It took an act of God—an earthquake—to silence the Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday, as the quake shook chairs and made the county office building sway while the local lawmakers were meeting to discuss broadband/Internet issues. Commissioners, county employees and citizens all evacuated the building for about a half hour as county workers checked the...
Read more »
Tags: Al Wein, cecil county, Cecil Times, county administrator, county commissioner, courthouse, earthquake, emergency services, evacuation, health department, quake, Richard Brooks
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, real estate, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Cecil County Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) set off a firestorm Tuesday at a commissioners’ worksession with a demand to send a letter firing the entire Miles & Stockbridge law firm, and not just an individual attorney, from representing the county in all aspects of the sale of county water and sewer plants to the...
Read more »
Tags: "Cecil County Commissioner", Artesian, cecil county, Cecil Times, ceciltimes, commissioner, county commissioner, Diana Broomell, james mullin, news, Robert Hodge, sewer, sewer fees, sewer systems, Tari Moore, water
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Uncategorized | No Comments »
While celebrating his recent birthday, controversial Cecil County Planning Commission member Owen Thorne barked his approval when his friend, Cecil County Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3), called Thorne “the guard dog of Cecil Co.” “Ruff, Ruff,” Thorne replied to Dunn’s post on his Facebook wall. “Hey, am I still a planning commissioner next month?” Dunn...
Read more »
Tags: Appleton Regional Community Alliance, ARCA, cecil county, Cecil County Patriots, Cecil Land Use Alliance, CLUA, Diana Broomell, Donnal Caudell, impact aid, Jackie Gregory, james mullin, jim mullin, land use, Michael Dunn, Mike Dunn, Owen Thorne, planning, Planning Commission, Politics, priority preservation areas, Republicans, Slots, slots revenues, Tea Party, transfer of development rights
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, politics, real estate, Republicans, Rising Sun, Slots, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
A political brawl over Cecil County’s contract to sell most of its water and sewer plants to the private Artesian firm took a serious turn Tuesday, after Artesian threatened to invoke a contract clause placing the county at risk of costly legal action. The commissioners backed down late in the day and agreed to...
Read more »
Tags: Artesian, campaign, cecil county, contract, Diana Broomell, donations, james mullin, jim mullin, maryland, Michael Dunn, Nancy Schwerzler, news, political, Politics, PSC, Public Service Commission, Robert Hodge, sewer, Tari Moore, water
Posted in Business, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Michael Smigiel, Rebecca Demmler, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized, women | 3 Comments »
Commentary It will be a soap opera day in Elkton on Tuesday when the Cecil County Commissioners discuss re-writing recent election history to try to un-do voters’ approval of charter government, re-appoint a controversial anti-growth activist to the planning commission, and debate doggie doo and other political poop. It will no doubt be some...
Read more »
Tags: animals, cecil county, Cecil County Patriots, charter, charter government, code home rule, commish, county commissioner, Diana Broomell, dogs, E.J. Pipkin, Eastern Shore, james mullin, maryland, Michael Dunn, Michael Smigiel, news, Owen Thorne, Patriots, poo, task force, Tea Party
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Elkton, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »