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	<title>Comments on: Cecil County Elections: After the Landslide; E Tu, Smipkins; Other Post-primary Pondering</title>
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		<title>By: Successful in HdG</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2012/04/cecil-county-elections-after-the-landslide-e-tu-smipkins-other-post-primary-pondering/#comment-5397</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Successful in HdG]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I also represent a HdG business, and I know first-hand that Diana was appreciated by an overwhelming majority of downtown businesses in her capacity as Main Street Manager. She worked in HdG for 2 1/2 years and during that period of time she tripled the membership and successfully expanded and helped create new programs that attracted new visitors to the downtown area. She is greatly missed! 

I would request that &quot;HdG Business&quot; please validate your statement? Do you have any specific examples of how Diana did not perform above and beyond the call of duty?

Many know that Diana did not support any special favors being handed out to board members or community members. She did this to preserve the integrity of a volunteer organization.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also represent a HdG business, and I know first-hand that Diana was appreciated by an overwhelming majority of downtown businesses in her capacity as Main Street Manager. She worked in HdG for 2 1/2 years and during that period of time she tripled the membership and successfully expanded and helped create new programs that attracted new visitors to the downtown area. She is greatly missed! </p>
<p>I would request that &#8220;HdG Business&#8221; please validate your statement? Do you have any specific examples of how Diana did not perform above and beyond the call of duty?</p>
<p>Many know that Diana did not support any special favors being handed out to board members or community members. She did this to preserve the integrity of a volunteer organization.</p>
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		<title>By: Al Reasin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Al Reasin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately it takes only 641 valid petition signatures, with the other filing requirements, to get on the general election ballot. One also wonders if a non-candidate, as with Sen. Pipkin, can issue mailers as if a candidate in the election.  One also wonders if those who contributed to his campaign would wish for their money to be spent on other candidates.  For now Cecil County need not be renamed Pipkin County, which would then be a county similar to Hazzard County from the TV series.

The grass roots efforts of the Cecil County Patriots membership was instrumental in the success of the winning candidates.  Boots on the ground are very important and the Pipkin forces apparently had some difficulty in recruiting volunteers.  Money, negative misleading robocalls and mailers do not necessarily make a victory possible when a respected citizen&#039;s group counters it.  

Now let&#039;s see what is done by the commissioners who were defeated.  Do they seek revenge against the good citizens of Cecil County and the candidates that defeated them, or do they respond with honor and integrity to tackle the serious issues that confront the county?  Actions will speak louder than words and the audio recordings of the commissioners&#039; meetings will record the truth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately it takes only 641 valid petition signatures, with the other filing requirements, to get on the general election ballot. One also wonders if a non-candidate, as with Sen. Pipkin, can issue mailers as if a candidate in the election.  One also wonders if those who contributed to his campaign would wish for their money to be spent on other candidates.  For now Cecil County need not be renamed Pipkin County, which would then be a county similar to Hazzard County from the TV series.</p>
<p>The grass roots efforts of the Cecil County Patriots membership was instrumental in the success of the winning candidates.  Boots on the ground are very important and the Pipkin forces apparently had some difficulty in recruiting volunteers.  Money, negative misleading robocalls and mailers do not necessarily make a victory possible when a respected citizen&#8217;s group counters it.  </p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s see what is done by the commissioners who were defeated.  Do they seek revenge against the good citizens of Cecil County and the candidates that defeated them, or do they respond with honor and integrity to tackle the serious issues that confront the county?  Actions will speak louder than words and the audio recordings of the commissioners&#8217; meetings will record the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: HdG Business</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[HdG Business]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad to see the people of Cecil County now realize what we in Havre de Grace know.  A good vote is one against Diana Broomell.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to see the people of Cecil County now realize what we in Havre de Grace know.  A good vote is one against Diana Broomell.</p>
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