And he would reduce by 20 percent the number of patronage appointments made by the Governor.

Many Tories expected patronage appointments due to the long time out of government.

Also at the last minute, legislators created a number of new judicial positions, many for patronage appointments.

The conversations illustrate the potential for patronage appointments throughout the 32-board system, which was created by the 1969 school decentralization law.

Like previous governors, he filled the vacancies with patronage appointments from his own network of political supporters.

Professional tax collectors began to replace a system of "patronage" appointments.

He lost this patronage appointment after his father's death and went to England where he became a lawyer.

Some considered the move as a patronage appointment.

Which means she controls millions of dollars and some of the last pure patronage appointments in the city.

But over the years, they have become arenas for patronage appointments and favor trading.