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Cecil County Sheriff’s Salary Boost Proposed; County’s Top Cop Pay 3rd-Lowest in State [UPDATED]

October 7, 2013

Cecil County Sheriff Barry Janney has proposed a gradual increase in the salary of the Sheriff to raise the pay scale from one of the lowest in the state to a close-to-par wage for other Sheriff’s on the Upper Shore. Cecil County has a larger population, higher crime rate, and more jail oversight duties...
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Dist. 36 State Delegate Seat Up for Grabs as Caroline County Candidate Falls Victim to Map Murk

October 3, 2013

“Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map…” (With apologies to ‘Fiddler on the Roof’) Caroline County residents thought they had a golden opportunity to have their own “resident” Delegate in the General Assembly, after a nearly 20-year hiatus, with revised district line maps that expand the county’s voting share in the four-county 36th legislative district....
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Posted in Business, campaign finance, cecil county, Cecil Times, chesapeake city, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Cecil County Council: Potty Mouths, Potty Breaks, Port-a-Potties; Decorum Degenerates, Hodge Biz Plans Get Cold Shoulders

October 1, 2013

The Cecil County Council, which has spent much of its ten months of existence arguing over how members should behave, dissolved into yet another verbal slugfest Tuesday over how to enforce standards of “decorum”—and an unusual split among the current panel majority over a plan by Council President Robert Hodge (R-5) to help local...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Ellis Rollins III, politics, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 13 Comments »

Cecil County Council: Good News, No News and the Bad News Bears

September 25, 2013

The Cecil County Council had some good news from the county library, no news from the county’s finance director and some Bad News Bears– growling about how to deal with misbehaving councilors– at a Tuesday worksession in Elkton. First the good news: the Cecil County public library has produced a video highlighting the “beauty”...
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Posted in Business, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Democrats, education, Elections, Elkton, politics, real estate, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 16 Comments »

Cecil County Council Seeks to Curb Food Fights with Possible ‘Time Outs’ for Members’ Misbehavior

September 15, 2013

Recent meetings of the Cecil County Council have looked and sounded like school kids in a cafeteria food fight but Council President Robert Hodge (R-5) is looking to impose new discipline on councilors, including possible mandatory ‘time outs.’ “Our behavior makes a difference,” Hodge said at the 9/10/13 Council worksession in Elkton. In particular,...
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