Posts Tagged ‘ Vernon Thompson ’

Cecil County Tourism Chief Seeks Separate Agency, and Pay Raise

November 15, 2011

Sandy Maruchi Turner, Cecil County’s tourism co-ordinator, asked the County Commissioners Tuesday to break off tourism promotion programs from the county’s Economic Development department and create a separate agency, with a pay raise for the new “department head.” Turner told Cecil Times after the commissioners’ worksession that she was more familiar with the figure...
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Elvis, and Cecil County Econ. Development Chief Thompson, Left the Buiding but Broomell Steps on Blue Suede Shoes

September 20, 2011

Elvis, and Cecil County Economic Development Director Vernon Thompson, have already left the building but Cecil County Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) wanted to step on Thompson’s blue suede shoes Tuesday by trying to “fire” him in a closed door meeting, according to informed sources. Thompson formally submitted his resignation, under pressure from a three-member...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elkton, governor, Martin O'Malley, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republicans, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Mullin Blames Ousted Cecil County Economic Development Director for Lack of BRAC Business

September 11, 2011

Cecil County Commissioners President James Mullin (R-1) claimed Saturday that Vernon Thompson was ousted as county economic development director because he didn’t “hook” military contractors to locate in Cecil County as part of the BRAC military expansion at Harford County’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. Speaking before a meeting of a church group in Earleville, Mullin...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elkton, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Like Dancing Hippos, Cecil County Commissioners Twirl on Economic Development Stage

September 7, 2011

Commentary It could have been a scene out of the Disney classic, “Fantasia,” where the tutu-wearing hippos cavort clumsily in ballet toe-shoes, when the Cecil County Commissioners tried to establish an economic development agenda Tuesday. One hippo was missing from the corps d’ ballet. Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent, just as he was...
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Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, chesapeake city, county commissioner, education, politics, real estate, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Cecil County Commissioners Oust Vernon Thompson, Economic Development Chief; Smipkins Get Even for Political Independence

August 30, 2011

The Cecil County Commissioners voted in secret session Tuesday to oust Vernon Thompson, a former senior state economic development official, as the county’s Director of Economic Development, according to informed sources. Thompson confirmed that “I will be leaving Cecil County as of September 23 by mutual agreement with the county commissioners.” The move had...
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