Sentences with phrase «whose campaigns they support»

In Australia, the state governments control most planning and have discouraged suburban growth» to the benefit, Kotkin notes, of developers (and presumably of the politicians whose campaigns they support) and the detriment of middle - class people, who now face some of the world's highest housing prices.

Not exact matches

«I was extremely lucky,» says Curin, whose wake - up call prompted him to start a campaign, The Heart to Sole: Creating a Stress - Free America, to lobby for stress - testing at all companies and to support the American Heart Association's My Heart.

«Russia then used this stolen information to advance its own interests: destabilizing the U.S. political environment, denigrating Democratic presidential nominee, and supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump... whose policies would benefit the Kremlin,» the suit charges.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

Russia then used this stolen information to advance its own interests: destabilizing the U.S. political environment, denigrating the Democratic presidential nominee, and supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump («Trump»), whose policies would benefit the Kremlin.»

Support would be even further diminished by the presence in northern Serbia of 300,000 ethnic Hungarians» whose regional capital, Novi Sad, has seen its bridges and fuel depots blasted since the start of the air campaign.

Ironically, despite his elite education, Sasse is a conservative Nebraskan, whose grass - roots campaign garnered support from Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz.

Pre-match focus is again likely to be on Reading striker Jason Roberts, whose high - profile refusal to support the Kick It Out campaign has made headlines this week.

Some specific campaign tactics backfired as well, with «e-watchmen,» whose job was to monitor opposing blogs and post comments in her support, ending up alienating many bloggers and their readers by posting unsophisticated messages in large numbers — essentially, committing the sin of comment spam.

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrichw, whose respective presidential campaigns are more or less on life - support at this point, have agreed to attend.

He's not wrong on this front — yesterday marked the start of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's statewide RV trip stumping for a $ 15 minimum wage, supported by the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, whose donors have not been disclosed.

The Broadway Democrats and CoDA (Coalition for a Democratic Alternative), both progressive clubs in Manhattan, also threw their support behind Liu, whose campaign has been marred by the guilty verdict of two aides in a federal campaign - finance fraud case.

Although President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden support same - sex couples» right to marry, the decision to stop supporting the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment would have been a moderating move for the Romney campaign, whose party platform includes support for the amendment.

He said he doesn't support public campaign financing because the public's dollars should not be used to support candidates whose positions they don't necessarily support.

He plans to self - fund his campaign and won't to take support from the borough's Democratic Party, whose boss he's feuded with in the past.

Not on my own account I hasten to add but in support of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, the London couple who are challenging the Government to extend to all couples the right to a civil partnership and whose campaign came to a climax at the Supreme Court on Monday.

Powers also said he would «never» support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has criticized Trump's «New York values» and whose campaign appeared to have used a dirty trick to undermine Dr. Ben Carson right before the Iowa balloting.

During his father's run for governor in 1982, Andrew Cuomo served as campaign manager and participated in tense negotiations with gay advocates, whose support his father was quietly courting.

But the project has the backing of the Long Island Association and its president Kevin Law, who wrote a letter of support, Citizens Campaign for the Environment and the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College, whose directors, Adrienne Esposito and Neal Lewis also penned letters of support.

State Sen. Jamie Raskin, one of Matthews» best funded primary opponents, has sought to tout his own support from women such as state Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh, whose endorsement is featured high on his campaign website, and with a «Women For Jamie» rally his campaign held Sunday in Bethesda, Md..

His comments Monday in Buffalo were his first since The New York Times reported last week that a top Cuomo aide pressured commissioners to stop subpoenas to a media - buying firm that Cuomo used and to a real estate organization whose members financially supported his campaign.

Lib Dems felt that the No campaign tried to turn the vote into a referendum on leader Nick Clegg, whose support was very low at the time, by a string of personal attacks.

For a start I fail to understand why MPs such as Dominic Grieve and Paul Goodman whose constituencies are within ten miles or so of Ealing Southall and who have worked enthusiastically with their local Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities over many years, building trust and support, were not brought in to advise on the strategy of this campaign.

LPCiminelli is a prominent builder in the city whose chief executive, Louis P. Ciminelli, has generously supported Mr. Cuomo: Mr. Ciminelli and his associates and relatives have given nearly $ 150,000 to his campaigns over the years.

That's because the former Joan Giger Walker and I no longer are owners of this newspaper, whose long - standing policy prevents editorial staff members from supporting or contributing to local campaigns.)

