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«Once you've got wealthy donors who are willing to replace teacher donations, then politics do start to shift,» Fuller said.

This scheme will use taxpayer money in the form of tax credits for corporations and wealthy donors who make contributions to state - sponsored voucher scholarship programs.

The measure would help wealthy donors who want to contribute to private schools and charter schools.

One advantage for Mr. Romney is his success with very wealthy donors who can afford to contribute the maximum contribution of $ 78,800.

The Bronx Beep also has strengthened his ties with officials in the city's charter - school movement, many of whom have ties to wealthy donors who could back a future citywide campaign.

Independent expenditure committees backed by wealthy donors who support education reforms and charter schools sought to be major players in a range of Democratic primary campaigns.

Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled Friday he's going to significantly shift his fundraising strategy as he readies his 2017 re-election campaign, focusing on raising small amounts of money from a wide group of donors rather than relying heavily on wealthy donors who can pay the maximum amount to his campaign.

She has access to the wealthy donors who help buoy her charter network and enjoys relatively strong name recognition among primary voters.

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, who was indicted by federal authorities in 2011 on charges that he used money from wealthy donors to hide an extramarital affair.

«The only people she looks out for are her donors and the wealthiest two per cent who she gave a $ 1 billion tax break to that they didn't even ask for.»

Milstein, a wealthy campaign contributor to Cuomo, isn't the only donor to the governor who has received a state appointment.

Peters, who served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer before being named investigations commissioner, has been under fire for not refusing to step aside from the sweeping federal probe that is centered on two wealthy businessmen who were large donors to de Blasio, and who ware embroiled in a gifts - for - favors corruption scandal that has already toppled a handful of top ranking NYPD officials.

The Campaign Finance Institute found in New York City, the system multiplied the number of donors, and expanded diversity beyond the traditional white, upper middle class and wealthy who normally give money.

The mayor told WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Friday that his 2017 re-election campaign will rely on small amounts of money from a large group of donors, rather than wealthy individuals who can donate the maximum amount.

McDonald has benefited from pro-same-sex marriage donors, including the New York Unity PAC, a political action committee of wealthy Republicans and hedge - fund managers who have already invested $ 175,000 in the effort.

Ken Langone, the extremely wealthy, blunt, opinionated eponym of the Medical Center is a major political donor who heads «Republicans for Cuomo.»

If there is anything recent events have taught us, it's that we need to limit the outsized influence of wealthy corporate donors, who have been able to influence lawmakers by making virtually unlimited campaign contributions to candidates — often without even disclosing their identities.

Johann Hari said «Peter Mandelson is merrily pushing him as the Blairite who can most attract wealthy donors and remains unrepentant about Iraq.»

Tony Blair has robustly denied that peerages were given to wealthy Labour donors who gave the party loans prior to the last general election.

«Zephyr is fearless, independent - minded, and will stand up for working families against the big money donors and wealthy insiders who have rigged the economy in their favor.

He could appeal to white ethnics in swing states, or rally the social liberals who admire him for having been out ahead of his party (and his president) on same - sex marriage, or perhaps headline a few fund - raisers with the wealthy New York donors who have stocked his own campaign coffers and funded the super PAC - like group dedicated to running pro-Cuomo advertising.

The ethics refresher was ordered as the burgeoning federal probe into police corruption has resulted in the transfers of nine officers, including eight high - level supervisors, many of them stripped of their guns and badges, for their dealings with two wealthy Brooklyn businessmen who are also large donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio and were on his Inauguration Team.

«Of course Ben Walsh doesn't want to do that because his donor list is replete with wealthy developers who got millions of taxpayer dollar benefits from when he was (SIDA's) executive director.»

Prosecutors said Hou and Pan met a man named Richard Kong who portrayed himself as a wealthy donor willing to go along with a scheme to skirt campaign finance rules.

Certainly not the middle or working classes and more like his super wealthy donor friends who have so much money they don't care about tax rates.

But I would warmly endorse a larger cut in inocme tax for those undr $ 60K with a corresponding increase to the very wealthy donor class that pays you to lie on their behalf — after all — those are the people who primarily benefitted from the Ryan / Rump tax cuts for donors!

Gibson faces Democratic candidate Sean Eldridge this November, a wealthy venture capitalist who has been able to tap rich donors to help fund his effort.

Though the opposition did ship in hundreds of protesters chanting and signing in the hallways against gay marriage, they never had a similar, wealthy and high - profile set of donors who publicly put their name to the campaign.

But campaign finance experts say the tactic can give an unfair advantage to wealthy candidates who try to use loans to persuade prospective donors to take their campaigns seriously.

But Cox, who was the leader for Senator John McCain's campaign for President in 2008, says he's learned that the state, especially New york City, is important for another reason; numerous wealthy, politically involved donors.

But White House officials defended the president's tweet, arguing that the intention was not to launch a sexist broadside but to underscore that Gillibrand was a «swamp» politician who relied on wealthy donors like Trump to get where she is today.

Howard Milstein's 149 LLC's: If Cuomo LLC contribution cap passes he will «only» be able to contribute $ 745,000 via his existing LLCs Howard Milstein is a very wealthy NYC real estate developer, and major political donor, who was appointed by Governor Cuomo to chair the board of the NYS Thruway Authority.

«A lot of times the need to fundraise large amounts of money prevents a lot of people who are qualified and who are leaders in that community from running for office because they don't have networks that include wealthy donors,» said Allie Boldt, a Washington, D.C. - based counsel for the think tank Demos.

He was forced to twist his policies on the minimum wage and his posture toward Senate Democrats to win the Working Families Party line from Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law professor who has criticized Cuomo as too beholden to wealthy donors.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Prosecutors said Tuesday that in the midst of a fundraising drive for mayoral candidate John Liu, two of his aides met a man named Richard Kong who portrayed himself as a wealthy donor willing to go along with a scheme to skirt campaign finance rules.

Another top rival of AQE is the charter school sector, backed by wealthy private donors who have been regular contributors to the governor and to legislators friendly to charter schools in the state Senate.

Trying to steer the tortured course between the Scylla of her ties to Bloomberg — including to wealthy donors many of whom were his cronies and to pro-Bloomberg Democrats who were a significant minority of the primary electorate — and the Charybdis of the more progressive primary voters who were fed up after 12 years of Bloomberg, Quinn was left without a winning campaign theme.

David Cameron faced demands for an independent inquiry into «cash - for - access» allegations after the Conservative Party released a list of wealthy donors, who had attended private meals hosted by the Prime Minister.

The Tories» most effective riposte to this damaging charge yesterday was to point to Labour's indulgence of its own wealthy donors — one of whom, Swraj Paul, is a non-dom who has long sat in the Lords, and another of whom, David Sainsbury, made super-sized payments before being appointed to ministerial office.

In most cases, wealthy outside donors are supporting reform - minded school board candidates who are competing with candidates backed by teacher unions, said Sarah Reckhow, MSU assistant professor of political science and lead author on the study.

Another one is a control freak running for Congress who treats Montana like a prop at dinner with two wealthy donors.

Walmart's Walton family and many wealthy donors use a front - group called American Federation for Children to funnel money into the Hoosiers for Economic Growth PAC (see its new name below), which, in turn, funds the politicians who support school privatization.

In fact, the Obama presidency became viable in part because many of his early donors were wealthy liberals and some conservatives connected to foundations and Wall Street, who themselves were advocates for school choice.

-- major funding from AFT), who together launched a website calling DFER and its supporters «Democrats in name only,» while insinuating that the organization is a kind of political Trojan Horse backed by wealthy GOP donors like the Koch Brothers and Betsy DeVos.

According to their recent donor disclosures, most came from wealthy Boston individuals — notably Seth Klarman, a billionaire hedge fund investor who contributed $ 3.3 million; co-chair of Bain Capital Josh Bekenstein and his wife Anita, who together gave $ 2.5 million; and Jonathon Jacobson, CEO and managing director of the Highfields Capital Management hedge fund, who gave $ 2 million.

At a time when many wealthy donors attempt to fix U.S. education by funding charter schools, advocacy and political candidates, Mr. Weiss, who is 74 years old, seeks change in the regular public system.

Unless our citizenry elects some leaders with principles, who actually care about our public institutions rather than wealthy donors, things are looking grim for the over 95 percent of Connecticut's children who attend our public schools.

The involvement of large wealthy donors in local schools is influencing who gets elected to govern on school boards.

«The 51 - to - 50 vote elevates Ms. DeVos — a wealthy donor from Michigan who has devoted much of her life to expanding educational choice through charter schools and vouchers, but has limited experience with the public school system — to be steward of the nation's schools.

I sympathize with those who found «Skin Fruit,» a museum's sell - out to Jeff Koons and a wealthy donor's collection, a greater annoyance, but one could safely make fun of it.