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		<title>Cecil County Soap Operas: Commish Discuss Re-write of Charter History; ARCA Activist for Plan. Panel; Dog Poo and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary It will be a soap opera day in Elkton on Tuesday when the Cecil County Commissioners discuss re-writing recent election history to try to un-do voters’ approval of charter government, re-appoint a controversial anti-growth activist to the planning commission, and debate doggie doo and other political poop. It will no doubt be some “only in Cecil County” moments when the Cecil County commissioners hold a 9 a.m. worksession, at which they will discuss a proposal by Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) to seek a ballot referendum to approve a ‘code home rule” form of government on the 2012 election ballot—the same ballot on which county voters will be asked to elect the county’s first-ever county executive under a new charter form of government approved by voters overwhelmingly in the 2010 election. Call it hope springs eternal, re-writing history, or never giving up on an agenda. Or just call it a prescription for abject voter confusion. The charter form of government approved by voters last November by an overwhelming margin provides for converting the current 5-member, part-time county commissioner form of government to a full-time County Executive with 5 part-time County Council members. Charter provides enhanced local government legislative authority without [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Charter Board Reverses Course, Votes for At-Large Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Cecil County Charter Board reversed course Monday night, voting to propose a charter form of government in which County Council members would be elected at-large by all voters in the county. The Board had previously proposed election of council members only by residents of their own district.     The Charter Board voted 6-2 to revise the proposed charter, which has been the subject of multiple public hearings throughout the county for months. Barry Montgomery and Robert Gell voted against the change to at-large election of all council members.    The Charter Board was appointed by the County Commissioners last year and tasked with producing a proposal to change the form of local government in Cecil County from the current five-member Board of Commissioners to a charter form of government with a County Executive and a County Council. Charter government counties have more local powers than the Commissioner form of government, which requires state General Assembly authorization of most major decisions.    The Charter Board will present its charter proposal to the county Commissioners July 19 but the Commissioners have no power to make any changes in the document, which will be submitted to voters in a referendum on the November ballot, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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