Sentences with phrase «slush funds in»

«The state shouldn't be running these slush funds in the first place,» he added.

If this all sounds familiar, it's because state leaders had a very similar system with slush funds in the past.

Read a little bit into the federal investigation into how she ran slush funds in the city council.

Or as the WFLC's spokeperson Kenan Block put it, «We believe Canada was either a willing or an unwitting partner in creating what's become a pro-timber industry slush fund in the United States.»

E.J. McMahon of the watchdog group Empire Center for Public Policy wrote that the new budget includes nearly $ 500 million in «the biggest, murkiest, pork - barrel slush fund in Albany — and perhaps any state capital — has ever seen.»

I keep a slush fund in a low - interest savings account linked to my checking account to smooth out short - term cash flow, and we have an emergency fund in CDs.

Not exact matches

«This program was supposed to make sure credit flowed to Main Street,» Republican Sen. Charles Grassley recently noted, «but instead it has been used as a slush fund to pick winners and losers in New York and Detroit.

It's one thing to work enough in college to cover your slush fund.

In addition, for a government that loves corporate welfare even more than past governments, Ottawa announced female - specific funding for entrepreneurs through its existing alphabet potpourri of regional slush fund agencies.

Transfer payments, regional subsidies and even the announcements for universities, regional slush funds or rural broadband financing announced over the last few months, they all share the intended two - prong effect: vote - buying, and spreading the illusion that the federal government can fix a local problem, be it in classrooms or in lousy internet connections.

Now it turns out that there was something of a slush fund, in the form of Cohen's retainer.

Whether or not they paid for this junket, if they are thinking of footing the bill for others in the future, even despots with unlimited slush funds might ask whether the NCC today has any influence worth buying.

For years, they were a big market team being managed like a medium market team, with an owner who was more interested in using the team like a personal slush fund.

German news magazine Der Spiegel have today alleged that the committee in charge of organising the German bid for the 2006 World Cup, a bid that was eventually successful, set up a multi-million dollar slush fund with the express purpose of purchasing votes.

Yet in almost every popular Internet rumor about a recruit's family being paid off, there's some mention of a bank account or a slush fund that boosters pay into and athletes take out of.

«A gentleman never competes for money, directly or indirectly» he intoned in» Walter Camp's Book of College Sports,» all the while controlling a reputed $ 100,000 (about $ 2.5 million in today's dollars) slush fund for athletic «tutoring.»

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Tacopina says he does not know what the charges are at this time, but believes they are in connection to the slush fund scandal.

-LRB-... The DN calls on de Blasio to use his mayoral powers to abolish the Council practice of dividing up some $ 400 million annually in so - called member items...) ************* Don't see de Blasio using up political chips to try to end the member - item slush fund.

Just like others who had benefited from the slush funds doled out by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison - Madueke, Chime is being investigated in connection with the N450million believed to have been allocated to the state which he received from the ex-Minister.

While I was doing that, Chris Quinn was using a corrupt slush fund to park taxpayer dollars in phony charities to buy political support and running the City Council budget in a way that rewarded her friends and punished those who disagreed with her.»

The State and Municipal Facilities Aid slush fund apparently isn't subject to the added disclosure and accountability guidelines applied to standard pork barrel «member items» at the recommendation of then - Attorney General Cuomo in 2008.

In March, legislators bristled when Cuomo tried to use $ 100 million of their «capital projects» slush fund for the councils, but the governor's aides eventually found $ 100 million by cancelling plans to build a state data center and re-obligated another $ 30 million in an older gubernatorial «capital projects» pork funIn March, legislators bristled when Cuomo tried to use $ 100 million of their «capital projects» slush fund for the councils, but the governor's aides eventually found $ 100 million by cancelling plans to build a state data center and re-obligated another $ 30 million in an older gubernatorial «capital projects» pork funin an older gubernatorial «capital projects» pork fund.

