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		<title>CECIL CHATTER: Hogan Green Bag Empty for Cecil County on Key Appointees; Last of Smipkins Depart Cecil GOP Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Hogan’s ‘Green Bag’ Appointments Bypass Cecil on Key Posts New Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently announced hundreds of appointments to various state boards and commissions as part of the annual “Green Bag” list of appointees sent to the General Assembly—but Cecil County came up short in any but the most local and required slots. The Green Bag names, so-called in historic tradition for the green velvet bag in which the list is sent to the General Assembly, include purely local appointments to various panels that come under state jurisdiction as well as more significant statewide policy posts that require Senate confirmation. For Cecil County, there was only one statewide appointment: Steven C. Parker, named to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Byways Critical Area Commission. Parker is a Cecilton-area real estate business owner who has been active in local real estate associations. Having a south county real estate professional would bring a rural, waterfront-oriented business perspective to the panel. But Hogan also appointed a Baltimore City resident, Theo Ngongang, to the same commission. Other ‘Green Bag’ appointees included the obligatory changes at the Cecil County Board of Elections. A majority of local elections panels must be members of the same [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dunn Names Ted Patterson to Cecil County Budget Advisory Panel; Latest in &#8220;Cronies&#8221; Appointees Criticized by County Activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thumbing his nose at citizen activists who have accused him of appointing political “cronies” to county positions, Cecil County Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) announced Tuesday that he will name Ted Patterson—a fellow member of the Smipkin political slate—to a seat on the citizens’ budget advisory committee. It was the fourth controversial appointment in about as many months by Dunn, who announced his intention at a Tuesday morning worksession of the county commissioners. However, unlike some past Dunn appointments, he did not try to force the issue to an immediate vote and said he would give fellow commissioners time to consider the matter. Patterson would replace Michael J. Halter, a part-time assistant state’s attorney who resigned from the budget panel recently to protest the current “political climate” among a three-member majority of the current Board of County Commissioners. In a late September resignation letter to the commissioners, Halter, a Republican, said, “In light of the current political climate, I do not feel that the majority of the County Commissioners have the public’s best interest at heart, and as such, my conscience will not allow me to be a part of the current process.” Halter was initially appointed after he wrote a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commissioners Name Yust to Planning Panel Amidst &#8220;Cronyism&#8221; Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst charges of “cronyism,” the Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday voted, 3-2, to appoint Skip Yust, the former political campaign treasurer for Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3), to a seat on the important planning commission. Dunn lashed out at critics of the appointment, accusing them of an “orchestrated effort” that was “shameful.” Members of the Cecil County Patriots, the local ‘tea party’ organization, spoke out against the Yust appointment, as they had against’ Dunn’s previously hand-picked appointee, Owen Thorne. Thorne served a brief interim appointment on the planning panel but withdrew his name for a four-year term after the Patriots’ group highlighted his posts on Facebook, including “potty-mouthed” comments and references to a male body part. Under county commissioner tradition, the available seat was Dunn’s to fill, with approval of fellow commissioners. After Thorne’s withdrawal, Dunn picked Yust, who served as campaign treasurer for Dunn’s 2010 campaign for county commissioner.. Yust is also a former Rising Sun town commissioner and political ally of Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) in local Republican and land use groups. [SEE previous Cecil Times article here: https://ceciltimes.com/2011/09/cecil-county-planning-panel-controversial-thorne-out-commish-dunn-picks-his-campaign-godfather-for-panel-seat/ ] Overlooked in the appointment process by Dunn was Clay McDowell, a retired physicist who has served as a non-voting alternate [&#8230;]]]></description>
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