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		<title>Cecil County Charter Amendments: Voters OK Four Ballot Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County voters, who overwhelmingly approved a shift to Charter government in 2010, decided by strong margins on Tuesday that they were willing to accept four Charter changes, including some that could shift greater powers to the County Executive in budget deliberations. While all four Charter amendments won strong support from voters who cast ballots on the questions, there were substantial numbers of voters who simply left those items blank, according to Election Board tallies. Such “undercounts” generally reflect voter uncertainty about the question’s implications so they do not register their viewpoint. In conversations with voters before and during Election Day, Cecil Times found much confusion on the ballot questions, including some voters who believed they were re-affirming support for Charter government in general if they endorsed the four amendments on the ballot. QUESTION A: Voters approved this question by a tally of 88 percent, while 11.9 percent voted no. On Question A, voters were asked to give the County Executive an extra month to prepare her budget, submitting it to the County Council by April 1 each year instead of the current March 1. County Executive Tari Moore said she sought the extra time as a more efficient way [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Cecil County Charter Amendments on Election Ballot&#8211; NO on Questions A and D; YES on Questions B and C</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY In this year’s election, Cecil County voters are being asked to decide four local ballot questions on whether to overhaul some key provisions of the county’s new Charter form of government. The proposed changes would alter the county budget process and in some cases tilt the balance of power toward the County Executive in key fiscal matters. Consequently, Cecil Times urges voters to carefully consider these four local ballot questions, and recommends adoption of two, and rejection of two other, Charter amendments for the following reasons: QUESTION A— Question A asks voters to re-arrange the schedule&#8211; and in many ways tilt a balance of power&#8211; for drafting the annual budget by the County Executive and review and deliberations by citizens and the County Council. In essence, the proposal gives the Executive more time to draft her budget while citizens and the County Council get two fewer weeks than under the current schedule. The Charter amendment would allow the County Executive to delay submission of her budget to the Council from the current March 1 until April 1 each year. That gives the County Executive an extra month to prepare her budget. (A separate Charter amendment, Question B, on the [&#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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