Under Quinn, the City Council hid millions in secret slush funds for organizations that didn't actually exist.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has never stopped congratulating her self for adding «transparency» to the council's pork - distribution process in the wake of recent slush - fund scandals.

The Donna Reid Fund had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in discretionary funding, including money from Christine Quinn's infamous slush fFund had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in discretionary funding, including money from Christine Quinn's infamous slush fundfund.

That's because previous governors and legislators have built up $ 7 billion in slush funds for projects of their choice.

«Instead of getting his house in order, Gov. Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot the bill to protect his slush funds and pet projects.»

During a subsequent break in the Manhattan federal court proceedings, both Wilford and Seabrook — who is charged with a corruption scheme involving council «slush» funds — appeared to tease Ricco about Johnson's playful performance.

Political office holders have access to slush funds during their stay in office, including the unaccounted and non-refundable security vote.

Critics dubbed them slush funds, and they have come under increased scrutiny in Albany this year.

Sheldon Silver funneled $ 500,000 in state slush funds to a leading Manhattan oncologist in exchange for a steady stream of asbestos - related cancer cases, which he then fed to a personal - injury law firm that paid him more than $ 3 million in fees for the referrals, federal prosecutors charged Thursday.

The tax brings in so much money every year that millions of dollars collected by way of the tax were used as a virtual slush fund by the leaders of the Assembly and State Senate.

It wants, instead, to be able to tap into its slush fund and let its members hand out the checks for politically popular projects, just like in flush times.

«Mayor Thomas treated these accounts as slush funds to pay off cars, dinners and even a Chanel purse, and then lied about it in his filings,» Schneiderman said.

In baseball you get kicked out for cheating, but now the Yankees are promoting someone who has never come clean with her slush fund scandal.

In the statement, Klein reiterated hi call for ending the Wilson - Pakula waiver for cross-party endorsements and eliminatnig «party slush funds» or the so - called housekeeping accounts.

«There's $ 450 million in a slush fund that can be allocated this afternoon for clean water for Hoosick Falls,» said resident Michele Baker at a news conference on Thursday.

«She wouldn't,» Turner said before attacking Weprin as being «tainted by a long career in politics,» referring to the City Council slush fund scandal and accusing Weprin of taking political contributions from charity.

«The Speaker refuses to apologize for overturning the will of the people, the slush - fund scandal, and things in her professional life,» said former congressman Anthony Weiner, noting later that, «anyone on this stage who helped [Bloomberg] get that third term should not get a promotion.»

Tamares Real Estate gave to Pargav, referred to in weekend newspapers as a «slush fund», in June 2010 and has donated to both the Conservatives and Cameron directly in 2005.

The City Council's new point person in overseeing the $ 50 billion municipal budget didn't do such a hot job overseeing a nonprofit group at the center of a Council slush fund scandal, records show.

He raised as much as $ 40 million and deposited it in various slush funds he formed, including the Campaign for One New York, which he started before he even took the oath of office.

He said it's time to «end crony capitalism, corporate giveaways and so - called billion dollar top down economic development slush funds and replace it with a sustainable economy powered by growth in innovation industries attractive to our region's best talent.»

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors would seek to retry Seabrook, who's charged with crimes that include funneling more than $ 1.2 million in council «slush» funds to non-profits that paid his then - mistress and several relatives more than $ 600,000 after taxes.

If, as many expect, he gets indicted in the Abramoff slush fund scandal he is toast.

If this all this slush - fund stuff keeps Christine Quinn out of the upcoming mayoral race, out of the following possible likely candidates who do you think you'd be in support of: Bill Thompson, Anthony Weiner, but also Ray Kelly and your old childhood friend Scott Stringer?

The truth is that member items constitute a legalized slush fund that gives pols millions in taxpayer cash that they then use to buy loyalty, community support and votes.

Another slush fund can skirt the ban simply by not referring to the official who runs it in its «communications.»

The sponsor believes that if the amendment is passed, there will be sanity, transparency and accountability in the Executive Arm of government, especially «Treatment of our state resources which most of them currently treat as slush funds».