legal parent of the child.
Sen. Mark Grisanti has raised a whopping $ 246,687 since the November general election, the bulk of which came from deep pocketed
donors who
supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo's successful push to legalize
same - sex marriage in which the WNY Republican lawmaker played a key role.
It's not unusual for the GOP in the Legislature to fare better, but this year those numbers are highlighted after the four Republican senators who voted for
same - sex marriage legalization benefited from the
support of deep - pocketed
donors.
At the
same time, Flanagan is also
supported the passage of legislation designed to boost
donor registration, including registering 16 and 17 - year - olds as well as providing for the Donate Life Registry through the state health exchange.
His fundraiser comes on the
same week his former top aide, Steve Cohen, and Democratic
donor / activist Sean Eldridge and his fiance, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, launched a new coordinated effort to push for campaign finance reform in Albany — something for which Cuomo has repeatedly voiced
support, but so far not done much to achieve.
Republican Donald Trump said he wants super PACs
supporting him to disband and return their cash to
donors because he's self - funding his White House bid, and challenged other presidential candidates to do the
same.
The latest depicts rainbows sprouting over the Capitol building in Albany and Obama collecting money from LGBT
donors, who breath fire of complaints for his lack of public
support for
same - sex marriage.
The
same donors also contributed individually to some of those
same members — an interesting carrot - and - stick approach that combines pressure as well as
support for would - be deserters from Bush's war policy.
Cuomo's past benefactors include Tim Gill, a software entrepreneur and influential gay
donor who was impressed with his push on
same - sex marriage, as well as Ken Langone, who chaired «Republicans for Cuomo» and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, who was attracted by Cuomo's
support for charter schools.
Perhaps the most pressing concern for charter networks and organizations is that they are funded by some of the
same prominent financiers who
supported Trump and they operate in the
same sphere as DeVos, a prominent education reform
donor and advocate for school choice who is worth an estimated $ 5 billion.
Thanks to the
support of
donors who share our
same vision, the program remains a national leader in advancing the quality of life of animals in shelters.
And politicians, dependent on their livelihood on the
support of constituents and
donors, fall into the
same camps.
Digital bookplates bear the name of the individual who is being honoured or remembered, as well as the name of the
donor who has chosen to pay tribute, while
supporting Western Libraries» collections at the
same time, the university's website says.