Sentence examples for blamed council from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bloomberg, who spent nearly $75 million on his 2001 campaign, took the campaign finance proposals as a personal attack, and blamed Council Speaker Gifford Miller for engineering it.

For too long now the government has blamed councils for insufficient funding and vice versa.

The government blamed councils for "being short sighted in their approach [and] failing to recognise the importance of the sector".

He blamed councils for not getting their gritting lorries out early enough, saying: "They should have acted sooner and more thoroughly".

But Kershaw also blames council spending cuts, a reduction in the school effectiveness division from 300 staff to 13.

It's easy to blame council members for this mess, but the real fault lies with Burbank registered voters who do not take the time to vote in municipal elections.

It is hard to blame councils who are cash-strapped and looking for ways to get in the black.

He blamed the council for creating anti-US sentiment and hampering the US war on terror.

He blamed the council's decision on the failure of the licensing process to prioritise public health.

After activists calling themselves Clean Sweep Petersburg blamed the council and called for steep budget cuts, Myers, who is black, wrote a memo dismissing the group and its cause as "scare tactics from a few racist and Republican supporters". Others on the council distanced themselves from his comments.

Those proposals sparked a public row in November when Everton's chief executive, Robert Elstone, blamed the council for the lack of progress only for the city's mayor, Joe Anderson, to reveal Everton had not submitted any detailed plans for a stadium.