Quite simply, patronage is some form of support, usually money and/or resources, from someone with more money than you who likes you and/or who willingly offers assistance. Federal Pell Grants represent a sort of "governmental patronag...
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Should your dog’s saint not be doing his job properly, and you are bitten, you can call upon Saint Vitus and Saint Hubert of Liege (again, they’re busy men) and also one Saint Walburga. ... Patronage of Global Warming...
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Ironically, Torres got the job with help from Garcia, the state senator he would help defeat. Garcia said he was trying to help Torres, a former gang member from the neighborhood, make a fresh start. ... Spergel said Torres "did a reasonably good job" for two years, but then had to be fired when he stopped coming to work...
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In response to Governor Jon Corzine’s failure to provide him with a detailed list of the status of state government patronage positions, Assemblyman Vince Polistina today again called on Corzine to hand over the listing.
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www.politickernj.com/mysak/19970/polistina-calls-corzin...
www.politickernj.com/mysak/19970/polistina-calls-corzine-respond-his-request-patronage-job-listing
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Stroger Fires Felon Ex-Basketball Star From Patronage Job - The Huffington Post ... Former University of Georgia basketball player Tony Cole -- a convicted felon who also was once charged in a rape case -- scored a patronage job in October with Cook County President Todd Stroger's administration.
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Diaz, a former Bronx Assemblyman and Bronx County clerk, is stepping down from the $185,000-a-year patronage plum to work for a nonprofit drug program in the Bronx, sources confirmed Thursday. ... Diaz, 63, replaced Victor Robles of Brooklyn, who retired, and Lopez had argued the job should still have been Brooklyn's.
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Patronage- business or activity provided by patrons, or kindness done with an air of superiority.
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She has been a fierce advocate of controlling the size and cost of state government, encouraging economic growth and job creation and promoting crime victims' rights.
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www.aptusit.com/MarylandforBush/EllenSauerbrey.htm
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Former University of Georgia basketball player Tony Cole -- a convicted felon who also was once charged in a rape case -- scored a patronage job in October with Cook County President Todd Stroger's administration. ... Tony Cole Is Also A Convicted Felon ... But on Thursday, Stroger fired Cole from an assistant human resources...
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