Sentences with phrase «use public taxpayer»

School Choice: Political trend to use public taxpayer money to pay for the educational program parents to choose for their children.

Following the money trail further reveals that Rocketship solicits investments from hedge fund companies by guaranteeing rates of return above 10 %, effectively using public taxpayer money to make rich private investors even richer.

Not exact matches

She continued: «They just up and announced that I was prohibited from speaking anyway... I feel like the Constitution is important and that taxpayer - supported universities should not be using public funds to violate American citizens» Constitutional rights.»

The standout line being that Ontario's taxpayers had paid $ 8 billion more using alternative financing procurements than if the public sector could manage projects successfully by itself.

VICTORIA: New Democrat leader Carole James is asking the B.C. Liberals to address public concerns they used $ 6 million in taxpayer dollars to secure a guilty plea to sweep the B.C. Rail corruption trial under the rug.

Deering is a public high school, and Craig was unsure of the best way to get money to provide the sports hijabs as part of the uniforms, because that would mean using taxpayer money for religious garments.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

Senate Republicans in the past year have blocked a public financing measure that was introduced by Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying a taxpayer - funded system is too expensive and a poor use of resources.

This has been in an effort to show just how much taxpayer money is being used to pay for staffers who are supposed to inform the public, but in this case, are concealing information instead.

«We have an obligation to ensure that these infrastructure projects are delivered on time, on budget and that the use of public taxpayer dollars is maximized,» he said.

In his State of the State speech this month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for banning the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual - harassment claims involving all government entities and some private companies and to require public disclosure of the settlements.

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

«No taxpayer funds should be used to pay for any public official's sexual harassment or misconduct — period,» Cuomo said.

However, another prominent Republican, Onondaga county district attorney Bill Fitzpatrick — who is investigating public corruption in the state as the co-chair of the Moreland Commission — thinks public financing would be an excellent use of public money, leading to long - term savings for taxpayers.

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

De Blasio projected that 200,000 people who use the city's public hospitals would lose insurance under the bill, which would force taxpayers to pay those costs and result in hundreds of millions in additional deficits for the city hospital system.

Heaney said taxpayers are not getting a good return for their considerable investment in major Buffalo Billion projects and that IBM has effectively said it's none of the public's business how it is using $ 55 million in subsidies.

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

The latest, a report in USA Today that he spent more than $ 200,000 in taxpayer money chartering flights as a senator, helps Republicans argue that he is more interested using his office to help himself rather than the public.

The GOP has long maintained that a matching small donor plan using public funds is a waste of the taxpayers» money, and would only lead to more annoying robo - calls.

Both Jepsen and Westby are planning on using the state's public campaign finance system, which would give each more than $ 812,000 in taxpayer money to spend on this election.

«And as these cases are overturned, it's time that taxpayers demand that limited public resources be put to better use.»

The taxpayer must now get a firm assurance that the financial lifeline extended to these large organisations will be used to protect jobs and the public.

This is a particularly interesting line of reasoning from Dadey, since most Republicans are not fans of the public financing idea to begin with, arguing that it's inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to support political campaigns.

Nevertheless, Senate Republicans remain firmly opposed to the use of taxpayer funds or public dollars to fund political campaigns.

A vote in the Senate for a larger public financing proposal would likely face a steep climb: Senate Republicans remain opposed to any measure using taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns.

«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.

New York taxpayers built a $ 90 million custom factory in DeWitt for firm that walked away without creating a single job — not the wisest use of public funds, experts say.

MPs will be hoping to ease the public anger towards the revelations about politicians» use of taxpayers» money when a new audit unit to oversee MPs» expenses is introduced tomorrow.

«You need someone to stand in the shoes of the public to make sure taxpayer dollars are being used appropriately,» Horner said.

Sanford was in the town of Conway revealing his plans to waive confidentiality in a state Ethics Commission investigation into his use of state airplanes and taxpayer - funded travel, a move that will allow to the public to view the results of the probe.

They have also shown a different approach to the use of taxpayer funds for their respective campaigns, though Malliotakis — who plans to accept public matching funds — used to criticize the city's campaign finance system as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

The Republican leader of the state Senate has said public financing is not a good use of the taxpayers» money.

His statement Tuesday also included plans to outlaw sexual assault or harassment confidentiality agreements in public entities, establish a whistleblower process in state and local governments and prevent taxpayer money from being used to pay for sexual assault or harassment settlements, among other things.

And as taxpayers across the state get even more used to the protection provided by the cap, it will become a taller political order for public employee unions and local governments to riddle it with loopholes, as they've been trying to do.

«Taxpayers have good cause to be concerned about state lawmakers and the governor using that borrowing power for anything besides its original purpose, especially when it's to pay for political pet projects,» said Ken Girardin, an analyst at the fiscally conservative Empire Center for Public Policy.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

The practice of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims lodged against public officials was upheld in 2008 after a taxpayer filed suit in State Supreme Court to challenge a $ 500,000 settlement paid to woman who accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's then - counsel, Michael Boxley, of rape.

It makes sense to the taxpayer to use public money wisely to improve health and reduce offending.»

CSEA, which represents public nursing home workers throughout the state, has publicly argued that local development corporations should not be used to allow municipalities to skirt regulations designed to protect taxpayers or to avoid public scrutiny or opposition to the sale of publicly owned nursing homes.

Democrats in the Senate and Assembly support a system where small donations are multiplied with public funds, but Republicans have attacked this idea, citing some officials who abused the system and an ideological aversion to using taxpayer funds to pay for elections.

As a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as Acting Deputy Chief of the Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who used taxpayer dollars to fund lavish lifestyles, as well as drug kingpins and other major felons.

«When a public servant seeks to use their position to profit at the expense of the taxpayers and the local community, they will be held accountable for their crimes and prosecuted appropriately,» Beach said.

Lorigo also claimed that his party applies its alleged principles of smaller government and lower taxes when picking candidates, but a 2012 Buffalo News profile of the party entitled, «Conservatives flock to the public payroll; Many party players hold jobs that rely on government's ability to tax and spend,» clearly outlines how the Lorigo machine uses its party endorsements simply to gain power and influence, not help the taxpayers of Erie County.

The use of taxpayer - funded resources to benefit a political campaign is prohibited by state Public Officers Law.

Huntley, 74, admitted using the Parents Information Network as a personal piggy bank from 2005 to 2008, embezzling taxpayer funds she had earmarked to increase parental involvement in the city public school system.

Senate Republicans, while opposing the DREAM Act, which would allow taxpayer - funded state tuition assistance programs to be used on the colege kids of illegal immigrants, support the education tax credit that would provide a benefit for those who donate to private and public schools.

He said after the speech that he liked a lot of it, but was opposed to using taxpayer money to fund public elections.

At both the state and federal level, media reports have indicated it is common practice for governments to use taxpayer funded slush funds and confidentiality agreements to hide workplace harassment and sexual harassment from the public eye.