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		<title>Smigiels File Double-Play, Names-the-Same Political Contests: Dad for Judge, Son for Dad&#8217;s Old Delegate Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Never let it be said that perennial candidate and three-time loser Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., doesn’t have any more political tricks up his sleeves, even if they aren’t the sleeves on a Cecil County judicial robe that he desperately wants to wear. Now he’s trying for a two-fer: a judicial seat for himself and his old District 36 state Delegate seat for his son and namesake, Michael D. Smigiel, Jr., a young filmmaker and video photographer. Daddy Smigiel lost his delegate seat in the Republican primary in 2014, when he didn’t even carry his home base of Cecil County in the four-county area covered by District 36. Daddy has also lost a previous run for a judicial seat and lost badly two years ago in a GOP primary challenge to incumbent Congressman Andy Harris (R-1st). Smigiel Sr. filed on Monday as a candidate for a Circuit Court judicial seat, running against incumbent judge Will Davis. Davis was appointed by Gov. Hogan to fill a vacancy on the local bench in 2016 and, under state law, must stand before the voters in this year’s elections for a 15-year term. (Davis was recommended for the court by an independent nominating [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Hogan Lifts High-Tech Septic Regs, Saves Residents, Business $$$ in Most of Cecil County; &#8216;Critical Areas&#8217; Near Bay, Rivers Still Under Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Larry Hogan will rescind regulations that required installation of costly high-tech septic systems in most of Cecil County, and instead will only retain the requirements in the “critical areas,” close to the Chesapeake Bay and tidal rivers feeding the Bay. The action, which repeals a mandate created by former Governor Martin O’Malley, will lower costs for most new construction as well as homeowners seeking to build additions to existing homes in the county. Hogan announced his decision during a weekend meeting of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) in Ocean City, a gathering of most of the state’s county and local elected officials as well as lobbyists and members of the General Assembly. Since a 2009 law enacted by the General Assembly, properties located in the “Critical Area”&#8211; within 1,000 feet of the Chesapeake Bay or its “tidal tributaries”—have been required to install nitrogen-reducing “Best Available Technology” (BAT) septic systems for new homes or to replace facilities for existing homes that had failing septic systems. But as of 1/1/13, O’Malley instituted broader regulations that applied to any property considered affecting the Chesapeake Bay “watershed.” In Cecil County, with its many rivers, streams and creeks feeding into the Bay, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Hogan Puts Muscle Behind Conowingo Dam Permit, Considers Susquehanna Sediment Dredging as Bay Cleanup Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is convening a top-level task force to seek solutions to pollution of the Chesapeake Bay caused by sediment build-up behind the Conowingo Dam in Cecil County, including possible costly dredging. The governor’s action underscored the clout that the state has through its environmental review powers that could delay or block pending re-licensing of the dam by a federal agency. Hogan’s announcement on Thursday came as part of a three-day whirlwind tour of Harford, Cecil and Kent counties on the Upper Shore, a visit that saw him eating ice cream in Rising Sun, dining with county and town officials in Port Deposit, and presiding over a ribbon-cutting for an expansion of a high-tech mushroom farm in Warwick. He also mingled with donors at a political fundraiser in Charlestown for his expected re-election campaign in 2018. “We must address the sediment issue which has been ignored and left unresolved” for years, Hogan said, adding that his administration has been “working tirelessly” to find solutions to pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. But those efforts, he said, “could easily be wiped out by the effects of one really bad storm.” The Susquehanna River is the largest river feeding the Bay, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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