Posts Tagged ‘ Brian Lockhart ’

Cecil County Politics: Business, Bipartisan Leaders Seek Reform of Current Commissioners’ Board

December 8, 2011

There wasn’t a “Smipkin” in sight Wednesday night when a new business-oriented political action committee held its first official meeting in Elkton to organize a campaign against the current ruling majority of the Cecil County Commissioners. But there was a standing-room-only crowd of nearly 300 people, a bipartisan turnout of business owners, current and...
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Posted in Brian Lockhart, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Democrats, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republicans, Robert Hodge | 11 Comments »

Cecil County Commissioners Name Owen Thorne–Litigant Against County– to Planning Board

June 7, 2011

A divided Cecil County Board of Commissioners Tuesday appointed Owen Thorne, a failed candidate for county commissioner and a vocal opponent of development and infrastructure proposals in the northern county—to the county Planning Commission. The 3-2 decision followed the increasingly usual pattern of Commissioners James Mullin (R-1), Diana Broomell (R-4) and Michael Dunn (R-3)...
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Posted in Brian Lockhart, Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, politics, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Cecil County Commissioners Slapped on Wrist by State Open Meetings Panel

May 15, 2011

A state open meetings board has slapped the Cecil County Commissioners on the wrists for going behind closed doors in 2010 to hire a lobbyist to oppose two bills pushed in Annapolis by state Sen. E.J. Pipkin and Del. Michael Smigiel, both R-36, that would have limited the powers of county government leaders. In...
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Posted in Brian Lockhart, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Cecil Whig, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Michael Smigiel, politics, Robert Hodge, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Earleville Stream Project Could Cost Cecil County: A Cecil Times Special Report

April 20, 2011

An environmental group has asked the Cecil County Commissioners to assume ownership of a 72 acre pond and land on Mill Lane in Earleville as part of a long-stalled environmental project. But a Cecil Times review found the county could be on the hook for as yet unknown costs and a state grant that...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, politics, Rebecca Demmler, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | No Comments »

ANALYSIS: Cecil County Shouldn’t Count Slots $ Before It’s Hatched

February 9, 2011

Cecil County commissioners are salivating over the potential revenues that the new Hollywood casino in Perryville will generate and, commissioners hope, save them from having to make tough budget choices this year. But the state’s projections of upcoming revenues may be overly optimistic, while gas prices and possible local bridge toll increases may dampen...
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