1.   But opponents claim the law interferes with state and municipal authority and forces governments to be unnecessarily tolerant.

2.   His opponents claim they would simplify the tax system too, but would keep popular exemptions.

3.   Opponents claim the millionaire publisher is trying to buy votes with his fat checkbook.

4.   Opponents claim the policy has racist undertones.

5.   Opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes.

6.   Opponents claim that the humanitarian goals of the project are just a fig leaf, and that its real purpose is to make money.

7.   Opponents claim the development is too near residential areas.

8.   And as in California, opponents claim the English-immersion movement is racially motivated.

9.   A few hours later, a left-leaning opponent claimed the governorship for himself.

10.   Adams argues that they are related but separate organizations, and his opponents claim they are the same, one group fusing military and political activities.