Cecil County Commissioners President James Mullin (R-1) claimed Saturday that Vernon Thompson was ousted as county economic development director because he didn’t “hook” military contractors to locate in Cecil County as part of the BRAC military expansion at Harford County’s Aberdeen Proving Ground. Speaking before a meeting of a church group in Earleville, Mullin...
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Commentary It could have been a scene out of the Disney classic, “Fantasia,” where the tutu-wearing hippos cavort clumsily in ballet toe-shoes, when the Cecil County Commissioners tried to establish an economic development agenda Tuesday. One hippo was missing from the corps d’ ballet. Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent, just as he was...
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The Cecil County Commissioners voted, 3-2, Tuesday to hire a new lawyer, with close ties to Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36), to review the 2008 contract to sell county water and sewer plants to the private Artesian firm. The commissioners set no dollar limit on the fees the new lawyer can receive. The move was...
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The Cecil County Commissioners voted in secret session Tuesday to oust Vernon Thompson, a former senior state economic development official, as the county’s Director of Economic Development, according to informed sources. Thompson confirmed that “I will be leaving Cecil County as of September 23 by mutual agreement with the county commissioners.” The move had...
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Cecil County Commissioners backed down, after a battle royale at their Tuesday morning public worksession and a more than three-hour secret meeting, from a bid by Commissioner Diana Broomell (R-4) to demand the firing of the entire Miles & Stockbridge law firm, and not just an individual attorney, from representing the county in all...
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