Sentences with phrase «spend taxpayer»

Also, as an aside, one also has to wonder why DOJ officials felt the need to spend taxpayer dollars on LexisNexis searches when they could have relied on Google for free.

If the SA government was serious about maximising SA's sustainable power it could spend taxpayer's money much more productively than on tiny «showcase» projects, for example by upgrading power transmission lines.

Thus I would contend that there is no need to spend another taxpayer dollar on new research studies until we have extracted the few grains of gold buried in the heap of excrement called Climate Science.

It makes no sense for a city to spend taxpayer dollars investigating whether a dog may look like a pit bull and then impounding him if he does.

When coupled with the fact that there is no transparency or accountability in terms of how charters spend taxpayer dollars are the very reasons why we need to put the brakes on charter expansion and require them to serve the same student populations and be just as accountable as traditional public schools.

The efforts of the task force will improve the services offered by state agencies, and spend taxpayer money more efficiently.

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».

Florida: Proponents of more accountability for how charter schools spend taxpayer money have an example of good practice to point to: Marco Island Charter Middle School.

A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Nevada's controversial new school choice program that would allow parents to spend taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition.

But not everywhere: In D.C., for instance, charters are exempt from sunshine laws, which means journalists and parents often can not access even basic information about how the schools spend taxpayer money.

This means that the overwhelming majority of private voucher schools are free to spend taxpayer dollars as they choose, out of the eye of the public.

Public schools, on the other hand, must spend taxpayer money according to strict laws that require public oversight, transparency, and accountability.

That is why most states and the federal government choose to spend taxpayer dollars on «targeted» preschool programs open only to low - income families.

Without this information, decision - makers are forced to spend taxpayer money based on guesses and then hope for the best.

If traditional public - school systems work by spending someone else's money on someone else's children, taxpayer - funded vouchers allow parents to spend taxpayer money on their own children.

The suits, ENTIRELY frivolous, represented an even BIGGER waste of taxpayer money than any of the IRS members» COMMONPLACE spending habits (serIously, government agencies spend taxpayer money — that's how the system works).

«Instead of just saying we need to spend taxpayer dollars to educate another 6,000 medical residents in anesthesia, why can't we use the CRNAs we have already trained and start letting them practice to the fullest scope of their potential.»

Wilson, however, said DiNapoli could have done more, and that DiNapoli's loyalties to the legislators who appointed him comptroller have stopped him from seriously examining how they spend taxpayer dollars.

Each of my decisions is preceded by the same question: «Is this the best way to spend taxpayer dollars?»

Wayne Wink of Roslyn, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee of the Nassau County Legislature, said of the lawsuit: «It makes no sense to spend taxpayer money to attack the body meant to restore credibility to our county finances.

The New York Works Task Force is touring the state explaining how it's trying to better spend taxpayer dollars on infrastructure programs, and looking for suggestions on how to do it.

Saving public money is apparently the entire raison d'etre of this government, but while Grayling bleeds cash with his overstuffed prisons, there's no investigation of how to spend taxpayer money most effectively.

Sampson said: «Krueger is a proven reformer who can successfully work with Gov. Cuomo, the Assembly, and Senators on both sides of the aisle to restructure the budget process through long - term changes that radically reform how we spend taxpayer dollars.»

The private Wilmette Harbor Association may lose its lease to manage the North Shore marina, and its members are seething that a local Park District commissioner — who took part in private discussions and voted to spend taxpayer money to study the harbor — is making a private play to win the management contract.

«The government spent taxpayer money developing a rule few investors seem to want,» he said.

Regulation Polish financial authorities have spent taxpayers» money on a smear campaign on Youtube and Facebook against investing in cryptocurrencies.

«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.

Not only are they spending taxpayer money to pay for advertising, consulting, billboards, etc in their attack on cosleeping, effectively shifting the limelight away from the real issue, but they also blamed smoking and maternal obesity for the extreme numbers of deaths due to stillbirth and prematurity.

«There's a lot of people who have a concern about that, you know were cutting budgets everywhere, how does it look for us to spend the taxpayers» money on our own campaigns?

WASHINGTON — Rep. Aaron Schock, R - Ill., has repeatedly spent taxpayer and campaign funds to rent aircraft that are not certified charter services, despite House rules and federal law that generally prohibit the use of private aircraft for official and campaign use.

Health spokesman Jonathan Morgan said: «With spending going through the roof people around Wales will rightly ask how they have been able to spend taxpayers» money without demonstrating the improvements they promised.

«There's a lot we'd like to help the Board of Elections do, but we must see commitment to reform and modernization, or we're not going to spend the taxpayers» dollars.»

After a lengthy critique of de Blasio's spending, including the line that de Blasio «has spent the taxpayers money like a Saudi prince,» Malliotakis offered that she's «looking to make sure that that money is spent properly» but acknowledged that she does not have any plan to reduce the City's spending.

Miner also drew support from state Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican, and other fiscal conservatives who do not appreciate spending taxpayer money without making a strong case.

The city's Campaign Finance Board fined de Blasio $ 47,778 on Dec. 15 for improperly spending taxpayer - matching funds on personal expenses.

«The days of spending taxpayer dollars to fuel poverty - wage jobs are over.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

The mayor downplayed Stringer's proposed new role by saying the comptroller's office already has the power to audit how the city spends taxpayer money and that he welcomed the governor's promise of additional resources to improve the shelters.

Its head of science and ethics, Vivienne Nathanson, said: «There is no bottomless pit of resources to tackle health inequalities so it is essential that the government spends taxpayers» money wisely and on projects that will work.

«Australians are entitled to expect that politicians spend taxpayers» money carefully, ensuring at all times that their work expenditure represents an efficient, effective and ethical use of public resources,» he said.

Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price,» Schneiderman said.

«It's forced school districts and others to discipline how they're spending taxpayer dollars.»

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who once spent taxpayer money so he could go horseback riding with Vice President Pence, racked up more than $ 14,000 on government helicopters this summer.

Deciding how to spend the taxpayers» money — and borrow in their name — should involve the entire

«The plan that the mayor has proposed most recently is to spend the taxpayers» money to pay for a year's rent for for homeless individuals who are willing to move out of the city,» she fumed to interviewer John Catsimatidis.

In so doing, we must carefully weigh the benefits and costs of every proposal, make modifications where appropriate, and spend the taxpayers» money where it can do the most good.

«What's happened is the governor is traveling around spending taxpayer dollars, putting all these videos together to say how great I am.

Krissy's lawyer's time would have been more in the public interest if she had tried to stop Shelly Silver from spending taxpayers money to pay off a sexual harasssment case against one of the biggest slugs in the legislature, Vito Lopez.

Erie County Legislature Chairman John Mills, with the support of the new Majority Caucus, has called for a review of the Legislature's expenditures from the past five years to determine exactly how the Legislature has spent taxpayer dollars and identify necessary changes to improve productivity.

«We don't believe that we should be spending taxpayer dollars on people that are here illegally while other kids are saddled with student loans.»