Comments on: Cecil County Charter: Commissioners Diss Bowlsbey, Seek “New Face” on Charter Panel to be Run by Old Faces https://ceciltimes.com/2011/03/cecil-county-charter-commissioners-diss-bowlsbey-seek-new-face-on-charter-panel-to-be-run-by-old-faces/ News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Al Reasin https://ceciltimes.com/2011/03/cecil-county-charter-commissioners-diss-bowlsbey-seek-new-face-on-charter-panel-to-be-run-by-old-faces/#comment-1813 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:38:15 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=1224#comment-1813 The vote Tuesday certainly set up a less transparent team by preventing the appointment of citizens/outsiders, members that would have provided some oversight helping to reduce the potential for distrust of the process by the Cecil County citizenry. It is human nature to have a bias about protecting your power base and those of you friends in government. And it is the exceptional person that will go against his/her own self interest to promote the best for all.

There obviously is a need for government personnel on the team since they should know the rules, codes and the keepers of such information. However, a strong willed citizen or two with a civil attitude toward those who may disagree would have the tendency to moderate any self interest being considered.

It was said that citizens, because of open meeting laws, will be involved; but not if the meetings are held as are the commissioners’ working sessions; IMO, the commissioners’ working sessions need to be public, as they are, and need to restrict citizens’ direct involvement to allow issues to be debated with out interruption as they now do. If the transition meetings will be held in a townhall format, then citizens would have some input in the process and result in a more active participation of ordinary citizens.

]]> By: Alexis https://ceciltimes.com/2011/03/cecil-county-charter-commissioners-diss-bowlsbey-seek-new-face-on-charter-panel-to-be-run-by-old-faces/#comment-1810 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:34:27 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=1224#comment-1810 Mullin, Dunn, and Broomell are carrying out the Smigiel / Pipkin vendettas. Wait until the legislative session is over and SMIPKIN returns to give orders directly.

]]> By: Patrick Tuer https://ceciltimes.com/2011/03/cecil-county-charter-commissioners-diss-bowlsbey-seek-new-face-on-charter-panel-to-be-run-by-old-faces/#comment-1807 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:51:33 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=1224#comment-1807 The games being played by the board are making me sick. Why the games?

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