Sentences with phrase «where elected leaders»

By bringing Group admins together in - person, Facebook could help them learn from each other while providing them the insights and features they need to make positive change in a world where elected leaders seek to benefit by tearing us apart.

It shows we've reached a tipping point, where our elected leaders, CEOs and grass - roots advocates and automakers all agree it makes sense to power cars with cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity.

«Voters have a right to know where their elected leaders stand, and Senators have a responsibility to be honest about critical issues,» continued Morse.

We are at a cross roads in our state and country where elected leaders should be working together in an inspired pursuit of common ground.

Not exact matches

In a world where so many leaders will stop at nothing to get elected to another term, rope in another client, book another gig, sell more products, or grow the bottom line, it still takes honesty and integrity to breed trust and credibility — the cornerstone of strong, long - term business relationships.

The people who use this as a basis for electing a leader would be better suited living in a country where religion plays a role in the laws of the land.

Consider these quotes, and how you might feel if you lived in a country where these sentiments were mainstream: «Our leader was not elected... he was appointed by Allah.»

This is something of a honeymoon for the new president and the country, a time of optimism and new initiatives where the recently elected leader of the free world moves quickly to take advantage of the momentum of his campaign and high approval ratings to accomplish some of his key campaign promises.

Chelsea are the league leaders, and have reached the stage where they could be called champions - elect with a double digit lead at the summit with under a third of the campaign to go.

Speaking at a mammoth rally at Suhum on Monday evening as part of his campaign tour of the Eastern Region, President Mahama stated that divisions and suspensions in the NPP under Akuffo Addo vindicates Ex-President Kuffuor statement captured in a video where he advised party members to elect a leader who is not divisive and creates tension.

Flanagan's time in the Assembly, where he briefly ran for minority leader, overlapped for about two years with Heastie, who was first elected in 2000.

The same thing at the Federal level where the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority leader have super powers, never intended in the Constitution, over our elected representatives.

It would certainly benefit Trump at the state level to have a Republican ally in the executive mansion — especially in a Democrat - dominated state, where elected officials — from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic minority leader, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have vowed to oppose the new administration on multiple fronts.

KR Lohse responded to Dan Hodges» piece wondering where Ed Miliband stood on the issue of Europe and a new EU treaty by roundly condemning the means by which the Labour leader was elected: «Ed's luck ran out the day the unions propelled him into a position that the majority of the party didn't want him in.

«If the result of the May 7th general election is not clear cut, the days immediately after it should not be characterised by a private fix by the party leaders, where newly elected members of parliament and their parties are bypassed,» Allen says.

What happens when you are elected leader of the Labour Party with a massive mandate but a small minority where it most matters?

Flanagan, who announced that he would leave his law firm last year when he was elected majority leader in the Senate, wrote in his filing that «Reporting individual did not provide direct services in 2015» with his firm, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, where he holds an «of counsel» position.

The direct election of such leaders is almost bound to make that impossible, particularly where they are elected on the basis of some narrow agenda of their own.

He was elected to the New York Assembly in 1987, where he served for 16 years, becoming minority leader.

As Assembly Speaker, Silver was a member of the so - called «three men in a room» who, along with the Governor and Senate Majority Leader, wielded immense influence both in Lower Manhattan — where he was first elected in 1976 — and throughout the state.

On the 2010 decision to elect Ed Miliband as leader «I voted for David, but I understand why the party chose Ed, because he more than anybody in the race showed that he had understood where we had gone wrong.»

Why would a website that claims to support The Labour Party and its aims publish an article written by the ceo of a conservative think tank where the general point of the article is, that so called Labour «moderates» must stay within The Party and continue the struggle to bring down Labour's elected leader?

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

In these roles, Jenny has established relationships with key community leaders and elected officials at local, state and federal levels to bridge the communication and understanding of the needs of the community where she lives, works and volunteers.

Unlike other parties we are a democratic organisation, where our members decide our policy and elect our leader.

New leaders of the state Board of Regents are scheduled to be elected Monday, then hold a news conference where they likely will face questions about their future plans for Common Core academic standards, student testing and teacher evaluations.

