The association of counties and many local officials have criticized the Bush administration's antidrug strategy as focusing too much on marijuana.

While endorsing President Clinton's goal of health insurance coverage for all Americans, the association has harshly criticized many of the proposed means to that end.

Such associations have also criticised studies which found that such legislation had no impact.

Human rights workers, and Physicians' professional associations, have criticized the use of force-feeding on mentally competent patients at Guantanamo.

The association of Danish Industry has criticized this new development as too costly for society, and a waste of a full year in during a labor shortage.

The association criticized the new guidelines, saying they "suppress competition by physician-controlled networks" and show "a deep distrust of any joint action by physicians."

An association of New York City judges is criticizing an attempt by the state's chief administrative judge to curtail political patronage in the court system.

In a 2010 report the German taxpayers' association criticizes the institutional funding of the organization by the German federal budget.

Where then does the association come off criticizing Long Island people for having a parochial attitude when it comes to technology and progress?

Many local and European associations have strongly criticised the project.