NEWS ANALYSIS The Cecil County Council recently adopted the first budget under the new Charter form of government in a rocky, often bumbling process that left many citizens – and even some Council members–wondering what was going on when the final votes were taken. It was indeed a learning process, as County Executive Tari...
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The Cecil County Council could have used an intervention in Elkton Tuesday—perhaps by Dr. Phil rather than the Almighty—when they argued about praying before meetings and how polite they should be to one another during meetings. Ultimately, a 3-2 majority decided on a moment of silence rather than spoken prayers before meetings and by...
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A veteran Maryland State Police trooper, Joseph D. Uhler, has filed candidacy papers to run against incumbent state Del. Michael Smigiel in the District 36 Republican primary for the 2014 election. Uhler, 47, a resident of Elkton, has been a state trooper since 1997, he told Cecil Times in an interview. He has served...
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If you take a paycheck, most employers expect you to show up for the job. But taxpayers didn’t get the job done by one of their employees when Cecil County Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36) was a no-show as the House of Delegates passed one of the most locally reviled bills of this year’s General...
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NEWS ANALYSIS Never say never in Cecil County government and politics. But sometimes it’s politically wise to say “maybe.” After months of resistance by colleagues to a demand by County Commissioner/Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) to hire a County Council “auditor” to investigate spending and operations of the new County Executive, suddenly the position surfaced...
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