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, whose duty is to ensure that government ends the illegal mining menace, appears helpless, and has rather stated his support for the media campaign against the menace.

The Daily News reported last fall that Mr. Cuomo's office had reined in the commission when it was trying to investigate tax breaks for the powerful real estate industry, persuading it not to subpoena the Real Estate Board of New York, whose leaders gave generously to the governor's campaigns and supported the Committee to Save New York, a business coalition that spent millions on ads supporting the Cuomo agenda.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, said with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she said is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

The New York Times reported last week that a top Cuomo aide pressured commissioners to stop subpoenas to a media - buying firm that Cuomo used and to a real estate organization whose members financially supported his campaign.

The support could be an important step for Liu, whose campaign faced allegations from his own mother that the Flushing resident had been lying about his -LSB-...]

Any candidate wanting to run on the Republican line for a Mayor or other citywide posts will ultimately need the support of the five chairmen, whose organizations will be critical when it comes to getting on the ballot and other grassroots functions of the campaign.

Chris Dodd, whose web team has been consistently inventing new ways to reach out to supporters, launched a new web campaign yesterday in support of Dodd's Habeus Corpus Restoration Act.

While acknowledging that he faces an uphill struggle, Hawkins listed a number of things that will impact on his viability: one, that he be included in a series of debates (a critical factor for Ventura); second, that the public employee unions whose members have been under assault by Cuomo provide him with support; and third, that the media give him equal coverage and status in the narrative of the campaign.

The list includes the actress and long - time de Blasio support Cynthia Nixon; AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong; 1199 SEIU rep George Gresham, whose earlier backing in the primary buoyed de Blasio's campaign; and real estate mogul Douglas Durst, chairman of the Durst Corporation.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, says with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she says is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Joe Nicoletti, whose name is on the ballot under the Working Families Party even though he ended his campaign, still managed to receive support from 6 percent of likely voters.

The campaign has exposed division amongst the GOP over whether to support the more moderate Republican candidate or the upstart third - party challenger whose stances are more in line with those of the conservative base.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The city teachers union won't consider supporting the mayoral candidate whose campaign is built around schools.

One area that he will not instruct it to examine will be the issue of outside nonprofit groups created to take donations to support an elected official's policies, like the Campaign for One New York, which was created for Mr. de Blasio, and whose efforts were later examined by state and federal investigators.

Highlife musician, Lucky Mensah, whose career has taken a nosedive, has paid a visit to the residence of Nana Akufo Addo to present him with a copy of his latest track, «Yeresesamu,» that seeks to support the party's 2016 election campaign.

From the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for years.

De Blasio said plans were in the works to create a campaign to push Albany lawmakers — whose support is needed to raise tax rates — on the plan.

Mulgrew — whose union did not support de Blasio's campaign during the Democratic primary last year — said his earlier doubts about the plan had been allayed by de Blasio's clear commitment to seeing universal pre-K implemented in the city.

But while the district had supported Barack Obama by 10 points in his presidential campaign, conservatives in the district were riled up, said Hultgren supporter Lee Lueking, a physicist at Fermilab whose self - described «conservative» views put him at odds with his congressman.

For every dress purchased throughout this campaign Burlington will donate $ 1 up to $ 25,000 to support WomenHeart whose mission is to educate and support women living with heart disease.

Leuenberger is charming and engaging as Nora, housewife and mother in small town Switzerland whose determination to break out of her own limited mould leads her to organise local campaigns supporting women's right to vote in the run - up to the national vote on the subject in 1971.

Meanwhile, a campaign is underway to recruit Freedom Fighter Friends whose support will help to grow the next generation of Freedom Fighters.

When asked whose thinking had influenced the plan, the senior campaign official listed former Obama higher education officials (including Rohit Chopra, formerly of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Bob Shireman, who oversaw many of Obama's first - term higher education accomplishments) and college presidents who have long supported the administration's focus on holding colleges accountable, such as SUNY's Nancy Zimpher.

The general election pits Douglas, a social conservative and a former school board member in the Phoenix area whose campaign focuses on her opposition to the Common Core, against David Garcia, a former state department of education official and current faculty member at Arizona State University who supports the Common Core.

Gavin, whose PIRTEK Enduro Cup campaign will be supported by Hire A Hubby, said: «I'll be trying to use muscle memory from last year's visits to Sandown International Raceway, Mount Panorama and Surfers Paradise to reacclimatise to the circuits, the driving techniques and the style of racing you typically see in Australian V8 Supercars.