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		<title>Moore Becomes First Cecil County Executive; McCarthy and Hodge Sworn in to Council; Amigos, Smipkins Absent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an air of enthusiasm, hope and optimism for Cecil County’s future in the county administration building in Elkton Monday as Tari Moore became the county’s first-ever County Executive when the clock struck noon and Charter government ushered in a historic, new era in county government. Also, Dr. Alan McCarthy and Robert Hodge were sworn in as members of the new County Council. US Rep. Andy Harris (R-1), state Del. David Rudolph (D-35) and Harford County Executive David Craig ( R) had front-row seats for the ceremonies and enthusiastically congratulated Moore, McCarthy and Hodge on their victories in the November election. But noticeably absent were Del. Michael Smigiel and Sen. E.J. Pipkin, both R-36, and hold-over county commissioners/Council members Diana Broomell (R-4) and Michael Dunn (R-3.) Broomell and Dunn are aligned with the Smipkin political organization led by Smigiel and Pipkin, who had actively opposed fellow Republicans Moore and Hodge for election. The Smipkins have mounted yet another campaign against Moore in the past few days, since she announced she had changed her political party registration from Republican to “unaffiliated” so as to remove the Smipkin-controlled Cecil County Republican Central Committee from determining Moore’s replacement on the County Council [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Exec-elect Moore Changes Party from GOP to Unaffiliated; Move Blocks Smipkins from Filling her Council Seat</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2012/11/cecil-county-exec-elect-moore-changes-party-from-gop-to-unaffiliated-move-blocks-smipkins-from-filling-her-council-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bold move to launch her administration as County Executive without the partisan warfare that has stymied Cecil County government for the past two years, Tari Moore changed her political party affiliation on Thursday from Republican to Unaffiliated—a move that will block the Smipkin political faction from controlling who will fill her soon to be vacated seat on the new County Council. Additionally, the step makes it highly unlikely that Commissioner/Council member Diana Broomell (R-4) would get enough votes to become President of the new County Council. Moore walked into the county’s Board of Elections office in the county administration building in Elkton shortly after noon Thursday and filled out the paperwork to change her political party affiliation, sources said. That means that when she officially resigns her council seat on Monday 12/3/12, so as to be sworn in as the county’s first-ever County Executive, her council seat is not aligned with any political party. [UPDATE: In a brief email to Cecil Times Thursday night, Moore confirmed her shift to &#8220;unaffiliated&#8221; and said: &#8220;I have done so only after long and careful consideration, and because I believe that the best interests of all Cecil County citizens should outweigh my [&#8230;]]]></description>
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