Sentences with phrase «with elected politicians»

We have long - established relationships with elected politicians and policy makers and are known for producing the state's best work in the political field.

We can no longer leave the decision as to who lives and who dies with elected politicians or one single shelter manager.

At a time when voters feel insecure their disillusionment with elected politicians is seemingly vindicated.

Another candidate for Jackson's seat, Cheryl Pahaham, accused Levine of attempting to make a back door deal with elected politicians to move her out of the Council District.

Thank god Sunder reminds us of the need for a bit of basic courtesy when dealing with elected politicians.

European citizens have been showing signs of frustration and dissatisfaction with their elected politicians for years.

Not exact matches

He's spoken in favor of electing more female politicians, spoken out against racism, and even found time to stay connected with world leaders.

Currently, the President - elect is an ongoing spat with the intelligence communities over claims by the FBI, Homeland Security, and others that Russia hacked the email of American politicians in a bid to meddle with the U.S. election.

«Despite the fact that polls show how dissatisfied Americans are with Congress overall, there's been no change in our appetite to elect affluent politicians to represent our concerns in Washington, Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, said in a blog post.

The campaign was successful, with Taylor elected president, prompting future politicians to employ bandwagons in their campaign efforts in hopes of similar results.

Rejecting traditional campaign techniques in favor of social media, the party pushed its agenda of, first, ending the generous state subsidies and salaries paid to Italy's political parties and elected politicians and, second, replacing them with a vaguely conceived Internet - based representation system.

Reportedly close to Trump, Farage was the first British politician to meet with the then - president - elect after the November election and has since come out in full support of his more controversial policies, including the «extreme vetting» of refugees.

A wise public official after observing politics in an American city for a number of years said that he would prefer having the city run by elected officials with all the dangers which that involves to administration by political experts; for the politicians often have a human kindness and mercy which the experts lack.

Personally I want politicians to explain what they believe because I want to elect someone with whom I agree.

I'm frustrated with politicians who are more concerned with their political future than with the future of the families here — the families they were elected to represent,» Ryan said in a statement.

In contrast, they welcomed the contributions of those with direct experience of the issues — whether a prison guard talking about immigration in Boston, a former EU commissioner describing his work in Brussels, or a Brussels - based journalist challenging the elected politicians representing the campaigns.

Real democracy could take # 200 billion (30 %) off the cost of running the UK by replacing our unproductive politicians and senior civil servants by a few elected co-ordinators with emergency powers only.

If we do, we end up with politicians who are hermetically sealed until they are old enough to be elected, so that they don't make mistakes for 20 years.

The ERS's main objection is that the introduction of above the line voting is that closed list PR systems would increase the power of political parties to influence who gets elected, which, in the words of their chief executive Katie Ghose, would result in the Lords being «a mini-replica of the commons, full of party - politicians with pre-set loyalties» whilst «STV would help create a chamber free to provide objective scrutiny».

A campaign about education in the northeastern U.S. targeting a specific elected official may not hold my attention with content that calls out a particular politician by name (they're not MY rep, after all), but if the content also contains stats that I find relevant to education discussions where I live, then suddenly even a regional campaign can be relevant on a national scale.

It's raising tensions with left wing politician that does something which Trump - and the ideology which got him elected - strongly oppose (namely, their worldview includes an assertion that the western elite deliberately downplay the threat of radical Islamic terrorism).

Part of the explanation arises from Balls» leap from an elected politician who some voters and journalists viewed with disdain to an awkward dancer who voters and journalists now hail as an adorable celebrity.

Balls was viewed with disdain as he worked around the clock as an adviser to an elected politician or as an elected politician himself.

Andy would have been the best leader we never had last time, he's not right this time, incidentally your choice for Mayor Diane Abbot comes out with her usual nonsense regarding, her 24,000 majority compared to Khans 2,000 majority, When she was first elected in 1987 ′ she had a swing against her, even though, any really after the 1983 election, it would be expected, that a labour politician would have a swing towards them as 1983 was our all time low, and I could be said her swing against her at the time was due to racism, but Paul boeteng stood for the first time, next to her in 1987 ′ he never had a swing against him,

To enable him to negotiate with politicians of his own protocol rank, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso conducted the talks with Anastasiades, elected last month.

