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		<title>Gorman, Smigiel&#8217;s PAC-man, Picked by Smipkin GOP Committee for Charter Advisory Panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No bad deed goes unrewarded, at least in Cecil County politics. A few weeks ago, Robert Gorman was slinging mud at Circuit Court Judge Keith Baynes in the primary election contest in which Gorman’s longtime political pal, Del. Michael Smigiel, was running for a judicial seat. Smigiel lost overwhelmingly but now the Smipkin political machine wants to install Gorman on an advisory panel for the county’s transition to Charter government which Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin vehemently opposed. Batten down the henhouse door—here comes the Smipkin fox. (Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) led the Smipkin charge last year to ban Joyce Bowlsbey &#8211;who headed the citizens’ group that wrote the new county charter and convinced voters to approve it overwhelmingly—from sitting on the transition panel, saying it would be like ‘letting the fox into the henhouse.’) Smigiel and Pipkin battled with Bowlsbey over the charter campaign and took out newspaper ads attacking the shift from the county commissioner form of government—under which the state legislative delegation has veto power over many local initiatives—to Charter which gives the county government broad powers that do not require the delegation’s support or state legislative approval. The Charter advisory panel is drafting proposed regulations and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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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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