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		<title>&#8216;Buddy&#8221; Group, with $2.2 Million Cecil County Animal Control Deal, and Allies Push Legal Steps Against Critics, Oversight Panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES Special Report—First in a Series A Buddy for Life, a Delaware animal rescue group with a more than $2.2 million Cecil County government contract for animal control, has hired a lawyer to threaten an unpaid volunteer who complained to county officials about conditions for animals housed at the group’s rented shelter. And a county oversight panel tasked with reviewing animal laws and the Buddies’ performance has been riddled with dissension, as Buddy allies attacked the panel’s chairwoman, including legal threats. The Buddies got a three-year contract in the final moments of the old county Board of Commissioners’ existence on 11/30/12, after the “Three Amigos” political majority of the commissioners approved the award and suddenly extended the duration&#8211; despite the fact that the published “request for proposal” only specified an 18-month contract for animal control services. At the time, the Buddy group had no shelter, no vehicles, no experience supervising a public animal control service and no employees. But the county gave the group $10,000 in start-up cash and purchased two pickup trucks (at a cost of over $65,000) plus special “caps” for the trucks, while also paying the Buddies $60,000 a month. The group is now renting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Council: Prayer, Politics and Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was almost a trip down bad memories lane in Elkton Tuesday when members of the Cecil County Council got into some heated exchanges on whether to offer a prayer to open future meetings, what to put on the county website, and the credibility of one Councilor’s personal blog. It could have been a revival of the weekly drama of the pre-Charter Board of Commissioners, except this time the tables were turned and Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) was all alone&#8211; without her usual, but usually silent, ally since Councilor Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent. Dunn was “not feeling well,” according to Council President Robert Hodge (R-5). Broomell had asked that the Council include in its proposed handbook of “policies and procedures”—a project the panel has been belaboring for the past four months—a new provision to establish an “invocation” or prayer to start each Council meeting. She had directed the Council Manager, James Massey, to draft a proposal that would comply with court rulings on separation of church and state. The proposal presented Tuesday provides that “Council members will take turns giving the invocation at the beginning of each legislative session” and “the invocation may be a prayer or moment of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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