New reports to the state Board of Elections by recently-filed candidates for Cecil County offices show that two County Council candidates have quickly assembled substantial campaign warchests while a minimally-financed incumbent Councilor has removed his campaign treasurer, who is barred under state election rules from service due to her involvement with a PAC that...
Read more »
Tags: "Good Mike" Dawson, Bill Gerczak, Bilton Morgan, Board of Elections, campaign finance, candidate, cecil county, chip peterson, chris sutton, County Council, Dan Schneckenburger, dan slater, danny blackburn, Democrat, Diana Broomell, election, George Patchell, Lisa Conley, MAD Dawson, Meagan Schwartz, Michael Dunn, Michael Smigiel, PAC, Politics, register of wills, Republican, Republicans of Cecil County PAC, Robert Gorman, robert willick, Scott adams, Sheriff, Sheriff's Department, State Prosecutor, william killough
Posted in Business, campaign finance, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Chris Sutton, Democrats, Elections, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
A Cecil Times Special Report In the 2014 elections for Cecil County Sheriff—always one of the most hotly contested races in local politics—there is a new watchword among the leading candidates in the June Republican primary: “team.” While past election campaigns have focused on the individual candidate for Sheriff, this year the focus is...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", budget, campaign finance, cecil county, Cecil Times, chris sutton, County Council, county executive, crime, detention center, drugs, election, Eugene Tuer, jail, Ken Russell, Politics, primary, Republican, Scott adams, Sheriff, team
Posted in Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Democrats, Elections, politics, real estate, Republicans, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | 10 Comments »
A Cecil Times Special Report In the 2014 elections for Cecil County Sheriff—always one of the most hotly contested races in local politics—there is a new watchword among the leading candidates in the June Republican primary: “team.” While past election campaigns have focused on the individual candidate for Sheriff, this year the focus is...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", 2014, budget, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county public schools, Cecil Times, County Council, county executive, detention center, drug task force, drugs, election, George Stanko, Gerry Widdoes, K9, law enforcement, Newark DE, police, Politics, primary election, Republican, Scott adams, Sheriff
Posted in Barry Janney, Business, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, Chris Sutton, Democrats, education, Elections, politics, Republicans, Rising Sun, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »
The Maryland General Assembly has passed legislation boosting future salaries for the Cecil County Sheriff and the three judges on the county’s Orphans Court, but the sheriff will still be paid less than law enforcement heads in many other smaller counties with less crime and fewer responsibilities. The legislation, SB936, was sponsored by Cecil...
Read more »
Tags: "Barry Janney", cecil county, Cecil Times, County Council, county executive, election, judge, orphan's court, pay, pay raise, Politics, Robert Hodge, salary, Sheriff, Tari Moore
Posted in Barry Janney, campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elections, Elkton, governor, politics, Robert Hodge, Sheriff's Department, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Ah, it was all sweetness and light, cheerful cooperation and goodwill at the Cecil County Council’s worksession on Tuesday—gotcha, on April Fool’s Day. After yet another battle royale over approval of the Council’s past meeting minutes, the panel got down to some interesting information on how the county might use provisions of federal law...
Read more »
Tags: april fool, cecil county, Cecil County council, Chesapeake Bay, chesapeake city, Chip MacLeod, Clean Chesapeake Coalition, conowingo dam, County Council, Diana Broomell, Elkton, environment, FERC, Maryland Department of the Environment, MDE, pollution, Robert Hodge, Susquehanna
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, governor, politics, real estate, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »