Sentences with phrase «says local control»

Scharff said the local control promise could result in a minimum wage of up to $ 13.65 in New York City, assuming a $ 10.50 statewide rate.

And he argued that Connecticut should intervene more aggressively in school districts, saying local control, grounded in American tradition but not the law, has given the state an excuse to bow out rather than meaningfully try to improve schools.

Not exact matches

Hay says Pure Barre strikes a good balance between offering support, yet empowering local owners to take control.

The report said that Google had too much control over China's smartphone sector, which had become dependent on Android, and had discriminated against certain local firms.

«A lot of what we do in the city is fight for local liberty and local control,» Adler said.

China is confident of fending off systemic debt risks as it strengthens control over local government debt, Finance Minister Xiao Jie said.

«There's a lot of local control, and that's really going to dictate how quickly this market unfolds,» said David Torrisi, executive director of the Commonwealth Dispensary Association, an industry group representing medical dispensaries.

Chapdelaine and other local officials said they backed moratoriums because they were waiting for the state Cannabis Control Commission to finalize regulations and wanted to include residents in a conversation about where marijuana facilities belong.

Republican lawmakers, who are in control of both legislative chambers, said the program would help local sheriffs and police chiefs who do not have enough deputies or officers to assign to schools.

If Beijing relaxes foreign ownership limit in its auto industry, international companies may seek greater or full control of their ventures in China — a move that would hurt their local partners, analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets said.

Suzanne Delbanco, the executive director for the Catalyst for Payment Reform, a nonprofit group that mainly represents employers, said controlling rising prices is especially hard in markets where a local hospital or medical group dominates.

Issuing international bonds through controlled entities in offshore centers allows Chinese and Brazilian firms to reach investors that would find it difficult to invest in their local markets, the BIS says.

«To ensure public shareholders are not disadvantaged, any takeover bid would need to be put to a shareholder vote and any recommendation by the board would have to be based on an appropriate premium as well as safeguards for future probity given past track records of the businesses controlled by the Murdoch family», said Kieran Quinn, chairman of Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

This is true both in churches where authoritative (and sometimes authoritarian) church hierarchies supposedly have great power to control what happens in the local church, and in decentralized communions in which the local minister has the final say.

But, lets say the bishop of the local Catholic diocese took a public poll during Sunday mass and asked for a show of hands as to how many of his congregants use an unapproved form of birth control?

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Luca Mignini, president of Campbell International, which owns the Arnott's biscuit range that controls 60 per cent of the $ 1.3 billion local sweet biscuit market, said there were other strategies to lure in consumers other than slashing prices.

«We were having success,» says Donahue, who was 31 when he assumed control in Westwood, «but we were being criticized in the local community, and I couldn't understand why.

The high rated youngster whose full name is Renan Martins Pereira, is known for his intelligent match - reading ability, marking power and great technical quality to control the ball; and local media sources say he is almost a «complete player».

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says a ban on deep fryers in school cafeterias goes against his philosophy of local control.

Miller also said that federal nutritional restrictions should also be changed to give more control to local school districts.

Elliott Hartstein, the village's former mayor and the only person to support the village's decision during the public hearing, said a meaningful assault weapons ban should be discussed, but the latest Buffalo Grove proposal was only about local control.

But on the larger question of local control... You say:» If you believe that school food professionals at the district level a) know what they're doing and b) have the kids wellness at heart, then why do they need to be micromanaged through regulation?»

House Republicans initiated the block - grant proposals under the Personal Responsibility Act to return control of the schools and curriculum to the local level, cut costs and reduce federal bureaucracy, said Kristin Woltemuth, a legislative assistant to Rep. Harris Fawell (R., Naperville) a member of the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

In July 2013, the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, a cross party group, said that rent controls would serve «only to reduce investment in the sector at a time when it is most needed».

The governor says he vetoed legislation because control boards such as NIFA need ability to «restore fiscal order» to local governments.

«People have concluded the stakes are too high to mess around with the governance system,» Wylde, who has led the local business sector's support of mayoral control, said in an interview.

«It is critically important, now more than ever, to make sure government controls spending in light of the federal cap on deductions for state and local taxes,» Law said, referring to the $ 10,000 limit on deductions of local property taxes and state income taxes on federal returns.

As a Southampton Town Board member, Ms. Fleming says she's helped to eliminate a budget deficit, thereby restoring the town's credit rating; focused on proper staffing and controls in the town finance department; and spearheaded economic initiatives such as the Farm Fresh Market in Flanders, which is run by teenagers and sells local produce, and the Youth Build Project in Riverside, which teaches young people about sustainable building methods while restoring blighted homes.

12:07 - She says last local election Clegg promised local people more control over their health services.

Another letter to the paper, from Jane Eades, Chair of Anti Academies Alliance, said: «Is this a promise that he will stop plans to open academies in areas where parents and teachers oppose the plans, returning schools to local authority control?

Korn said: «Judge Lynch identified some of the key issues with the tax cap — that it undermines local control and exacerbates the already inequity in funding that negatively impacts the poorest and vulnerable students in the state.»

What this proposal is saying is let's leverage that local control to do what's best for the community, particularly for historically under - served groups.»

«It appears there's an overreach by government usurping local control,» said Rick Timbs, Statewide School Finance Consortium executive director.

«The Governor, Legislature, Education Commissioner, and Board of Regents must restore local control of our schools,» Astorino said.

He said standards that are developed in New York would «go back to our roots... and back to local control in the classroom and local school boards.»

«The Erie County Control Board played a crucial part in improving the financial health of the county and minimizing burden felt by the taxpayers following the «Red - Green» budget, but as Erie County's bond rating continues to improve and the local economy becomes increasingly diversified the control board has taken on a purely advisory status» said Legislator Patrick Burke (7th DisControl Board played a crucial part in improving the financial health of the county and minimizing burden felt by the taxpayers following the «Red - Green» budget, but as Erie County's bond rating continues to improve and the local economy becomes increasingly diversified the control board has taken on a purely advisory status» said Legislator Patrick Burke (7th Discontrol board has taken on a purely advisory status» said Legislator Patrick Burke (7th District).

ALBANY — Members of the state Assembly had been told to prepare for a return to the Capitol on Friday for a session to take up legislation regarding mayoral control of schools and local tax extenders, members said, only to have the plans canceled several hours later.

And Horrigan highlighted mandates in the county budget the local government has no control over, saying that 90 percent of the budget come by way of unfunded mandates from Albany.

Donnelly says the deal also means updated pollution control and monitoring, and gives local officials control over the source of trash for the incinerator, something county officials have emphasized in the past.

We expanded mental health services in schools through partnership with Say Yes and others; maintained an active and robust rodent control program that is having positive results in communities across the county; continued a very popular rabies clinic program that has been attended by thousands of appreciative pets (and owners); and, along with partners, created the innovative Erie County Health Mall to improve local health outcomes.

Speaking in Harlow, where Labour took control of the council in last week's local election, Miliband said: «The reality now for people aspiring to get on is that they feel they are running up against a brick wall in terms of unemployment and getting on the housing ladder.»

As Democrats continue to control the majority in Albany's lower house, basic logic says a local Democrat might be able to accomplish more than a Republican.

Assemblyman Fred Thiele, a Republican from Long Island says the change would restore local control to school districts.

Astorino has said he is fighting the federal government because he wants to maintain local control in housing decisions in Westchester, a county where Cuomo lives as well.

He cited the mix of state and local agencies involved and said that «New York City needs to control its own destiny.

The plan to drill fire suppression wells would not harm the local ecosystem, environmental groups said, though they added that conducting more «controlled burns» more often would help prevent future fires from getting out of control.

«The governor's plan to reign in the state's out - of - control pension costs is smart legislation that will provide local businesses the kind of tax relief they need,» said Samuels.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

Commenting on the Conservative Party's proposals to force local authorities to hold a referendum each time they increase council tax by more than a central government controlled level, Director of Unlock Democracy, Peter Facey said: