The Cecil County commissioners had a dance party Tuesday, performing their version of the Charter Cha Cha as they tried out different steps before deciding to abandon the dance altogether. After tossing around various numbers, the usual 3-2 majority decided that no money should be set aside as a contingency for unforeseen expenses in...
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Tags: Alan McCarthy, budget, cecil county, charter, charter government, county commissioner, County Council, county executive, Diana Broomell, E.J. Pipkin, election, james crouse, james mullin, Michael Smigiel, Politics, Republican Central Committee, Robert Hodge, Smipkin, Tari Moore
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No bad deed goes unrewarded, at least in Cecil County politics. A few weeks ago, Robert Gorman was slinging mud at Circuit Court Judge Keith Baynes in the primary election contest in which Gorman’s longtime political pal, Del. Michael Smigiel, was running for a judicial seat. Smigiel lost overwhelmingly but now the Smipkin political...
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Posted in campaign finance, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Democrats, Elections, Michael Smigiel, politics, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
In a much larger than usual voter turnout Tuesday, Perryville voters re-elected James Eberhardt as mayor, repudiating newcomer town Commissioner Michael A. Dawson and his outspoken attacks on town officials and employees. After the polls closed at 7 p.m., the elections board tallied the votes of 495 residents, with Eberhardt winning 320 votes to...
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Commentary The popular TV show, “Mad Men,” about the machinations and over-the-top drama of the early 1960’s advertising game, has nothing on our own MAD Men of Cecil County politics—except perhaps for the broad-shouldered, grown-up suits and wide ties worn by the lead characters on TV. Trade in the suits for baggy, campaign-slogan tee...
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Posted in campaign finance, Cecil Chatter, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Elkton, Michael Smigiel, politics, real estate, Republican Central Committee, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
State election officials have now counted absentee, provisional and overseas ballots to come up with the full results of the April 3 Democratic and Republican primaries for Cecil County candidates. The post-election count of votes did not alter the outcome in any of the contests from the early voting and Election Day results. Overall,...
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Tags: absentee, Alan McCarthy, cecil county, Diana Broomell, election, Harry Hepbron, james crouse, Jane Cairns Murray, Keith Baynes, Michael Smigiel, Pam Howard, pamela bailey, primary, provisional, Robert Hodge, Robert McKnight, Tari Moore, vote
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