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		<title>Broomell Disses State Transit Visitors at Cecil County Council; Another Black Eye for County&#8217;s Image, Decorum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of state transit officials trekked to Elkton Tuesday to meet, yet again, with Cecil County officials about a proposed MARC train maintenance yard that would bring 90 jobs to the county and tie in to future plans to extend the commuter train line to Elkton—but before the visitors barely opened their mouths, County Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) was hurling insults. Diane Ratcliff, director of the planning office of the Maryland Transit Administration, brought along a detailed PowerPoint presentation to illustrate her remarks, and Broomell complained she should have been given a copy of it in advance. Ratcliff then announced that a planned “open house” community meeting to discuss the project had been postponed from June until the fall, due to delays in federal transit officials’ reviews of the plan—setting off Broomell to claim the delay was intentional. “This is all playing into your hands,” Broomell declared. “You’re having back door meetings…back room dealing and pushing through a project.” “She is our guest here,” said Councilor Alan McCarthy (R-1) “Listen to her.” “Let’s listen to what they have to say,” added Council President Robert Hodge (R-5). “We haven’t heard anything yet.” “This is outrageous,” Broomell retorted. When the rhetoric [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Pushes No Cash Tolls at Cecil County&#8217;s Hatem Bridge, Fines for non-EZ Pass Drivers; Del. Rudolph to Push Law to Keep Cash Tolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long battle royale over boosted tolls at the Hatem Bridge that links Cecil County to the rest of Maryland has taken on a new twist: the state wants to eliminate cash toll payment lanes and force motorists to use electronic EZ Pay transponders—or face a $12 fee, including a $4 penalty over the current $8 cash toll. But Del. David Rudolph (D-35) said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation in the General Assembly to stop the state proposal in its tracks. Deborah Sharpless, deputy Executive Secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority, told the Cecil County Council on Tuesday that the state wants to eliminate the toll booths at the Route 40 span that links Cecil and Harford Counties as a cost-saving measure that would also improve traffic flow over the bridge. She justified the proposal by saying that 91 percent of the motorists now using the bridge pay tolls by EZ Pass electronic transponders. In 2011, the MTA proposed elimination of a traditional $10 a year decal for unlimited trips over the bridge and initially insisted upon a mandatory EZ Pass transponder plan that would have forced Cecil County residents to pay $36 a year, plus $1.50 a month [&#8230;]]]></description>
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