<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Cecil Times &#187; Mumford</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ceciltimes.com/tag/mumford/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ceciltimes.com</link>
	<description>News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:25:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38</generator>
	<item>
		<title>36th Dist. Candidates&#8217; Forum: Polite Politics in Chestertown</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2010/10/36th-dist-candidates-forum-polite-politics-in-chestertown/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2010/10/36th-dist-candidates-forum-polite-politics-in-chestertown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E.J. Pipkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Smigiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Sossi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Michael]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Hock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur Hock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Manlove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chestertown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delegate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Sossi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[League of Women Voters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politcs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queene Anne's County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephel S. Hershey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Mumford]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it was the location in historic Chestertown, the home of Washington College and a tradition of political civility, that led to a particularly polite candidates’ forum Tuesday night among candidates for state Delegate and Senator in the 36th district. An earlier forum in Cecil County with many of the same candidates had lots more fireworks. There were a few moments of spirited ripostes toward the end of the program, when Democrat William Manlove, running for the 36th District seat currently held by Republican Michael Smigiel, cited the attack ads against Republican Del. Richard Sossi of Queen Anne’s County, who narrowly lost the GOP primary to Stephen S. Hershey. (Hershey, who is now unopposed in the general election, did not attend the forum that was sponsored by the Kent County League of Women Voters.) “It has disturbed many people,” Manlove said of the tactics used against Sossi. Smigiel and incumbent Sen. E.J. Pipkin campaigned as a team with Hershey and Pipkin paid for a flyer endorsing Hershey. Manlove pointed out that Smigiel was rejected by a majority of voters in Kent and Cecil counties in the last election and only won due to support from a “coalition of Del. Sossi’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2010/10/36th-dist-candidates-forum-polite-politics-in-chestertown/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
