Sentences with phrase «special interest money in»

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

Cuomo also is taking heat from lefty activists for failing to limit Albany's pay - to - play culture and the role of special interest money in campaigns.

Not exact matches

What happens to the money when you cut government spending and special interest carve - outs in the tax code?

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

If there is no more interest, selling Payet back to Marseille would rid the club of a want - away player and they can use the money to buy some younger players who might turn into something special, or just play the kids now and spend it in the offseason.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY, noted that «Hydraulic fracturing has been one of the most polarizing issues in recent history, with no shortage of political money invested by pro-fracking interests to achieve a favorable outcome... New York State needs comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying reform to assure New Yorkers that public policy is based on their interest, not the special interests.»

As Gerald Benjamin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at SUNY New Paltz, points out in aJournal News op - ed; Forty - nine out of 63 New York State Senators received most of their campaign contributions from corporations or big money donors.Millions are wasted and misdirected each year because of sweetheart deals for the special interests.

Rep. Chris Collins dramatically increased his campaign fundraising in the first half of the year, and he took more money from health care and pharmaceutical companies than any other special interest at a time when he's under investigation for his ties to an Australian biotech firm.

«She's an insider because she has all the money support from all the vendors and special interest groups that perpetuate the «pay to play» culture,» Maragos said in an interview.

But voter turnout in primaries, like the New York governor's race, is abysmally low, so the ideologues on the far left and far right — and the special interests who throw money at the elections — control the process.

«Last election, Congressman John Katko attacked his opponent for taking special interest money, but when he got to Washington, he did the same,» an announcer says in the ad.

Huge amounts of money are dumped into political campaigns from special interests, upending the balance of power in our state.

It doesn't get at the root of corruption in the money that wealthy individuals and special interests shower on elected officials in the form of campaign contributions and outside salaries.

«The Convention held in 1967, which Chairman Michael R. Long participated in, was a colossal waste of taxpayers» money and if one was held now, it would cost taxpayers even more money and be controlled by the same special interests that already have a strong presence in the legislative process,» the party said in a statement.

Every Voice, a 501 (c) 4 group based in Washington, said it is endorsing Teachout «because New Yorkers and our country deserve more politicians in Washington who'll stand up to big money special interests to level the playing field and make our elections truly of, by, and for the people,» according to a statement from its president, David Donnelly.

Special interest groups can give money to support candidates in two ways: to candidates directly or to a political party committee.

It's unusual for challengers for seats in Congress to raise more money than incumbents, who can tap into an established fundraising network in Washington, D.C. and gain financial backing from special - interest groups.

She is bragging that she doesn't take special interest money — an easy pledge to make, since special interests generally don't donate to hopeless challenges to safe incumbents — but her positions are more in line with the Wall Street special interests than Maloney's.

Look up how much money flooded the Clinton campaign in 2016, the bulk of which came from corporations and special interests.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi weighed in on Twitter in response to Stewart - Cousins: «More & more money w / no reforms keeps special interests happy, but does nothing to help kids trapped in failing schools.»

Held annually at the exclusive Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, the Pro Tem Cup raises money from Sacramento's most powerful special interest groups to support the California Democratic Party.

Fasano said Democrats undermined the CEP in 2013 by allowing unlimited organizational expenditures from state central committees, which he said opened the electoral process to «a flood of special interest money.»

Scheibman predicted a «tidal wave of special interest money» pouring in for Gibson.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

But it made it possible for some candidates to run for state office, in some races, without constantly dealing with lobbyist and special - interest money.

Joseph Percoco, who served as the insider among insiders to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was convicted today of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention before Cuomo's administration in return for more a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Karen Scharff of Citizen Action New York says public campaign financing would save the government money in the long run by driving out special interest spending.

«In the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she saiIn the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she saiin return from the federal or state budget,» she said.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

The Citizens» Election Program was Connecticut's landmark effort, passed in 2006, to remove the taint of special - interest money from elections and to level the playing field for candidates through voluntary public financing of political campaigns.

Having taxpayers fund the campaigns» expenses was considered better than candidates indebting themselves to big - money contributors — including state contractors — who have special interests in government decisions.

Chief among those clean - election laws was a ban on state contractors» money in state election campaigns, which was supposed to keep special - interest money out of state elections.

«The power of money in the Capitol is unbelievable,» he said, while also complaining that special interest groups have evolved sophisticated messaging shops over the years.

The Citizens» Election Program is a voluntary program meant to remove the influence of special - interest money in campaigns.

He knows the Legislature is in a no win situation with no money to restore Cuomo's cuts and special interests galore demanding help.

You think it's bad that Obama has raised $ 16 million in large bundled contributions, because some of that money might come from special interests, which Obama has pledged to attack.

«The politicians and pundits... they want to know how you are doing in antiseptic polls before a campaign has even been run and they want to know how much money you've collected from the special interests and the Albany insiders,» Paterson continued.

All told, Katko relied on money from special interests for about 43 percent of the nearly $ 900,000 he raised in 2015.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, said its analysis found members of Congress from both political parties increasingly rely on special interest money after coming to Washington.

«Every day, Assembly Member Micah Kellner is fighting for people who don't have the backing of a special interest group or corporate money,» the campaign said in a statement.

Friday's developments in the Buffalo Billion case follow the March conviction of Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's longtime friend and confidant who was found guilty of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention in return for a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Special interest groups, party political committees and powerful Super PACs that raise unlimited amounts of money are investing heavily in Buerkle and Maffei — and encouraging people like Broich and Dighe to follow their lead.

Those clean - election laws included a ban on state contractors» money in election campaigns, which was supposed to keep special - interest money out of state elections.

Speaker Heastie says he worries a constitutional convention would be steered by big money special interests, and New Yorkers could end up losing rights in a constitutional convention instead of gaining them.

The candidates would either opt in to running entirely with an equal state grant of Clean Money or opt out to run on private donations from special interests or self - financed (e.g., Bloomberg, Spitzer).

Having taxpayers pay campaigns» expenses was considered preferable to candidates become indebted to big - money contributors, including state contractors, who have special interests in government decisions.

«For her part Kirsten will be focused on running a positive campaign based on her core values like rewarding work again in our country, getting the special interest money out of politics by rejecting corporate PAC donations and fighting on behalf of all New Yorkers who need a voice as she successfully did for the 9/11 first responders,» Caplin said.

Confidence in government has been shaken enough as it is by the U.S. Supreme Court's horrendous Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of special - interest money into politics and government at every level.