Sentences with phrase «signed public letter»

It might require a series of sotto voce conversations with the Secretary and a jointly signed public letter.

AFTER THE Bloomberg administration repeatedly shifted the Department of Education deck chairs, 120 principals have signed a public letter calling on Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio not to completely upend the bureaucracy again.

She signed a public letter to the party's general secretary, saying: «We are concerned about the recent suspensions of committed Labour party members for alleged anti-Semitism which undermines serious discussion and thinking.»

These female journalists, originally numbering 64 in total, have signed a public letter first published by The Hollywood Reporter, calling Brokaw «a man of tremendous decency and integrity.»

[Response: But these aren't statements about the most qualified scientists, just those who signed public letters calling for action.

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Former Comptroller General of the U.S. Charles Bowsher, former board member and acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chuck Niemeir, and former Chair of the International Accounting Standards Board Sir David Tweedie, along with a host of other luminaries, also signed the letter.

«A more thorough and considered process would have allowed for a robust public discussion among clearing member firms, exchanges and clearinghouses,» the FIA said in its letter, which was addressed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and signed by FIA Chief Executive Officer Walt Lukken.

In this republic of silence for women, men have once again expropriated literacy, hoarded books and banned acts of reading from public places, replacing lettered signs with pictures.

Hundreds of faculty signed a public statement of support, and dozens of letters arrived daily, reflecting a deeply felt need to be grateful for something at a time when, at least on the national scene, there were so few things one could be grateful for.

His comments drew fire from secularists, with a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by 50 public figures headed by the president of the British Humanist Association, Professor Jim Al - Khalili saying: «We object to his characterisation of Britain as a «Christian country» and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.»

The letter is available for the public to sign and will be delivered to world authorities on International Women's Day.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

When she enters the public realm, she does so as a political actor — writing letters, signing petitions, donating money.

Among those signs, ambiguous and interesting, is the public letter sent last May by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, to George W. Bush.

In March, the Boards of Directors of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education and the Association of Waldorf School of North America signed a letter renewing the mandate of the Joint Venture Committee, formed one year ago, to implement... more

I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the Environmental Working Group; Healthy, Child, Healthy World; The Healthy Schools Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.

Public Works Director Joe Saccomanno also said a letter signed by Mayor Ron Wietecha is being mailed this week to Park District officials, asking them to reconsider their rejection of an 85 - foot cellular tower at Kalina Field.

The final, signed letter was sent yesterday to the SNA board by Miguel Villarreal, director of food and nutrition services for the Novato Unified School District in Novato, California, and Allyson Mrachek, nutrition supervisor at Fayetteville Public Schools in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

«By signing the MOE bill into law, you can ensure that our public colleges and universities — and our public teaching hospitals — will have the funding they need,» Adams wrote in the letter.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

A group of religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent public figures have signed a joint letter calling on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious free schools.

The letter, which was signed by 72 CEOs, said, «Failure to enact this extension before the end of June will throw New York City's public education system into chaos.

The September 2015 letter is downloadable here and was signed by: Citizen Action, Citizens Budget Commission, Citizens Union, Good Jobs New York, League of Women Voters of NY State, New York Public Interest Research Group, and Reinvent Albany.

The letter was months in the making, and the twenty groups signing the letter did not release it to the public, because we did not want to put the governor on the spot publicly, and our goal is not to give the governor negative press, but to change a bad policy.

[24] On 15 September 2010, Berry, along with 54 other public figures, signed a BHA open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.

Any letter signed in the name of Tiger Eye or Tiger Eye PI is a fraud on the public.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources, and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

The letter, signed by the Bishops of Winchester, Durham, Guilford and Worcester, stated that the changes could likely result in «increasing risk to our nation's public and political life of the inhumane and imperfectly processed decisions».

The letter, organised by the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education, of which the British Humanist Association (BHA) is a co-founder, has been signed by more than 70 prominent public figures.

The Presiding Officer at the senate on Wednesday, Ike Ekweremadu, read the letter announcing the removal of Adamu which was signed by the Public Relations Officer of the caucus, Dino Melaye.

About 140 major political donors, including more than 50 fund - raisers for President Obama, have signed a letter supporting public financing in New York.

In a highly unusual intervention for a civil servant, Treasury permanent secretary Nicholas MacPherson signed and released a public letter to Osborne saying he would «advise strongly against a currency union as currently advocated».

At Friday's signing of a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes in public places, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz read an email letter he had received in favor of the ban.

The letter, also signed by Labour's Gisela Stuart, said failure to keep this promise «is corrosive of public trust».

More than 100 public health workers signed a letter of support for the program, and The New York Times gave the idea its strong endorsement.

«While we respect your commitment to public service, your record in Congress would leave us no choice but to actively oppose your candidacy should you decide to run,» reads the letter signed by more than a dozen conservative and tea party activists from Northern California.

Ministers have resisted demands for a public vote from nearly 100 Tory backbenchers, who last month signed a letter to the prime minister calling on him to legislate for a referendum in the next parliament.

Organizations like the Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE) have kept the pressure on state officials — sending a letter to Cuomo signed by two dozen Albany County legislators opposed to the project's fossil fuel - powered status and holding multiple public meetings with the New York Power Authority to express their grievances.

Peneston was one of seven New York teachers of the year who signed an open letter to Cuomo saying his education reform proposals would hurt rather than help public schools across the state.

«The Nigerian Navy wishes to inform the general public of fake recruitment forms, job offer letter being circulated by some unscrupulous persons to defraud unsuspecting members of the public» a statement signed by Commodore Christian Ezekobe, Director of Information said.

The letter was signed by Ms. Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools; Dave Levin, the co-founder of KIPP charter schools; Jacob Mnookin, the executive director of the Coney Island Prep Public Charter School; Brett Peiser, the CEO of Uncommon Schools; Ian Rowe, the CEO of Public Preparatory Network; and Dacia Toll, the co-CEO and president of Achievement First.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

Enck, in an interview with Karen DeWitt for public radio and television, explains why she took the unprecedented step of signing on to a letter, along with hundreds of former EPA staff, protesting Pruitt.

Organizations from Buffalo to Binghamton to Brooklyn signed on to letters that were sent to New York's Congressional delegation, warning that these cuts would devastate core public services that provide New Yorkers in need with vital support.

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Some of Heastie's public supporters signed a had signed letter urging each of the potential candidates to answer questions about potential reform of the Assembly's structure, and to appoint a task force to continue the dialogue.

The conclusion unleashed a torrent of protest, including a letter warning of possible inadvertent releases and environmental and public health threats, which was signed by 58 organizations from 22 countries around the world.

Scientists were much slower to add their names to an open letter to George W. Bush that the UCS organized in 2004, says Rosenberg — which he sees as a reflection of uneasiness about Trump, but also a sign that younger scientists are more comfortable taking public positions on policy.

Around the world, individual researchers and representatives of scientific societies are signing letters of protest or advice, offering to counsel Trump's transition team and ramping up efforts to communicate the value of science to the public.

These actions can range from signing open letters in defense of institutions and their research, to supporting colleagues who have been harassed or targeted, to informing the public about biomedical and behavioural research in innovative ways.