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Cecil County Commish Vote to Kill Artesian Sewage Plant Sale; Collapse of Deal to Cost Citizens over $10 Million in Plant Upgrades

September 27, 2011

The Cecil County Commissioners voted, 3-2, Tuesday to kill the long-stalled sale of four county-owned sewage treatment plants to the private Artesian Resources, a step that could ultimately cost county residents over $10 million to upgrade sewer facilities, instead of shifting that burden—and another $6 million in bond debts– to Artesian. As The Cecil...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elkton, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Smigiel Launches Cecil County Judge Campaign with Legal Flub: Cribbing Official State Court Seal

September 12, 2011

A Cecil Times Special Report Delegate Michael Smigiel (R-36) has launched his long-anticipated campaign for a Cecil County Circuit Court judgeship with a major legal flub: a fundraising appeal that misappropriated the official seal of a state judicial agency. Documents obtained by The Cecil Times show that Smigiel pitched his candidacy—which had not yet...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republicans, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

Cecil County Commissioners Back Down, for now, on Broomell Bid to Fire Law Firm on Artesian Sale; Move Could Boost Legal Fees

August 23, 2011

Cecil County Commissioners backed down, after a battle royale at their Tuesday morning public worksession and a more than three-hour secret meeting, from a bid by Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) to demand the firing of the entire Miles & Stockbridge law firm, and not just an individual attorney, from representing the county in all...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, politics, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »

As Cecil County Commish Turn: Soap Opera Turns Serious in Brawl over Artesian, PSC, Taxpayer $

August 16, 2011

A political brawl over Cecil County’s contract to sell most of its water and sewer plants to the private Artesian firm took a serious turn Tuesday, after Artesian threatened to invoke a contract clause placing the county at risk of costly legal action. The commissioners backed down late in the day and agreed to...
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Posted in Business, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Michael Smigiel, Rebecca Demmler, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized, women | 3 Comments »

Cecil County Soap Operas: Commish Discuss Re-write of Charter History; ARCA Activist for Plan. Panel; Dog Poo and More

August 15, 2011

Commentary It will be a soap opera day in Elkton on Tuesday when the Cecil County Commissioners discuss re-writing recent election history to try to un-do voters’ approval of charter government, re-appoint a controversial anti-growth activist to the planning commission, and debate doggie doo and other political poop. It will no doubt be some...
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