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		<title>Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R) Explores Congress Run Against Dutch Ruppersberger (D); Uphill Fight but She Has a Unique 2012 Shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R-Cecil/Harford) said Monday she has formed an “exploratory committee” to consider a run for Congress and the 2nd District seat now held by Democrat Dutch Ruppersberger. If she does run, it would be a very tough uphill fight but the state and national political dynamics of 2012 suggest it would not be an impossible task. With a little more than a month before the state’s candidate filing deadline, she will have to evaluate her chances quickly and decide once and for all if she will run. And as soon as she starts to rake in all but minimal financial support, she will have to fish or cut bait. Under Federal Election Commission rules, an exploratory committee can raise and spend money for “testing the waters” activities such as polling but once $5,000 is raised and spent for “campaign” activities, the potential candidate is considered an actual candidate and must file an official statement of candidacy with the FEC. On her Facebook wall, Jacobs announced her move and commented, “I’m tired of the excuses coming from Washington and believe it’s time to challenge the Beltway status quo. Congress exists to serve the people and they are failing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullin Blames Ousted Cecil County Economic Development Director for Lack of BRAC Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Commissioners President James Mullin (R-1) claimed Saturday that Vernon Thompson was ousted as county economic development director because he didn’t “hook” military contractors to locate in Cecil County as part of the BRAC military expansion at Harford County’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. Speaking before a meeting of a church group in Earleville, Mullin asserted that “a majority” of the commissioners “felt we needed a change of quarterback.” He contended that Thompson was to blame for military contractors choosing to locate in APG’s home county while “Cecil County got zero.” Mullin made a similar pitch to the county’s Economic Development Commission a few days earlier. But the EDC wasn’t buying it: they agreed to send a letter to Thompson expressing their appreciation for his many successful efforts to promote economic development in the county. The EDC was not consulted in advance before Mullin and his usual voting partners, Commissioners Michael Dunn (R-3) and Diana Broomell (R-4), exercised their majority muscle to oust Thompson. [SEE previous Cecil Times report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2011/08/cecil-county-commissioners-oust-vernon-thompson-economic-development-chief-smipkins-get-even-for-political-independence/ ] “That’s just an excuse,” Joyce Bowlsbey, a member of the executive committee of the EDC, said of Mullin’s claim. She said it was clear that political, rather than substantive, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Drop Plan for Security Training Center in QA County</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The federal government has dropped its plan to build a State Department security training center on farmland in Queen Anne&#8217;s County, after intense local opposition from environmentalists and community activists. The decision was announced Monday in a letter to Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-MD.    The decision removes what could have been a potent election year issue in the 1st Congressional District, where incumbent Democrat Frank Kratovil had lobbied to get the project for his home county as an economic development boost that would have created an estimated 400 permanent jobs. But Kratovil and other elected officials, including Mikulski and the Queen Anne&#8217;s County Commissioners, backed away from the project after community opposition surfaced.     The pullback from Queen Anne&#8217;s County could create a jobs opportunity for the Harford/Cecil County area, in conjunction with the ongoing BRAC expansion of Aberdeen Proving Ground operations.  The federal government already owns the Aberdeen facility, and the nature of the State Department security training would mesh closely with the weapons testing already conducted at Aberdeen.      Much of the local opposition in Queen Anne&#8217;s County centered on environmental concerns, including noise from weapons training that would impact neighboring farms in the Ruthsburg area. Southern [&#8230;]]]></description>
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