Sentences with phrase «sends taxpayer money»

Billed as the salvation of depressed Western New York, the Buffalo Billion sent taxpayer money into the hands of Cuomo donors, with little - to - no benefit to the public.

Apparently, all it took for some folks to start thinking about dusting off the properly rejected idea of using vouchers to send taxpayer money to private schools in Utah was a brief visit from U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Not exact matches

Following reports that the del Lago Casino & Resort in Seneca County is struggling with revenue and is seeking a bailout from the state, Sen. Joseph Griffo sent a letter to Cuomo and the state Budget director, indicating he doesn't believe a bailout is appropriate use of taxpayer money.

JAMESTOWN - The chairman of the Chautauqua County Democratic Committee is taking Sen. Catherine Young's (R - Olean) office to task for sending out campaign - style mailers using taxpayer money, less than a month before the General Election.

The state would also stop sending money to New York City to provide a tax credit proportional to STAR savings for taxpayers there.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

«Taxpayers never had an opportunity to so much as see where this money is going, let alone weigh in on it, before lawmakers voted to send $ 56 million out the door,» said Empire Center Executive Director Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center.

We must send people with fresh ideas and fresh perspectives to state government to objectively address the rampant corruption, stop wasting taxpayer money, and prioritize the programs that our citizens desperately need, like prevention, treatment and recovery funding to address the growing heroin and opioid epidemic.»

Syracuse, N.Y. — In Onondaga County's most - contested race for state Assembly, one candidate has been accused of sending jobs to China and the other of funneling $ 700,000 in taxpayer money to his employer.

While they are wasting taxpayer money on frivolous lawsuits, I will be out talking with New Yorkers about the issues that really matter in their lives — finding a job, paying for prescription drugs, and sending their kids to college.»

The group sent the glossy mailer, which said the project «would give $ 8 million in taxpayer money to a Canadian company.»

The GOP amendment does not ask federal taxpayers to send more money to his state, Collins said - «not a penny.»

Maroney and Jobson were presumably so scared of not receiving the one - man - band Conservative Party line in November handed out by Lettre to his puppets, that they voted against their own Republican caucus to spend another $ 2.5 million of taxpayers» money and send the Conservative Party Chairman home happy.

In many ways the PVB scandal fit the usual pigs - at - the - municipal - trough trope: The taxpayers» money was stolen, lower - level operatives were caught and squeezed by the authorities, formerly powerful individuals were disgraced and sent to jail.

Instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, Congress should invest these dollars in the public schools that serve all students regardless of gender, disability, economic status, or educational achievement.

The amount of taxpayer money sent to private voucher schools in Wisconsin will need to be examined before passage of Walker's proposal to expand the statewide program, two Republican lawmakers also said Wednesday.

But he opposes wasting taxpayer money on vouchers for parents who already send their kids to private school and don't need a subsidy.

Evers earlier this year praised Walker's budget proposal, but until now the two have been at odds over how much money the state and property taxpayers should send to schools, the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and on Walker's signature piece of legislation known as Act 10, which nearly eliminated collective bargaining for public school teachers and resulted in massive membership losses for the state's largest teachers union, which has heavily backed Evers.

Today, 17 states offer 33 programs that allow parents to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools.

The law allows even middle - class parents to use taxpayer money to send their children to private secular and religious schools.

Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood agreed with the complainants, declaring the program unconstitutional in 2014 and saying from the bench that «the General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything.»

«The General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything,» he wrote.

This past legislative session, these charter school and education reform entities spent in excess of $ 500,000 successfully persuading legislators to cut their own district's public school funding, at the same time they were sending even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's charter schools, despite the fact that these private institutions have traditionally refused to educate their fair share of students who need special education services, children who require help learning the English Language or those who have behavioral issues.

«The General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything,» Hobgood said.

I am sure that state legislatures would not spend taxpayer money on charter schools and parents would not send their children to charter schools without the power of the term that the «school reformers» use:» failing pubic schools».

More recently, the group sent out glossy mailings to voters in a number of Connecticut legislative districts «thanking them» for their pro-charter school vote — a vote that will actually end up costing state and local property taxpayers even more money.

In a voucher program, taxpayers send their money to the government and it decides how to spend the funds.

Re «Herbert signs bill demanding feds relinquish lands in Utah» (Tribune, March 24): Gov. Gary Herbert and the flat - Earthers in the Legislature have again sent a «message» bill to the U.S. government that will cost us taxpayers another pile of money and produce nothing.

, saying «the General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything.»

NCPE believes that instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, these funds should be invested in the public schools.

I'm going to have to file a 1099 for someone that I'm paying money to this year so I was just reading the instructions, and they say that I am supposed to send one copy to the taxpayer, one copy to the IRS, and one copy to the state tax agency.

Over the next two years, they are sending energy audit teams to 20 State Capitol complexes to help save taxpayers money and help the environment... while the Federal Government equivocates

The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer - funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in «ethical» stock funds.

Making this switch, particularly in large numbers, will send a powerful message to the government that the people want an alternate model, not one that subsidizes fossil fuel companies to the tune of # 1,000 per household per year, using taxpayers» money.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration warns that criminals make unsolicited calls to taxpayers fraudulently claiming to be the IRS and demanding that you send them cash via prepaid debit cards, money orders or wire transfers from their banks.

Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.