Sentence examples for appointed council from inspiring English sources

They have proved bolder, more original and more accountable than appointed council leaders tend to be.

A mayor of Leeds, for example, would hold sway over more people than the mayor of Washington, DC, does.The government argues that mayors will strengthen local democracy because they are more accountable to voters than are appointed council leaders.

The territories, which had been ruled by a governor and appointed council since 1876, were now allowed to elect some members to the council and began the traditional Canadian struggle, first for representative and then for responsible government, which could only come with provincehood.

Members of a government appointed "council of the wise" who have been touring the country to assure citizens that, on the contrary, peace with the Kurds will cement unity have been heckled by outraged nationalists, and, in some instances, forced to flee.Yet the concessions have come mainly from the Kurdish side.

A century ago Emperor Menelik II, the founder of modern imperial Ethiopia, was buried in 1913 without any public announcement after he had been incapacitated by a stroke for several years, leaving the administration of the country in the hands of a specially appointed council.

Speaking to VICE News Friday, journalist Cyriaque Paré said that Kafando's newly appointed council of wise men included officials from the country's traditional and religious authorities — plus attorneys and an economist.

In both colonies only the elected legislative assembly could raise taxes, while the appointed councils advised the governor on how to spend those revenues.

The study finds that when the manager is appointed by council, there is no significant council size effect, but that there is a negative effect when the manager is elected by voters for those expenditure categories over which the manager has the most discretion.

A Combined Authority formed by North East councils to give the region a "stronger voice", has appointed a council leader to head the group.

But Mr. Tung went ahead on Saturday and appointed 102 council members, mostly business executives not active in democratic causes.

Antoine presented his wife as his successor and appointed a council composed of followers to manage financial issues of the religion.