DiNapoli held forth at La Marina on Dyckman Street, where he was joined by elected officials, community leaders and residents.

While serving on the Board, she was elected by her colleagues to the position of Minority Leader and served on a number of committees, including Ways and Means where she served from 2006 and was Vice-Chair.

«The governor's backroom deals have left us with a situation where Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, the highest - elected woman in New York state, is not in the room, but the king of the eight - member IDC — Jeff Klein, who is accused of sexual misconduct himself — is,» Nixon said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former New York Gov. George Pataki's video announcement Thursday that he is running for president in 2016 landed with a thud in the Syracuse area, where not a single elected official or political leader rushed to endorse him.

«I've been very clear on where I stand with Indian Point, as have several other elected leaders, including Governor Cuomo, but now it's time to hear from the public.

Flanagan announced on Monday after he was elected to succeed Skelos as majority leader that he had stepped away from his private - practice law firm where he was of counsel.

«The women of New York deserve a vote on the entire Women's Equality Act and have a right to know where their elected officials stand on these important issues,» Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said in a statement.

The Labour Party wants to hold televised hustings in the parts of the country where it lost when it elects a new leader over the summer.

On the one - year anniversary of Gov. Cuomo's 2016 State of the State Address, where he'd pledged 20,000 units of supportive housing over 15 years, faith leaders, elected officials, housing providers and advocates delivered 25,000 messages calling on the Governor to release the promised funds without further delay.

The group will appoint their own whips in parliament to co-ordinate rebellions where they disagree with Mr Corbyn's policy and look to change the rules to appoint an elected Shadow Cabinet, as previously called for by the party's deputy leader Tom Watson.

He's the top elected leader in one of New York's more affluent counties, where a mix of high - tech industries, rural charm and proximity to New York City generally have shielded it from the economic stagnation still plaguing many upstate counties.

The Leader / Founder said the committees would prepare the grounds for the election of constituency and regional executives, «the leadership has declared 2018 as the year for the national delegates» congress where national executives as well as Presidential Candidate would be elected».

Jack Straw has said he is not opposed to the idea of the alternative vote system where people can rank their preferences for MPs, but it is a hardly a radical change to the way we elect our politicians and the Tory leader David Cameron has said that at least with first past the post you can kick out a government.

He also agreed to work with party leaders to elect a Democratic majority in the state senate, where Republicans and a small group of conservative Democrats have been blocking progressive legislation.

Failing to gain any traction within the de Blasio administration or with other city - based elected officials, charter leaders quickly shifted their advocacy efforts up to Albany, where they hoped for a more receptive audience.

Senate Democrats have just emerged from a closed - door conference committee meeting where they consolidated their leadership, electing John Sampson as their leader for 2011 despite the fact that the question of who will control the chamber going forward remains unanswered.

But they face tough going in the Legislature, where Mr. Spitzer's brash style has already put him on a collision course with the top legislative leaders, prematurely ending the political honeymoon that often greets newly elected governors.

Deputy Chief Clerk William Allen helped assign poll workers and site coordinators in Harlem's 70th Assembly District, where he has held an elected Democratic district - leader post for 17 years, according to portions of an April 28 Department of Investigation letter obtained by The Post.

The new leader is elected by an electoral college where the votes of MPs and MEPs count for a third of the total, the votes of Labour Party members count for a third and votes of trade unions and other affiliate organisations» members count for a third.

Before that, he held elected office, as District Leader in Greenwich Village, where he served...

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

Along with colleague John Polga - Hecimovich, the Dartmouth College political scientist studied about 90 elections and 900 candidates in Latin America, where a growing number of political parties have started to elect leaders through open primaries.

In a state where no African - American or Latino holds statewide elected office, leaders of both groups are concerned the recent slew of corruption charges facing their ranks may hurt that cause.

«I think where MPs have consistently demonstrated a disloyalty to the party leader and to the views on which he was elected, then I think party members are within their rights to ask whether those MPs should continue to represent them,» he told the Today programme.