Sentences with phrase «shadow government»

«The proliferation of the city's shadow government remains a matter of public interest, especially given this protected class of individuals who operate without oversight or accountability,» she added.

I mean a link to the wikipedia page of the IRGC does not support your claim about shadow government and stuff.

Doing nothing might lead to suggestions he doesn't have control of his parliamentary party (perish the thought), on the other he's barely got enough MPs willing to shadow the government as it is.

Indeed, it has an entire shadow government that works alongside, and sometimes in place of, Kabul.

• Members of the secret team constituted «a virtual shadow government, directed by unelected officials of the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, and a private network of former military and intelligence officials.

But there remains yet another device for legal illegality and that is the virtually duplicate shadow government that operates beyond the knowledge of the legislature or court system.

He said when payments are made through authorities like DASNY, they are in essence operating like shadow governments.

«What's happening is collective unity is now collapsing in government and shadow government on difficult subjects,» the Tory MP said.

The final indignity would be if the Lib Dems, reduced to eight MPs shadowing government departments, required the former leader to cover a few portfolios in a trip back to the future that would crown the chief collaborator's humiliation.

With just a little digging, Condor quickly recalls one of his reports in which he discovers a secrete shadow government with designs of controlling the Middle East's oil supply.

Information control and shadow government spying, opened with an agent infiltrating a ship in the night, villain with a prosthetic arm, the crashing carriers reminded me of Arsenal.

, exposed Gov. Brown's shadow government appointees at the State Water Resources Control Board that ordered the release of massive amounts of water from the New Melones Reservoir and Lake Tulloch, to -LSB-...]

For instance, he throws out the old canard about women conspiring to form a «shadow government» behind the scenes in order to function as illicit leaders in the congregation.

• Members of the shadow government were deeply involved in assassinations, drug - and gun - running activities, and covert actions.

It does not bode well for United States democracy that despite the Iran - contra hearings not one meaningful step has been taken to dismantle the shadow government.

First of all, we deal with the issue of the shadow government, runaway boards commissions and public authorities accountable to no one by...........

«This is setting up a shadow government and it blurs the line between private campaigning and public policy.

Reichberg raised $ 35,000 for the Campaign for One New York, which was shut down in March shortly after a good government group accused the mayor of using it as a «shadow government» to conceal who had influence in his administration.

Another problem is the shadow government is in direct disagreement to everything the elected government believes in.

Reinvent Albany recommends that one state agency be responsible for all contract decisions, and that it be totally transparent, instead of what Kaehny calls the present «shadow government» that's been caught up in the federal bid rigging scandal.

The investigation may also implicate one or more of the much - criticized nonprofits the mayor created to raise cash and advance his liberal agenda, which the group Citizens Union labeled a «shadow government» earlier this year.

That's the definition of a shadow government,» said Common Cause New York executive director Susan Lerner.

Campaign for One New York had long come under fire by good government watchdogs - who called it a «shadow government» that raised $ 4 million and spent much of it on consultants who also did work for de Blasio's political campaign.

Members of the shadow government will be made to publish full details of their expenses claims and allowances, David Cameron said today.

While Mr Cameron considers his plans for a future Conservative administration, the home secretary John Reid asked why Mr Mercer had not been replaced in his shadow government.

The firm gave $ 10,000 to de Blasio's Campaign for One New York — a now - shuttered nonprofit that ethics advocates decried as a «shadow government» — and two of his clients soon did the same.

Later, Gallo identified Will, along with Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn, former majority leader Tom Hoffay and Assemblyman Kevin Cahill as conspiring in a «shadow government» to undermine his administration.

ONE POLICE PLAZA — Mayor Bill de Blasio says he's not running a «shadow government» with his unpaid advisers known as «agents of the city.»

The arrangement is similar to a «shadow government» — and there are «no grounds» for the setup, Lerner said.

One of the concerns he said he heard from multiple participants was the rise of a «shadow government» of consultants in New York City under de Blasio.

In February, Lerner asked the Campaign Finance Board and the Conflicts of Interest Board to investigate de Blasio's use of nonprofits such as the Campaign for One New York because it «has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

Abolish the shadow government of so - called «public authorities» and off - budget, under the radar private corporations draining the public treasuries like the SUNY Research Foundation and HRI (Health Research Incorporated).

--- With our shadow government's long and carefully engineered «eugenics friendly» sellout to the awesomely genocidal RED Chinese all but complete — time for the second POST American CPAC.

Sometimes described as collectively constituting a «shadow government,» public authorities are essentially arms of government free from debt limits and other provisions that circumscribe the activities of local and state governments.

Over the past three years, Mayor Shayne Gallo has often inveighed against «party elites» and other perceived political enemies he's variously dubbed «the Politburo» or «the shadow government.»

The mayor created the Campaign for One New York to raise money to lobby for and advance his agenda, and shut it down earlier this year after claiming it had achieved its mission — and after good government groups had labeled it a «shadow government» and a spate of probes had begun into possible «pay - to - play» arrangements involving contributors who got favorable treatment from the city.

But Mangano has remained defiant, insisting that his budget is balanced and that NIFA was a «shadow government» that could spark a property tax hike.

Critics have said that the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, like de Blasio's Campaign for One New York, created a shadow government apparatus, in this case where government employees did work for lobbying groups and consultants were paid for their efforts by the MCCEJ while also representing Cuomo's campaign.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest state records show New York's public authorities — long criticized as a shadow government subject to little outside scrutiny — have increased their debt to...

Mayor Bill de Blasio today defended himself from good government group charges that two nonprofits collecting money to promote his agenda had created «a shadow government» and «perpetual campaign» — arguing that both organizations fully disclosed their donors and were promoting worthy liberal causes.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

The good - government group Common Cause in February asked the Campaign Finance Board to investigate, saying that this «fund - raising has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

«The mayor's unprecedented use of 501 (c) 4 fundraising has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policy - making process,» Common Cause said in a statement announcing its complaints.

«We've asked the Conflicts of Interest Board to determine whether the mayor setting up a shadow government is actually a violation of specific provisions of the conflicts of interest law,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause of New York, which promotes campaign finance reform.

Good government group Common Cause New York called for an investigation, saying the mayor's use of the fund «spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

Since then, Gallo has inveighed against alleged «party elites» and accused fellow elected officials — including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Common Council President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseat him.