NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy has withdrawn his proposed major increase in sewer user fees as part of his Fiscal 2019 budget, saying he wants to review alternative rate structures to give small users a break. But the action may signal a setback for McCarthy’s overall budget plans to end policies to...
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There were some tough questions when rival candidates in the June Republican primary for Cecil County State’s Attorney and the Register of Wills office squared off in a candidates’ forum sponsored by the Republican Club of Cecil County last week, putting some candidates on the defensive hot seat. In contrast, a panel of three...
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The three candidates running for Cecil County State’s Attorney in the June Republican primary have drawn very different bases of financial support for their campaigns, with one candidate drawing most of her support from just three aligned donors, another tapping the traditional lawyer donations, and the third relying mostly on small donors and his...
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Tags: Amanda Bessicks, campaign finance, Cecil Times, Circuit Court, crime, domestic violence, Donaldson Brown Center, donations, election, Gabrielle Buck, judge, Karl Fockler, Kevin Urick, Politics, primary, prosecutor, Republican, State's Attorney, victims, Wendy Cuthberson
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NEWS ANALYSIS From nose-biting at a polling place to creating a political club with virtually the same name as a longstanding and well-known Republican group so as to confuse voters, never let it be said that Cecil County politics is clean and above-board. Now we can add to the dirtpile the cyberspace hijacking of...
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NEWS ANALYSIS It was mostly a meeting of the like-minded when four Republican candidates for the Cecil County Council met for a polite discussion of issues at a forum sponsored by the Republican Club of Cecil County on 3/15/2018 in Elkton. But there was an extra elephant in the room, apart from pictures of...
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Tags: Al Miller, County Council, Dan Schneckenburger, economic development, Ed Larsen, George Patchell, Jobs, Joyce Bowlsbey, Republican Central Committee, schools, Tari Moore, taxes, Thomas Wilson
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