Sentences with phrase «time in public office»

I can't help feeling that had the research been conducted in the US, where law firms have a far greater public commitment to pro bono work and where commercial lawyers are more likely to spend time in public office, the lawyers would have come across as being a little more broad - minded and worldly.

EMILY's List has been proud to support her throughout her time in public office and is proud to stand with her now.

I want to thank my wife Christine and our three sons for their unwavering support during my time in public office.

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We have over 80,000 full and part - time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 36 other countries.

We have approximately 81,000 full - and part - time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 35 other countries.

We employ approximately 81,000 full - and part - time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

Santorum wasn't even in public office at the time according to the article so he wasn't under political obligations to refrain from his religious beliefs.

Both in England and in America at the present time we appear ready to recognize that the good offices of courts and other public institutions may help to save many marriages which are threatened with collapse.

It is time we said to our leaders that while we don't expect to elect any saints to public office, we have had more than enough of political pragmatism rooted in nothing but the desire to win the next election.

For sixty - six years she has faced the challenge of balancing her individuality as Elizabeth Windsor with her public persona as Elizabeth Regina, and in all her time on the throne she has rarely permitted her personality to overshadow her office.

It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!

At the time, a Home Office spokesman said: «The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds.

The fact that a time had arrived when at least one man was to «prefer a popular lectureship even to a bishopric» 72 was quite as much a commentary on the decline of the episcopal office in public esteem at is was an indication of the prestige and influence associated with an important preaching post.

But public health experts say the market is larger — perhaps far larger — than the $ 300 million to $ 400 million estimate by the U.S. General Accounting Office in 1988, the last time government made an effort to quantify the problem.

However, the Home Office maintains there is «nothing new» about this and the details have been in the public domain for some time.

The fund was established in 2002 by then - incumbent Betsy Gotbaum to «reinforce and support» the public advocate's office at a time of budget cuts.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Parliamentary committees (particularly the Public Accounts Committee) and the public audit offices should be pressing for stepped overlapping series (that is, the numbers worked out in the old way and the new way) to be provided every time the definition and categorization of administration costs chPublic Accounts Committee) and the public audit offices should be pressing for stepped overlapping series (that is, the numbers worked out in the old way and the new way) to be provided every time the definition and categorization of administration costs chpublic audit offices should be pressing for stepped overlapping series (that is, the numbers worked out in the old way and the new way) to be provided every time the definition and categorization of administration costs changes.

Mr Miliband has traditionally sought to avoid the confrontations with unions which characterised the time of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but there are some very concrete political advantages to a public spat with union leaders and many voices in his office are urging him to make the most of it.

Time and time again, parties and leaders involved in corruption scandals or in the mismanagement of public office were rewarded with re-electTime and time again, parties and leaders involved in corruption scandals or in the mismanagement of public office were rewarded with re-electtime again, parties and leaders involved in corruption scandals or in the mismanagement of public office were rewarded with re-election.

The comptroller has been pushing for some time to have his office used as a pilot for a statewide public campaign finance system, but while his former colleagues in the Assembly passed a bill to do just that this past session, the Senate did not follow suit.

While it is unusual for this type of dispute to play out in public, prosecutors say this happens all the time between their office and the police department.

At the time she was hired, the University at Buffalo graduate — she has a bachelor's degree in public policy as well as an MBA — had spent seven years working with HUD's Western New York field office, assisting municipalities and organizations with federal programs.

In an increasingly noisy environment, brands need to find innovative ways to convey complex messages to time - poor office holders, public servants, journalists or the public.

Frank C. Smierciak II, a 26 - year - old from Lancaster running for public office for the first time, announced he plans to challenge Rep. Chris Collins, a fellow Republican, in his bid for a fourth term representing NY - 27.

Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

David Bond, associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College, describes a new health survey covering three communities contaminated with toxic chemical PFOA on Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, 2017, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Cuomo's public schedule says he too was in the Manhattan office on more than 50 of those same days; Cox cited stories about the issue in Newsday and The New York Times.

Although his office found that the 149th Street and 1 train yards were not ideal spots for construction at this time, the report stated that the Concourse Yard «likely represents the greatest potential for mixed - use development of any piece of public land in the borough.»

Applying the spirit of our national Constitution, this ethical rule can be interpreted to include the situation where a political office holder under Article 55 or a public officer under Article 284 of the 1992 Constitution puts himself in a situation where his personal interest in telling untruths, half - truth and out - right lies is in conflict with the functions of his office to the party and the public to speak the truth at all times.

Here was a man who, for all times, maintained his support for the anti-graft effort of President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting always that public office holders should be prepared to account for their actions while in office.

E.J. McMahon, research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, said that for the first time since Cuomo took office in 2011 — when he reached a wide - ranging pact over Medicaid spending with various interest groups — such spending could be a major issue in the 2018 budget.

In a bid to become the city's first African - American mayor, Marlon Anderson threw his hat in the ring Wednesday night, announcing at Albany public library's main branch that this will be the last time he runs for political officIn a bid to become the city's first African - American mayor, Marlon Anderson threw his hat in the ring Wednesday night, announcing at Albany public library's main branch that this will be the last time he runs for political officin the ring Wednesday night, announcing at Albany public library's main branch that this will be the last time he runs for political office.

While she acknowledges that «in today's climate it would be crazy not to think about running for office,» she also is concerned about what a return to public life might do to her professional career: «I have clients, a team and regulations that demand my time.»

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

George Latimer is a man who who has taken two oaths in his life: one as a public official to «support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of New York» and «faithfully discharge the duties» of the various offices to which he has been elected and one as a husband where he promised his wife to be true to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health and to love her and honor her all the days of his life.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

Ms. Esposito said she's been approached several times in the past to run for other elected seats, including for Brookhaven Town Board and state Assembly, but never seriously considered campaigning for public office until now.

Chair Daniel J. Horwitz leads a meeting of the Joint Commission on Public Ethics at their offices Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

They felt they had to: Time to Change Wales research found one in four people believe someone with a mental health problem should not be allowed to hold public office.

The United States and United Kingdom had promised to support the Nigerian government in recovering stolen funds saved and invested abroad, the frenzies that followed these promises gave specific assurance to Nigerians that all stolen funds will be released and guilty public office holders will be prosecuted in no time.

The complaint also cites newspaper reports that matched Cuomo's public schedules with Percoco's during that time, and found that the two were frequently in the state - funded offices together.

Elected officials would no longer have any incentive to maintain their reputation with the public and since it guarantees they can not run for office again, it increases the incentive to trade favors for a cozy job or board appointment once their time in office ends.

The usual trajectory of a political career is first to be a public servant and eat bread from the sweat of one's brow, and then after a time to leave office and cash in as a lobbyist.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.

Mayor Bloomberg formed a company in the offices of his longtime accountant, Martin Geller, so he could pay three aides off the public payroll for performing nongovernmental tasks on their own time.

Among the early redecorating on the second floor of the Capitol was to re-open the hallway up to the public and hang the portraits of past governors in chronological order, along with the artifacts from their time in office (Mario Cuomo finally got his own portrait; the only governor to not have one their is Eliot Spitzer).

«We spend most of our time in buildings and they are central to our quality of life, yet few of us take the time to really look at our homes, offices and public buildings and consider the amazing diversity of architectural styles, as well as how practical and fundamental buildings are for society and what they say about our cultures.»

He's been beavering away in the whips» office, silently, as whips are wont to do, biding their time before they are eventually noticed in the shadows and catapulted into the public eye of a policy brief.