The Democratic primary for the 4th District county Commissioner’s seat is shaping up as one of the more expensive local campaigns of the year, with challenger Carl Roberts spending more than twice the campaign money of his opponent, incumbent Wayne Tome. Roberts, the former superintendent of Cecil County schools, is trying to...
Read more »
Tags: Brian Lockhart, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, Central Committee, commissioner, commissioners, county commissioner, Democrat, Diana Broomell, election, Elections, Facebook, Mike Dawson, news, political campaign, Politics, Sheriff, Stewart, Stewart and Tate, Stewarts, website
Posted in Brian Lockhart, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, county commissioner, Democrats, Elections, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Our ongoing local political soap opera, centered on the crowded field of warring factions seeking seats on the Cecil County Republican Central Committee, may have many observers wondering what all the fuss is about. But when you drill deeply into state campaign finance reports, it becomes clear that the fuss is about more than...
Read more »
Tags: Board of Elections, Business, campaign finance, Carrie Taylor, cecil county, Cecil County Republican Women's Club, commissioner, commissioners, county commissioner, delegate, E.J. Pipkin, election, Elections, House, james mullin, jim mullin, maryland, Michael Dunn, Michael Smigiel, Mike Dawson, news, PAC, Political Action Committee, political club, Politics, Republican, Republicans of Cecil, senate, slates, Ted Patterson, Treasurer, William Feehley
Posted in campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
It was the Democrats’ turn to face off at a forum for county Commissioner candidates Monday night, with 4th District primary opponents Carl Roberts and Wayne Tome offering strikingly different assessments of the state of the county and its future. But it was Commissioner Brian Lockhart, D-3, who is unopposed in his...
Read more »
Tags: Artesian, Brian Lockhart, Business, Carl Roberts, cecil county, commissioner, commissioners, county commissioner, Democrat, Earle Piner, economic development, election, Elections, jail, landfill, news, Politics, privatization, Republican, revenues, sewer, Sr., taxes, water, Wayne Tome
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, county commissioner, Democrats, Elections, politics, Republicans | No Comments »
We know our readers look forward to Cecil Times reports and analysis of local candidates’ campaign finance reports and we are hard at work on searching and reviewing the latest pre-primary reports that were due to be filed with the state Board of Elections this week. The state Board and the computer databases have...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", campaign, campaign finance, chris sutton, dan slater, Democrat, election, fundraising, political donations, Politics, Robert DeWitt, Sheriff, Skip DeWitt
Posted in cecil county, Cecil Government, county commissioner, Elections, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republicans, Sheriff's Department | 1 Comment »
The first local candidates’ forum this week highlighted several hot-button Cecil County issues, and personalities, but the 100 or so people who attended the “Cecil County Patriots” forum for Republican county commissioner candidates heard some thoughtful observations, politely expressed, as well as the (we admit it) headline-grabbing political outburst by one candidate. As...
Read more »
Tags: Business, campaign finance, cecil county, Cecil County Patriots, charter government, commissioner, commissioners, county commissioner, Democrat, E.J. Pipkin, election, Elections, Michael Smigiel, news, Politics, Republican, Tea Party, zoning
Posted in Blogs, Business, cecil county, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, education, Elections, Harry Hepbron, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republicans, Tea Party, Ted Kolodzey | 5 Comments »
