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		<title>Cecil County Council&#8217;s New Math: 2 plus 1= Action; 3 minus 1= Gripes and Snipes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the new math on the Cecil County Council: Two members plus one new appointee equaled three majority votes to make many stalled decisions. But Two Amigos&#8211; after losing one of their past allies&#8211; had a hard time accepting the new calculus Tuesday and resorted to some of the most vicious, personal attacks ever seen in the often raucous county government during the past two years. Since the start of Charter government in Cecil County on 12/3/12, the County Council has been deadlocked, 2-2, and unable to decide anything, including how to exercise their power under the Charter to fill the vacant District 2 Council seat which Tari Moore resigned when she was sworn in as County Executive. So on Tuesday, Moore used her power under the Charter and appointed Joyce Bowlsbey, a longtime community volunteer and head of the citizens’ panel that wrote the Charter approved by voters in 2010, to fill the empty Council seat. [SEE detailed Cecil Times report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2013/01/joyce-bowlsbey-former-charter-panel-chair-named-to-cecil-county-council-del-smigiel-files-suit-against-county-exec-moore/ ] Immediately after Bowlsbey took her seat, the deadlocks ended at Tuesday morning’s Council worksession and long-delayed decisions were made. Robert Hodge, serving his second term representing District 5, was elected President of the Council [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Council Dist. 5: Hodge, Crouse Offer Polite, Subtle Differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two contenders in November’s election for the District 5 Cecil County Council seat agreed on many issues in a candidates’ forum, especially ending the political bloodbaths that have marked the county commissioners’ governing of the county for more than a year. But they offered some subtle, yet significant, differences on how they would bring infrastructure to the growth corridor, handle animal control, and bring jobs to the county. Incumbent County Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) and Democratic challenger James Crouse, the former mayor of Elkton, spoke before an audience of about 100 people Thursday night in a candidates’ forum sponsored by the Cecil County Patriots, the local “tea party” group. Hodge has been a frequent opponent of the so-called “Three Amigos” majority faction of the current five-member commissioners board, which will be replaced by a five-member County Council and a County Executive under the new charter form of government that takes effect in December. Hodge admitted he was “depressed” by some of the actions taken by the current majority, but said he was “not going to give up” and his work for the past four years “in the trenches” of county government proved he had “the right stuff and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>BULLETIN: Cecil County Commish Vote to Spent $1.45M on McCoy Farm Preservation; Hodge, &#8220;Patriots&#8221; Oppose Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Commissioners voted to use county funds to purchase development rights on a large Rising Sun farm Tuesday, after several hours of often heated public comment led by members of the local tea party group that opposed giving taxpayer money to a landowner when there is no imminent threat of development of the property. Advocates of farmland preservation, including former County Commissioner Phyllis Kilby, strongly supported the acquisition, which will be front-financed by the county government. (Kilby’s husband, Bill, heads the Cecil Land Trust that brokered the deal.) However, federal funds are expected to reimburse the county for about $720,000 of the cost, leaving the county paying a net cost of about $730,000. Voting in favor of the purchase were the usual “Three Amigos” faction of the Cecil County Commissioners—Board President James Mullin (R-1) and Commissioners Diana Broomell (R-4) and Michael Dunn (R-3). Commissioner Tari Moore (R-2) abstained on the vote, saying she was “very concerned” that the property owner, Lowell McCoy, might not have seen the text of a contract between federal authorities and the Cecil Land Trust. But Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) voted “no,” saying that while he generally supported the concept of farmland preservation, given [&#8230;]]]></description>
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