"To sign the pledge" means to make a formal commitment or promise to follow a particular agreement or set of rules.
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The public understood perfectly, just as they understood he'd
signed a pledge not to vote for a rise in fees.
Trusted Choice member agents
sign a pledge of performance committing to quality service and integrity.
The good guys were the ones
who signed his pledge, which included state support for independent redistricting.
You can take action by encouraging your local grocery store chains to
sign the pledge as well!
After parents
signed a pledge card and indicated an area of interest, a parent committee matched them up with a project and kept track of the hours.
Before the election, 55 out of the 57 Lib Dem
MPs signed a pledge to vote against any increase in fees.
Our
agents sign a pledge of understanding regarding policies, in fact, and we send out fake emails ourselves now and again just to see if anyone clicks on them.
Some of the world's largest and most successful
companies signed pledges to greatly reduce their carbon footprints heading into the meeting.
The firm maintains partnerships with charitable organizations, runs legal clinics and even made each member of the management
committee sign a pledge to increase their own pro bono.
These agents have
signed a pledge of performance, and are committed to putting the customer first and offering high integrity service.
Vicki and Don Webb
sign a pledge for two endowments, $ 1 million each, to the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.
There is still four - and - a-half years until the planned date of the next general election, but student anger against the tuition fees hike backed by the Lib Dems - who
signed a pledge promising to oppose any increase before the general election - is unlikely to fade away.
Koch announced yesterday that he has so far received
signed pledges from 17 legislative candidates and incumbents (10 of the former, 7 of the latter).
Price
also signed a pledge created by Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group funded by the Koch brothers, vowing to oppose climate legislation.
Coffey spokeswoman Tammy Sun noted that her
candidate signed the pledges on June 2 and has been «leading the conversation about reforming state government ever since.»
There was a bit of a movement underway a few years ago: Christian women were
signing pledges saying that they wouldn't let their tinies see them on the computer.
In 2010, nearly 100 Michigan pet stores
signed a pledge committing not to sell puppies and to instead support local animal adoption programs.
Wake up people!!!!!!!!!!! Romney
signed that pledge with Norquist and that is a clue that this man does not care about the middle class period.
Mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams
signs a pledge vowing to never dissolve the City of Syracuse, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.
Koch, who was joined at today's event by Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey and former city Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, who heads the good government group New York Civic, said he
received signed pledges from all three GOP gubernatorial candidates and a letter from presumptive Democratic nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, agreeing to veto any redistricting plan that is conducted in the traditional, politically - driven manner.
And in 2009, more than a dozen Sacramento - area pet
stores signed a pledge by The Humane Society that says they will not sell puppies.
The others to
sign the pledge include Vinod Kholsa, the venture capitalist; Richard D. Kinder, the founder of Kinder Morgan; Edward W. Rose, the Texas investment banker who once owned the Texas Rangers baseball team with George W. Bush, the former president; Harold C. Simmons, the Texas billionaire; and John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems.
The announcement coincides with World Breastfeeding Week 2014, where the hospitals and other health partners — who are members of the Philadelphia Multi-Hospital Breastfeeding Task Force **, will be declaring Philadelphia «The City of Motherly Love» and encouraging members of the public to
sign a pledge showing their support for nursing mothers in the city.
Leaders representing The Classical Academies K - 12, Julian Charter School K - 12, Element Education K - 12, River Springs Charter Schools K - 12, Pacific View Charter K - 12, Bayshore Prep K - 12, and Diego Charter School 9 - 12,
signed the pledge stating in part:
The package of measures is a cornerstone of Cuomo's re-election effort and he's gone as far as creating a new ballot line to promote the issue and calling on state lawmakers to
sign a pledge backing the package, which has stalled in the Legislature.
He sent a letter today to the four other Democrats in the race, calling on them to
sign a pledge agreeing to refrain from launching personal attacks at one another.
At a press conference on the steps of City Hall, Juanita Perez
Williams signed a pledge refusing to dissolve the City of Syracuse.
Fox, an attorney from Forest Hills who is running against Hevesi, last
week signed a pledge to support good governance, including legislation that requires lawmakers to disclose any business they conduct outside of their role as a lawmaker.
Messenger service, WhatsApp, has
now signed a pledge not to share data with Facebook until the social media giant addresses its data protection issue.
Instead, the former NYC mayor is redoubling his efforts, sending out a fundraising appeal to supporters of his NY Uprising PAC and promising to keep the heat on lawmakers who
signed his pledges after they take office next month.
«The New York Times, in its Nov. 13 editorial, reminded Governor - elect Cuomo and lawmakers that 54 of 62 senators and 85 of 150 members of the
Assembly signed a pledge to us that they would enact our reforms,» Koch wrote in the appeal, which went into the mail last yesterday.
After a basic sanitation training session, Dumb Friends League has all staff
members sign a pledge of commitment to maintain sanitation standards.