But while academies are free from local authority influence they are not completely independent of central government.
Consequently, local people are used to forming themselves into committees to influence local issues.
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Some banks have been a source of patronage and influence for local politicians.
The village chief and the local schoolmaster can often influence votes without visibly campaigning: a hint of new buildings or wells can make up wavering minds.
The focus may be narrow, but the effect is not trivial: telling people how to influence their local school or hospital is useful and gives them real political power.
He called on political leaders, church leaders and people with influence in local communities to recognise that the Parades Commission and PSNI have "very challenging tasks to help manage deep-rooted community relations issues".
In addition, there are news reports that Chavez has donated 8 million dollars for her campaign and has great hopes for the outcome that would favor his people and his influence in local politics.
Since the local context has a great influence on these dimensions, sustainable development takes many forms around the world.
And then it's only natural that there will be coercion, there will be a lot of influence from the local strongmen that are either on the ticket or they're supporting a semilegitimate candidate running for office.
The case roiled the community amid allegations that more students should have been charged accusations that Ohio's attorney general pledged to look into and led to questions from a much wider audience online about the influence of the local football team, a source of a pride in a community of 18, 000 that suffered massive job losses with the collapse of the steel industry.
In fact, no auto company would survive long outside the influence of its respective local government.
Her father, a Methodist lay preacher, was active in local politics and a major early influence.
The federal government has substantial influence on state and local pension systems through accounting rules, taxpayer subsidies and open-ended guarantees.
The minister said that at the heart of the new contract would be a requirement to engage with the local community to help shape and influence the future of cross Forth transport.
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Across all areas, few people felt able to influence decisions that affect their local area.
The event will highlight three local communities who have tailored Above the Influence to their youth in extraordinary ways.
He also notes that such influence is more decisive in local campaigns, where turnout is low, than in national ones.
But he's giving it all up, the Palace, the chauffeur, the influence, to become a local vicar in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.
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"Your local City Council person may have more influence on safety and enhancement of your neighborhood's streets than the mayor, " Mr. Gordon said.
Some investigators fear a turf war may have started between local hoodlums and Camorra mobsters intent on expanding their influence.
During cooking seminars hosted in the gleaming stainless steel kitchen at Traube Tonbach, he stresses the importance of getting the highest quality product at the best time, taking influence from nature and eating what is local and fresh.
Peel said plans would be submitted to both local authorities imminently but added a number of factors would influence their choice, including the preferences of investors who have not yet been revealed.
Consequently, a biosphere reserve is subject to the influence of numerous legal international, national and local treaties and documents, which suggests that the management of biosphere reserves is in fact the coordination and maximised use of locally available legal texts, human and financial resources.
The government has maintained that Professor Longley's report was commissioned by local health board chief executives and they had no involvement or influence except to provide data requested by the authors.
Over the decades I have observed that pension funds that provide retirement benefits to state workers almost always exert an alarming influence over the reporting of their transgressions at the local level.
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She zeroed in on how, despite New York City's success with the CompStat crime-reduction system, the influence of empirical data has barely trickled down to the local level.
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Local government-run media have also reflected the central government's influence.
New Jersey's system of powerful local leaders dates back to the 19th century, when the state's spheres of influence were spread out.
However, politicians in the region are keen to break free of Russian influence and seem to be warming up to the idea of opening up their local reserves to foreign energy companies.
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