Comments on: Cecil County Faces Costly Bay Cleanup; Septic Users May Have to Dig Up Tanks for $20K Systems

By: Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:03:54 +0000

Let us not conveniently forget that Commissioner Broomell, or any other commissioner was not a party to the law suit filed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation against the EPA for not enforcing the Clean Water Act as required many years ago, and forcing six states and multiple municipalities to clean up their act,includimg Cecil County, Md.
Looks like these six states may be paying for the sins of the past that went largely unregulated by the farm lobby and influential developers.
Given it’s past history on code enforcement, I certainly hope we will not be depending on the CCDPW to dig us out of this hole they helped put us in.
Be careful, as a former CCDPW employee I know the facts. You are just playing politics, and poorly, I might add.
If you seriously want to play politics, give Obama a call and ask him for an earmark for the costs of cleaning up the bay.
I’m sure you can get his ear.

By: R Baker

R Baker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:02:47 +0000

As usual, the costs end up being put on the non-polluters. If there are septic tanks that are leaking, require that they be replaced with new systems; that would fix the “septic” problem. Of course, that would still leave the millions of gallons of sewage dumped into the bay by sewage treatment plants, but that is OK as most of them are Government owned. Wonder how Artesian “knew” to get out of the sewage side of the deal?

By: Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:27:11 +0000

Thanks primarily to the efforts of Ms. Broomell, [who] is clearly not interested in the greater good of the county, the taxpayers of Cecil County will now have to pay for the upgrades to the aging infrastructure of the county. Had she not sabotaged the deal with Artesian Water, that cost would have been absorbed by Artesian as part of the deal. Thank you, Ms. Broomell, for being a selfish, self-centered, un-trustworthy, “public servant.” This is only the begining of what will prove to be a disaster for the citizens of Cecil County.