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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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		<title>Owen Thorne Barks but Cecil County &#8216;Patriots&#8217; Bite Back at Planning Appointee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While celebrating his recent birthday, controversial Cecil County Planning Commission member Owen Thorne barked his approval when his friend, Cecil County Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3), called Thorne “the guard dog of Cecil Co.” “Ruff, Ruff,” Thorne replied to Dunn’s post on his Facebook wall. “Hey, am I still a planning commissioner next month?” Dunn is trying to give Thorne a belated birthday present with renewal of his interim appointment to the planning panel. And Thorne has already been handed an influential subcommittee chairmanship that could largely determine how land preservation funds are allocated. Members of the Cecil County Patriots, the local tea party organization, howled back at the ‘guard dog’ Tuesday during the public comment section of the county commissioners’ meeting. At an earlier worksession of the commissioners, Dunn refused even to say in public who he would be naming to represent his district on the planning panel. But the tea party people had marked their calendars on when Thorne’s interim appointment would expire in August. The county commissioners were due to vote on the un-named appointee on Tuesday but put action off until later in the month since Commissioner Tari Moore (R-2) had to attend a state farm bureau [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State PSC Hears Artesian Case; Will Decide on Sale of Cecil County Water, Sewer Plants Soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Public Service Commission refused Wednesday to delay a hearing on the proposed sale of most Cecil County-owned water and sewer plants to the private Artesian firm, but the panel put off a decision on the sale until after an 8/19/11 deadline for filing additional documents with the state agency. Cecil County Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) appeared at the PSC’s Baltimore offices to seek a delay in the hearing, since County Commissioners had voted in a closed-door session on Tuesday to fire the county’s long-time attorney, Larry Haislip, who had represented the county in the Artesian sale for several years. But County Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) told the PSC that the county board had never actually voted to request a delay of the PSC hearing. Hodge and Commissioner Tari Moore (R-2) voted against firing the attorney. The proceeding before the PSC did not directly involve the county government, since the panel was reviewing the application by Artesian to operate the facilities and set fees for customers. The three-member PSC panel voted unanimously to proceed with the hearing, which was broadcast live over the Internet. Opponents of the Artesian sale were represented by local resident Ed Cairns, speaking on behalf [&#8230;]]]></description>
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