Sentences with phrase «with public taxpayer»

, saying «the General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything.»

«The General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything,» Hobgood said.

«The General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything,» he wrote.

Superior Court Judge Robert H. Hobgood agreed with the complainants, declaring the program unconstitutional in 2014 and saying from the bench that «the General Assembly fails the children of North Carolina when they are sent with public taxpayer money to private schools that have no legal obligation to teach them anything.»

Not exact matches

Swelling ranks of seniors with ever - increasing lifespans will soon be confronted by a retirement in poverty while a diminishing number of working taxpayers are saddled with a crushing public - services liability.

One great example of this is the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, a public - private partnership with no cost to taxpayers.

Jon Kasselman of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy explored the ramifications of enlarging the CPP, including its potential (in concert with the Guaranteed Income Supplement) to eliminate taxpayer - funded Old Age Security, and the possibility of making the enhanced portion of CPP coverage voluntary.

The public documents also state that any wind - down would occur with «minimum systemic disruption and without losses to taxpayers.»

Furthermore, taxpayers should ultimately be made financially whole and better communication with the public should be considered an integral part of any bailout operation.

The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «New Labour» policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly on labor.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

The negotiation of a «fair» agreement for taxpayers with Quebec's 430,000 public workers, whose payroll absorbed 59 per cent — or $ 37.3 billion — of government spending in 2013 - 14.

The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each of the bailouts and heists of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public viewing, smack dab in the middle of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.

However to privelege one belief system above another is not; this would include the display of religious icons / symbols on public property maintained with taxpayer dollars.

Academic freedom is frequently inhibited at Catholic universities and colleges — public agencies that often are federal contractors — with consequent injustice to the students and to the taxpayers.

With the administrative buildings for the village of Glenview, the Park District and public schools aging and in need of renovations, officials say they could save taxpayers at least $ 4 million if the entities were housed under one roof.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

John Flanagan and his Albany cronies have sold out Long Island public schools and have cut a deal with high finance charter school operators to exchange millions in taxpayer dollars for campaign cash for Chris McGrath,» said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Local Government Network, Mr Denham said: «Local taxpayers should be vigilant if they are asked to accept reduced services because their council won't take tough decisions to introduce shared services, sharing senior staff with other local authorities, PCTs [primary care trusts] or other bidders, or through making the best use of public buildings.

With intimidation, illusion and theater, Silver has made a mockery of the Assembly, pandered to public employee unions and expanded entitlement programs, inviting every Tom, Dick and Harry to climb on the backs of our taxpayers, costing us jobs and higher taxes.»

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

Since college only benefits the student, taxpayers should not be burdened with funding a service that has no direct benefit for the public.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

In the poll of 984 Nassau and Suffolk registered voters, 81 percent of respondents said public corruption negatively affected taxpayers and needed to be eliminated, compared with 17 percent of voters who considered corruption an inevitable part of politics.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino's last - minute campaign video pushes his candidacy on the independent Taxpayers Party line, and deems the Democrats a «threat» to the solvency of New York and accuses them of «playing games» with public funds.

The State Assembly has passed legislation that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from public officers convicted of corruption, as well as a resolution aimed at preventing conflicts of interest with regard to legislators» outside income.

The program will prioritize projects and apply resources to the buildings that can deliver the biggest bang for taxpayer dollars, while making sure to share case studies and building information with the public.

One Senator, Tom Croci of Long Island, said he did not attend because he disagrees with the governor's decision to tell lawmakers about the budget before informing the public about how taxpayers» money would be spent.

With such huge sums of public money at stake a Conservative government will make sure we have the professional financial controls the taxpayer has a right to expect.

I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

With public financing of campaigns WE would allot a finite amount of money which could only come from the taxpayers instead of corporate donors thus they would automatically be working for the voters only which would beholden them to the public automatically forcing them to do our will versus others.

Billed as the salvation of depressed Western New York, the Buffalo Billion sent taxpayer money into the hands of Cuomo donors, with little - to - no benefit to the public.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand admitted in a statement that Obamacare «isn't perfect» and suggested that insurance companies be subsidized further with taxpayer dollars, or that the federal government create a not - for - profit public option.

With no oversight or subpoena power, «it is clear by now that the public advocate position has just become a taxpayer - funded method to run for mayor of the city of New York,» Sliwa said.

Filmmaker Steve Cowan posted full transcripts of his interviews with Cuomo and Maffei on the film's website, which include Maffei's observation he supports public campaign finance «because it means the only people we'll have to worry about in our day are the taxpayers and constituents in our district, and that's what we're supposed to do.»

The public aren't exactly enamoured with the political class at the best of times, and proposing to extend it at taxpayers» expense in the middle of a recession and the Eurozone crisis is a decision that Sir Humphrey, were he still with us, would describe as «courageous».

So, in 2005, Silver awarded Taub's research center a $ 250,000 research grant from an $ 8.5 million pool of taxpayer money established by the state Health Care Reform Act — which was disbursed at the speaker's sole discretion with no public disclosure, court papers state.

«When we worked with the PBA on the Fifth, they relaxed some of the contractual rules that maintained savings for the taxpayer and we were able to come to an agreement on that, so if they'd like to enter into those discussions as well, we always have an open mind when it comes to public safety and policing.»

ALBANY — The secret settlement in Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual harassment case stuck taxpayers with an extra bill of nearly $ 2,400 for mediation services, documents made public Monday revealed.

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

One of his major goals since taking office three years ago has been to trim the county workforce and relieve taxpayers of the burden of the unusually high «legacy costs» associated with public sector employees.

These proposals are grouped, starting with the most urgently needed to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided inPublic Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided inpublic demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided in 1999.

PEF has provided the governor with alternative budget solutions that would avoid such hardships.Should the preliminary injunction be granted, it will be a victory for state taxpayers and public servants.

The Public Accounts Committee report concludes that: § Over-optimistic and unrealised forecasts for passenger demand on High Speed 1 left the taxpayer saddled with # 4.8 billion of debt.

Klein, a former head of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, said the public's mood over publicly financed campaigns needes to be gauged first, noting that some voters may be uneasy with allowing taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns (the Senate GOP, which has equal governing weight in the coalition, has cited this reason for its opposition to public financing).

The duo characterized their proposal as a «grand bargain» that would silence the concerns of detractors — mainly, the Senate Republicans — that a public campaign finance system would be too expensive and should not be funded with taxpayer dollars.

Cuomo backs a system of public financing with a matching contribution that is not necessarily paid with taxpayer dollars, but an off - budget revenue source.

This extra money they would produce will never make it to us working taxpayer, either someone on public assistance (that is cheating to begin with) or gov» t officials will get it Wake up NY ers it all about the rich getting richer!!!!

This is a particularly interesting line of reasoning from Dadey, since most Republicans are not fans of the public financing idea to begin with, arguing that it's inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to support political campaigns.

The NPP in a statement issued by Nana Akomea, NPP's Communications Director on Tuesday said «If this trip is sponsored by the Ghanaian taxpayer, we wish to know if it is in consonance with the recent directive from the Office of Chief of Staff, ostensibly issued to curtail wasteful, expensive, luxurious travels by public officials.»