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		<title>McDowell Officially in Race for Cecil County Exec with “Conservative” Agenda;  Guessing Game for Hornbergers’ Political $</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/09/mcdowell-makes-it-official-in-race-for-cecil-county-exec-touts-conservative-agenda-hornbergers-play-guessing-game-for-political/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS It took a week for the official paperwork to be posted in state elections records, but Ewing McDowell’s candidacy for Cecil County Executive is now official: the Rising Sun farm businessman is in the GOP primary race. But another potential rival—Danielle Hornberger—is playing coy as her husband, state Del. Kevin Hornberger (R-35), touts a fundraiser guessing game, asking people to pay money to learn what her political plans are. Even in Cecil County, where politics is often an oddball game, the Hornbergers are throwing a new pitch from right field. “Danielle Hornberger for ??? Give it your best shot, Guess what Danielle’s running for,” Mr. Hornberger declared on social media and in emails, soliciting attendance at a 10/3/2019 “piggy roast” with a “minimum donation of $20” to attend and seeking “sponsorship” donations as well for the event at which his wife will reveal her political plans. Mrs. Hornberger has filed required state Board of Elections paperwork to register a campaign finance committee but so far has not filed a certificate of candidacy stating what office she is running for. That’s a convenient sequence, since a finance committee must be established before any political donations can be collected. CECIL [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ELECTION: Miller Ousts Schneckenburger on County Council; Patchell Re-Elected; Coutz Wins GOP Nod</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 06:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Miller ousted incumbent Cecil County Councilor Dan Schneckenburger on Tuesday, as George Patchell retained his Council seat and Bill Coutz won the Republican nomination for an open seat in District 2. In all three contests, the winners also scored major victories over candidates aligned with the ultra-conservative Campaign for Liberty group. In Districts 4 and 3, no Democrats have filed candidacy so the winners of the Republican primary in those districts—Patchell and Miller&#8211; will appear on the November ballot unopposed. But in the general election for District 2, GOP primary winner Bill Coutz will face a Democrat, political newcomer Cody Kirk, a former dollar store employee who overwhelmingly lost another political campaign for a seat on the Elkton town council several weeks ago. Kirk was running for the town post at the same time that his name was already on the countywide ballot for County Council. The District 2 seat is currently held by Council President Joyce Bowlsbey, but she decided not to seek re-election. Coutz carried his two -way GOP race by a compelling 65.4 percent tally, while his primary opponent, Richard Lewandowski, a small business owner and ally of the C4L group, won 34.6 percent. In a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Expert Cries &#8216;Fowl&#8217; on Chicken Farms; Cecil Co Council Questions Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past several months, a vocal group of local residents and allies in environmental groups have protested, waved signs and flocked to Cecil County government meetings to protest a proposed new organic chicken farm near Zion that they feel will reduce their property values and cause environmental harm. On Tuesday, they brought a public health expert to Elkton to argue their case. But the expert, Dr. Jillian Fry, an assistant scientist and project director at the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, repeatedly said under questions from County Council members that scientific data was unavailable to document certain health risks or “the science isn’t there yet.” Nevertheless, Fry said, “It seems people interpret a lack of local evidence proves there is no risk and that’s not true.” Fry noted that air pollution and emissions of particulate matter from large-scale poultry operations, such as those on the lower Eastern Shore, posed a greater risk of asthma for humans living near the farms. Large exhaust fans on chicken houses emit ammonia, “pathogens,” particulates and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s), Fry said. Councilor Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2) inquired what was the asthma rate in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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