NEWS ANALYSIS We’ve seen it before in Cecil County politics: a disgruntled lone wolf creates a rump group with a name similar to a well-established organization to confuse the public and launch political attacks on the original group. So, a dissident online presence created in 2016 by conservative activist Vincent Sammons that had existed...
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Tags: Alan McCarthy, Cecil Countgy, Cecil County Republican Club, club, county executive, Dan Schneckenburger, Ed Larsen, George Patchell, Joyce Bowlsbey, Politics, Republican, Republican Club of Cecil County, Richard Ledwandowski, Thomas Wilson, Vince Sammons, Vincent sammons
Posted in Business, campaign finance, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Cecil Whig, Elections, Elkton, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Rising Sun, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
NEWS ANALYSIS A proposal to spend $1 million for an artificial turf playing field in Perryville in the county executive’s Fiscal 2018 budget raises questions about costs, safety and policy issues on pushing expenses out of school accounts into county parks liabilities. In other words, is fake grass greener than the real thing? The...
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Tags: Alan McCarthy, artificial turf, astroturf, budget, capital budget, cecil county, Clyde Van Dyke, County Council, county executive, crumb rubber, fields, football, injury, Montgomery County, operating budget, parks, property tax, safety, spend, tax
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, chesapeake city, education, Elkton, politics, real estate, Rising Sun, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Election day poll workers in Cecil County usually stock a supply of sunscreen, water bottles and signs to wave on behalf of their preferred candidates outside polling places. But an incident Tuesday morning indicates that hockey faceguards might also be in order: a candidate for the Cecil County Republican Central Committee says he was...
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Tags: bite, cecil county, Cecil Times, Central Committee, Diana Broomell, election, GOP, harold McCannick, holmes, nose, primary election, Republican, Sheriff, Sheriff's Department, Walt Rozansky
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elections, Elkton, politics, Republicans, Rising Sun, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who drew strong support among many Cecil County conservatives in his failed bid for a US Senate seat two years ago, has stuck his toe into Cecil County local politics this year by endorsing a controversial “Campaign for Liberty” candidate for County Council—much to the surprise and...
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Tags: Board of Elections, C4L, Campaign for Liberty, cecil county, Congress, County Council, Dan Bongino, district 6, election, Federal Election Commission, GOP, House, Jacke Gregory, John Delaney, Liberty PAC, Patrick McGrady, Patriots, Politics, Republican, Republican Central Committee, robert willick, senate, slate, Stable Revolution consulting, Ted Patterson
Posted in Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Democrats, Elections, Elkton, politics, real estate, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Rising Sun, Robert Hodge, Tea Party, Ted Kolodzey, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
As the Cecil County Sheriff’s race enters the home stretch before the June 24 primary elections, the Republican primary’s leading contenders are neck and neck in campaign finances. But the Scott Adams campaign has generated a strong wave of new contributions while three-time candidate Chris Sutton drew fewer new donations and had over $7,000...
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Tags: "Barry Janney", apryl parcher, Board of Elections, campaign finance, campaign spending, cecil county, Cecil Times, chris sutton, contributions, dan slater, donations, election, elections board, foard, Politics, richie brooks, Scott adams, Sheriff, william killough
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Chris Sutton, Elections, Elkton, politics, real estate, Republicans, Rising Sun, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
