Sentences with phrase «when wealthy donors»
The mobilizing began in late June and early July, when wealthy donors like hedge fund managers Paul Tudor Jones and Daniel Loeb, Wal - Mart heirs Jim and Alice Walton, and financier Roger Hertog donated heavily to committees backed by education reform groups.
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When it came down to budget negotiations the TEAPubs chose to fight on behalf of wealthy donors in opposition to a more progressive package.
Questions were raised about Labour's relationship with wealthy donors in 1997 when, following an announcement that a ban on cigarette advertising would include an exemption for Formula 1 racing, it was revealed that the formula 1 chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, had earlier donated # 1 million to the Labour Party.
«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.»
The current system is set up as a farce, with a lot of phony «community charity» organizations being set up as phony grass - roots organizations when they are actually conduits for corporate and wealthy donors.
Yesterday, the Albany Times - Union criticized the Board of Elections» decision to not enforce the state's aggregate contribution limit, saying it would allow a single wealthy donor to «pour millions of dollars into an election like this fall's, when every state office will be up for grabs.»
When so many wealthy conservative donors were staying away from Trump, the Mercers went all - in, and it's hardly a stretch to suggest that without Robert Mercer, there is no President Trump.
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.
Many supporters of federalism and a return to local control of education also argue cronyism infiltrates public education when wealthy private donors pour much - desired dollars into public projects, demanding attention paid to their pet projects.