COMMENTARY “Paranoia strikes deep, Into your life it will creep; Starts when you’re always afraid, Step out of line, the man come and take you away…” –Buffalo Springfield song, “For What It’s Worth” There were many people at the Cecil County Council’s 2/18/14 worksession who wished someone would come and take Councilor Diana Broomell...
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Perhaps Cecil County Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) had indigestion or was feeling wounded by the pointed fork jabs she had just received from fellow Councilor Alan McCarthy (R-1) when she hurried out of a Council worksession Tuesday, and refused to eat a slice of the cake that had been brought in to celebrate the...
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ANALYSIS When one-term Perryville town commissioner Michael A. Dawson declared a few months ago that he would not seek re-election to the post he had only won by one vote, town officials and many residents breathed a sigh of relief. During his brief two-year tenure, Dawson created a whirlwind of controversy, with online attacks...
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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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