Sentence examples for westly from inspiring English sources

Similarly, while Mr Westly publicly aimed for the centre, it was Mr Angelides, on the union-backed left of the California party, who won.

A few weeks ago the board agreed to reform proposals introduced by Mr Westly.

(Westly is short and slight).

Mr. Westly said Californians tended to view eBay as one of the more innovative and profitable technology companies in Silicon Valley.

It should not be a surprise that the Westly company's portfolio includes only entrepreneurs who already had financing elsewhere and had established at least a modest track record before Mr. Westly invested in them.

Democrats such as Mr Westly and Phil Angelides, the state treasurer, would think they had a real shot at toppling the governor in a year's time; the lawmakers would see no need to compromise, either with each other or with the governor; and, worst of all, a chance to blow up at least some of the boxes would have been squandered.For that, the governor will clearly blame "special interests".

But other high-tech venture capitalists seem to be steering clear of risky green investments".I would love to say that Vinod is starting a trend," says Steve Westly, another venture capitalist focusing on green technology.

The state party has had a bad run recently (the current governor became embroiled in a lobbying scandal) and will have a tough time defending the seat in November.In California's race for governor, Phil Angelides, the state treasurer, won the formal endorsement of the Democratic Party, despite the lead in the polls of his main opponent, Steve Westly, ahead of the primary election on June 6th.

A second explanation is that Mr Schwarzenegger won the support from the beginning of the state's Democratic chief financial officer, Steve Westly, and later that of Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democratic senator for California.The best explanation, however, is that the governor combines film-star charisma with a political savvy that has come remarkably quickly for a supposed political ingénu.

His rival, Steve Westly, the California state controller and a former eBay executive, would in theory have lost to Mr Schwarzenegger by just two points.

Steve Westly, the state's financial controller (and a Democratic candidate for governor in next year's election), bemoans the "bar-bell" society.