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		<title>Cecil County Commissioners Back Down, for now, on Broomell Bid to Fire Law Firm on Artesian Sale; Move Could Boost Legal Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; Stockbridge law firm, and not just an individual attorney, from representing the county in all aspects of the sale of county water and sewer plants to the private Artesian firm. But it could be a short-lived truce in the battle. After several weeks of closed-door discussions, decisions and actions, the whole brouhaha is expected to finally be brought out into a public discussion at the commissioners’ next worksession. At stake are the potentially huge legal bills that could be incurred by taxpayers to bring in another law firm unfamiliar with the complex Artesian case if the commissioners go along with Broomell’s demand. And such a step could also risk a costly legal push-back against the county from Artesian. Two Artesian executives witnessed the flareup among the Commissioners on Tuesday morning. The county is facing a deadline to complete the sale of most of its water and sewer plants to Artesian by 12/31/11 and foot-dragging by the county could bring another warning [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ARCA Lawsuits Cost County, Citizens Up to $1Million and Counting on Artesian Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anti-growth community group has cost Cecil County government and local residents up to $1 million, and counting, in the past two years with a dragged-out lawsuit challenging the county’s sale of several water and wastewater plants to the private Artesian water company. And now the county is faced with a choice on how to try to contain those costs while still awaiting a final ruling by the state’s highest court. The Appleton Regional Community Alliance (ARCA) has filed suit against Cecil County 13 times since 2004, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records, on various land use and policy decisions. ARCA has lost all its cases except for two actions, joined for the purposes of an appeal, which are still pending. The outstanding cases challenge the county’s 2008 decision to sell most of its water and wastewater-treatment facilities to Artesian, a Delaware-based private water and wastewater treatment facilities operator. The county Commissioners decided, in an October, 2008 unanimous vote, to sell several county-owned water and wastewater-treatment facilities to Artesian for $13 million. The county owed $10 million in debt on the facilities, so the proceeds of the sale would have paid off that debt, given the county $3 million [&#8230;]]]></description>
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