If a wholly or mainly elected Lords merely became an echo chamber, mirroring the Commons, with younger politicians and a similar working atmosphere, then it would lose the expertise and detailed questioning that is a benefit, not a hindrance to our democratic system.

Secondly, with the power to tax and the ability to collect, has to go hand in hand with transparency of how those taxes are spent, and with the ability of those taxed to demand accountability from the government, whether individually as citizens or elected politicians or through the dissemination of think tank research or actions of other civil society organisationsor through the law.

Get rid of these pesky politicians, he is saying - while conveniently glossing over the fact independence would only replace one lot of elected representatives with another.

By the way, why do so many politicians - especially the young and ambitious - need to be reminded that civil rights are not some kind of bonus, granted to a «lobby» with an agenda, but a defi ning characteristic of the free society which they have been elected to serve?

And despite her background in the pointy - headed world of Britain's think - tanks, she communicates her ideas with a clarity that puts most of our elected politicians to shame.

Especially if these politicians are so blatantly wrong, that they destroy the sacred bond of trust, that any elected official must maintain with the people they serve in government.

He concluded: «Our message is clear, on May 6 don't just vote for another politician, elect another champion with the SNP.»

As elected politicians in a democracy we all have to be confident that we have to justify what we are proposing to do with taxpayer's money.

A newly - elected MP has won plaudits for her maiden speech, with one colleague comparing her the formidable Labour politician Aneurin Bevan.

While politicians have to be alive to the fact the very status of political parties and their own positions as our «elected representatives» are changing, campaigners must ensure they offer everyone the chance to engage with and feel a part of their movements - making certain that everyone's voice is heard and listened to.

Elected houses have to pander to the public, the public are generally stupid; in return for a vote politicians set aside all petty considerations (like the law, morality, basic human decency and common sense) and pass stupid, kneejerk, dangerous laws (the only people to disagree with Her Majesty's government passing dangerous laws in the name of anti-terrorism were a bunch of out - of - touch 90 - year - old judges, who have been replaced by a tame political supreme court).

• I rejoined the Labour party at the end of June because I share Neil Kinnock's anger at the vanity (or arrogance) of Jeremy Corbyn in ignoring the views of 80 % of democratically elected Labour MPs, including highly respected politicians with experience in government.

Greenberg says the numbers matter, because when a politician is falling in the polls, he loses political capital and other elected officials, like those in the legislature, no longer believe they have to go along with what the governor wants.

[45] He wrote on his blog, «I spend my days experimenting with new ways to get progressive policies enacted and progressive politicians elected.»

The major suspects are politicians, with most of them elected and appointed into public offices.

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.

Local elected officials urged Garner to meet with politicians, stake out a campaign platform and discuss a strategy if she wants to move forward.

«While we are unhappy with the misguided acts of our elected politicians, Remington will not run or abandon its loyal and hard working 1,300 employees without considerable thought and deliberation,» the company writes.

Asked why the county organization is going with Diaz, Garcia said, «It's the same old musical chairs» in the Bronx, where favored elected politicians move between Albany and City Hall, often being selected in a party process for a special election rather than through a primary.

Waxman's also a shrewd politician with campaign contributions helping elect a Democratic majority and helping him jump the seniority queue on sub-committee and committee chairmanships.

Khan complains that fewer and fewer people are having a say in the future of our country; that he has no wish to make light of the task for elected politicians to show that politicians are in tune with people's lives; that they get what issues concern us, and that they are able to do something about it, ending by pleading not to give political parties an excuse to ignore us, our family, friends and work colleagues.

In the pre-election period the Maude agenda to radically reshape Whitehall promised much - but it has taken almost half this Parliament to gain traction with its basic idea - that elected politicians should be running the show and civil servants are there to work at the pleasure of the administration they «serve»

Rosenthal said she's known Moore for years, and once connected him with local elected officials when he was raising money for Michigan politician Jennifer Granholm.

DiNapoli's interest in the hotel — where politicians, lobbyists and others in state government's orbit are common patrons — comes as other elected officials have sided with hotel workers during the contract negotiations.

This event testing whether Lib - Labbery can ever be on the cards again turns out to be a test of Lamb - Lammery with the two elected politicians on the panel being Norman Lamb and David Lammy.