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		<title>Cecil County Ethics Panel Cites Animal Oversight Chair in 4-1 Vote; Dissenter Questions Mind-Readers; Yelton Protests to Council, Exec</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT The former chair of Cecil County’s troubled animal control oversight panel has been found subject to “reprimand” by four members of the county’s Ethics Commission—but it’s a moot point because the chair, Lyn Yelton, already resigned several months ago. A dissenting opinion challenged that conclusion and said other members were trying to punish someone for “what we think someone intended to do,” but didn’t do. The outcome of the ethics panel’s action was also seen as a potentially damaging blow to efforts to get knowledgeable volunteers to serve on various county unpaid advisory panels. And Yelton has appealed for “exoneration” to the County Council and County Executive, over what she called an “outrageous” finding that will have a chilling effect on public discussion of issues and the county’s policies and programs. It was also the latest installment in a troubled history of the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission (ACCOC), which was established under a new county ordinance that was largely written by Mindy Carletti, a veterinarian closely tied to A Buddy for Life, Inc., which currently holds a more than $2.24 million county contract for animal control that the ACCOC is supposed to monitor. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commish Name Two Ethics Panel Members with &#8216;Secret&#8217; Resumes; Panel Supports Broomell Revisions to Ethics Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHH—don’t tell anyone. The Cecil County Commissioners named two new members to the county’s Ethics Commission on Tuesday, but their applications seeking appointment, listing their resumes and why they wanted the post, are a secret. For months, the commish have been having closed door meetings to discuss various appointments to boards and commissions, which they are permitted to do under the state’s Open Meetings Act when debating the relative merits of various candidates. But suddenly, the one word agenda item—“appointments”—appeared on Tuesday’s formal commissioner meeting schedule. In rapid fire action with no verbal or written disclosure to the public of the appointees’ backgrounds or reasons for their selection, the commish approved two new members of the ethics panel: Mike Dixon and Robert Boonstoppel. The appointments were ratified without comment on a 4-member vote, with Commissioner Robert Hodge (R-5) abstaining. Cecil Times filed a written public information act request to obtain the applications which all candidates for appointments to county boards and commissions must fill out to be considered. However, in a written response from the county attorney, Norman Wilson, we were advised that the applications “should not be disclosed as they are protected under SG Section 10-616 (i) ‘personnel records.’ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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