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		<title>Danielle Hornberger Finally Declares Run for Cecil Co Exec; Invokes Trump, Harris in Pledge to &#8220;Rollback&#8221; Taxes</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/10/danielle-hornberger-finally-declares-run-for-cecil-co-exec-invokes-trump-harris-in-pledge-to-rollback-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS After many weeks of political teasing, including a fundraiser guessing game about her plans, Danielle Hornberger, wife of a state Delegate, announced her plans to run for Cecil County Executive with a pledge to “rollback” tax increases imposed in 2017 by incumbent Alan McCarthy Both candidates are Republicans and will be seeking the party’s nomination in the April, 2020 primary election. Hornberger,38, a part-time community liaison aide to US Rep. Andy Harris (R-1) in his Bel Air district office, invoked President Trump and Harris as inspirations for her platform as a “fiscally conservative Republican” and focused her ire on McCarthy, a licensed veterinarian and former County Council member for four years before his election as County Executive in 2016. She ignored the third declared candidate in the GOP primary contest: Ewing McDowell, a Rising Sun area agriculture businessman currently employed by the state Department of Commerce as an agriculture specialist. McDowell has a long record of leadership posts with state and local farming organizations as well as political experience from his past unsuccessful run for a state Delegate seat. [SEE previous CECIL TIMES report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2019/09/mcdowell-makes-it-official-in-race-for-cecil-county-exec-touts-conservative-agenda-hornbergers-play-guessing-game-for-political/ ] Before a small crowd of about 60 supporters at the Sinking [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Schools Get $4M State Aid Windfall but Still Sing Budget Blues; High Costs Limit School Security Upgrades</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2019/05/cecil-county-schools-get-4m-state-aid-windfall-but-still-sing-budget-blues-high-costs-limit-school-security-upgrades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Cecil County Council moves into the final stages of its review of the new Fiscal 2020 budget, county school officials told Councilors they still face budget shortfalls despite nearly $4 million in newly confirmed state aid that boosts school spending by even more than the educators asked for. But higher than expected costs on school security upgrades will leave ten schools still without needed improvements. The County Council, which is scheduled to adopt a new budget in the next few weeks, completed its meetings with county department heads to review spending proposals with a final call-back session with leaders of the Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) on Tuesday (5/21/2019) to follow up on an earlier meeting. The next step is a countywide public hearing on the budget before the Council tonight at Elkton High School followed by one or two worksessions next week. A new budget is scheduled for adoption by the Council on June 4. Appearing before a Council worksession on Tuesday morning, CCPS Superintendent Jeff Lawson updated figures on how much the county schools will receive under new state legislation designed to serve as a “downpayment” on broad state spending boosts for education as called for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Schools Get Windfall from State Kirwan Aid, Boosting Budget Over Demands for County $; Library Touts Citizen Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) will get about a $4.8 million windfall from new state aid, designed to be a “downpayment” on new educational improvement initiatives recommended by the state Kirwan Commission, in its new Fiscal 2020 budget—undercutting school advocates’ claims that students would suffer because the County Executive did not give schools everything they wanted. Dr. Jeff Lawson, the CCPS superintendent, appeared before a budget worksession of the Cecil County Council on Tuesday (4/9/2019) to explain his budget. He presented budget summary sheets that did not account for the new Kirwan aid and when he discussed numbers, he quickly mentioned that he was “not counting Kirwan.” It was not until Councilor William Coutz (R-2) specifically asked him about how much Kirwan aid would be pumped into the new CCPS budget that Lawson acknowledged a figure of “about $4.1 million.” In fact, the updated “fiscal policy note” on the legislation—enacted last week&#8211; calculates Cecil County’s share of Kirwan-related special aid at $4.8 million in Fiscal 2020 and estimates the same amount for Fiscal 2021. The aid includes $1,624,000 for special education; $1,553,000 for teachers’ salaries; $441,000 for transitional support instruction; $83,000 for a mental health services coordinator; $498,000 to aid [&#8230;]]]></description>
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