<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Cecil Times &#187; Ellis Rollins III</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ceciltimes.com/category/ellis-rollins-iii/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ceciltimes.com</link>
	<description>News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:25:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Amanda Bessicks, Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney, Resigns for Health Reasons; Judges to Name Successor</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/02/amanda-bessicks-cecil-county-states-attorney-resigns-for-health-reasons-judges-to-name-successor/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/02/amanda-bessicks-cecil-county-states-attorney-resigns-for-health-reasons-judges-to-name-successor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alan McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Rollins III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2018]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Bessicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy for Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis (E.D.E.) Rollins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Rollins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interim state's attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Dellmyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Baynes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prosecutor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLAPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State's Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve trostle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Amanda Bessicks, the newly-elected Cecil County State’s Attorney, is resigning her post as of 3/15/2019 due to health reasons, according to a letter sent to the county Circuit Court administrative judge.. Her resignation cuts short a promising career as the county’s chief prosecutor and a reform-minded leader for an office that has been mired in turmoil since her predecessor was charged and convicted in an indecent exposure/disorderly conduct case in 2017. And her decision to resign her position, so that a successor can be named quickly, reflects a level of character and public service that had been absent in the recent past history of the office. Former State’s Attorney Ellis (E.D.E.) Rollins continued to collect a salary and benefits for many months while he unsuccessfully fought, and appealed, the charges against him—while not actually performing the duties of the office. Taking a leave of absence to address her medical issues would have been an understandable, and fully appropriate, course of action while not actually surrendering the office and title. But her decision to step aside clears the path for the Circuit Court judges to name either an interim or permanent State’s Attorney to lead the office until the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/02/amanda-bessicks-cecil-county-states-attorney-resigns-for-health-reasons-judges-to-name-successor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Incumbent Judge Will Davis Wins Cecil County Circuit Court Seat</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/06/incumbent-judge-will-davis-wins-election-to-cecil-county-circuit-court/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/06/incumbent-judge-will-davis-wins-election-to-cecil-county-circuit-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 03:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Rollins III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Smigiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Mike Smigiel"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Fockler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge William W. Davis, Jr., known locally as “Will” in his work with youth groups and charities to aid troubled children, won election to a 15-year term on the Cecil County Circuit Court bench on Tuesday, as voters confirmed Gov. Larry Hogan’s choice of Davis for an appointment to the bench in 2016. To win election to the seat, Davis defeated two challengers—Edwin B. Fockler IV, an assistant public defender, and former state Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. All of the candidates were Republicans. But since judicial positions are considered non-partisan, candidates appeared on both the Democratic and Republican primary ballots. Under state law, if one candidate won the Democratic primary while another person won the Republican primary, then those two names would proceed to the general election ballot for voters to make a final choice. But with Davis winning both party primaries, he will appear unopposed on the general election ballot and thus has already won de-facto election to the post. Circuit Court judges serve a 15-year term after being elected by local voters. With all but two precinct tallies completed, in the Republican primary, Davis won 53 percent of the vote. Fockler received 29.1 percent, while Smigiel garnered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/06/incumbent-judge-will-davis-wins-election-to-cecil-county-circuit-court/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rivals for State&#8217;s Attorney, Register of Wills Face Sharp Questions; Judge Race Calmer at GOP Forum</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/05/rivals-for-states-attorney-register-of-wills-face-sharp-questions-judge-race-calmer-at-gop-forum/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/05/rivals-for-states-attorney-register-of-wills-face-sharp-questions-judge-race-calmer-at-gop-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 22:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chesapeake city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Rollins III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Central Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State's Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Mike Smigiel"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Bessicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Fockler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellis Rollins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karl Fockler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Urick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyn Nickle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael D. Smigiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael W. Dawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public defender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[register of wills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Club of Cecil County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 candidates vying for a seat on the county’s Circuit Court was uncharacteristically mellow, given one candidate’s past record of attack-dog campaigns. Members of the audience at the event, held at the VFW hall in Chesapeake City, submitted written questions to the moderator, James Dubuque, vice president of the club, who then picked questions to pose to the candidates. STATE’S ATTORNEY: In the race for the open State’s Attorney seat, all three candidates currently work in the prosecutor’s office: Amanda Bessicks, a four-year veteran of the office who currently specializes in prosecuting cases involving crimes against children and domestic violence; Karl Fockler, deputy State’s Attorney since last year and a more than ten-year veteran of the office; and Kevin Urick, a prosecutor with over 12 years’ experience in Cecil County and previously a Baltimore City prosecutor for over 15 years. In opening statements, Bessicks said she would [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2018/05/rivals-for-states-attorney-register-of-wills-face-sharp-questions-judge-race-calmer-at-gop-forum/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
