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		<title>Cecil County Politics: Business, Bipartisan Leaders Seek Reform of Current Commissioners&#8217; Board</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There wasn’t a “Smipkin” in sight Wednesday night when a new business-oriented political action committee held its first official meeting in Elkton to organize a campaign against the current ruling majority of the Cecil County Commissioners. But there was a standing-room-only crowd of nearly 300 people, a bipartisan turnout of business owners, current and former elected officials, and citizens, all seeking a new political day in the county. Despite monsoon-like rain, the overflow crowd showed up at Mick’s Crab House (the former Bentley’s) on Route 40 in Elkton to hear organizers of the new group, Cecil Business Leaders for Better Government (CBLBG) PAC, outline their goals to educate voters, recruit candidates and raise funds in the 2012 election season. David K. Williams, chairman of the group, surveyed the crowd and declared the event “exciting” and just the start of a new community initiative to organize citizens and business leaders to engage in county issue activism. “We’re going to be very political,” he said, “but we’re not going to be partisan.” He said Democrats, Republicans and independents were all welcome to become involved. Indeed, the crowd was a broad mix of the local political spectrum. Republican Commissioners Robert Hodge (R-5) and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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