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		<title>Santa Pipkin Fills Smigiel Political Stocking with $6K; Coal for Jacobs, Hershey, Arentz in 36th District</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was two days after Christmas, 2013 and all through the Upper Shore, Republican politicos had visions of sugar-daddy plums coming down the chimney with ex-Sen. E.J. Pipkin, who resigned from his seat and moved to Texas—leaving behind a hefty goody sack filled with political cash. In a newly filed campaign finance report, Pipkin reported that he recently distributed virtually all of his remaining campaign funds to various political committees and one candidate in particular: his longtime ally and underling, Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36). Smigiel—half of the “Smipkin” political organization moniker with Pipkin that ruled Cecil County GOP politics for several years until Pipkin’s resignation—was gifted with $6,000 given to his campaign committee on 12/27/13, according to Pipkin’s filings with the state Board of Elections. (The state elections board reported that Smigiel had not filed his required annual report by the 1/15/14 deadline and had already been assessed a late fee.) At the time of his resignation, Pipkin served as the Republican Minority Leader in the state Senate, and many of his colleagues were both shocked and miffed with his sudden departure. Pipkin apparently sought to mollify his old colleagues with a $5,355 donation to the “Republican Senatorial Slate Committee,” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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