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		<title>Cecil County Council: Prayer, Politics, Politeness; Paging Dr. Phil?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council could have used an intervention in Elkton Tuesday—perhaps by Dr. Phil rather than the Almighty—when they argued about praying before meetings and how polite they should be to one another during meetings. Ultimately, a 3-2 majority decided on a moment of silence rather than spoken prayers before meetings and by another 3-2 vote decreed that Councilors should refrain from personal attacks on each other during debates. But not before Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) made personal attacks on Council President Robert Hodge (R-5), Councilor Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2) and County Executive Tari Moore. Broomell also took offense when Councilor Alan McCarthy (R-1) referred to her as a “lady.” At issue is a handbook of policies and procedures for the new County Council, which the panel has been laboring over since shortly after the Council came into existence under Charter government last December. After multiple drafts and meetings to discuss the outlines, the Council was trying to put the finishing touches on the document. Broomell had previously proposed inserting language to have Council members lead a spoken prayer to open the panel’s formal evening legislative meetings, held twice a month. The Council debated the issue in detail a week [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Council: Prayer, Politics and Websites</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was almost a trip down bad memories lane in Elkton Tuesday when members of the Cecil County Council got into some heated exchanges on whether to offer a prayer to open future meetings, what to put on the county website, and the credibility of one Councilor’s personal blog. It could have been a revival of the weekly drama of the pre-Charter Board of Commissioners, except this time the tables were turned and Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) was all alone&#8211; without her usual, but usually silent, ally since Councilor Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent. Dunn was “not feeling well,” according to Council President Robert Hodge (R-5). Broomell had asked that the Council include in its proposed handbook of “policies and procedures”—a project the panel has been belaboring for the past four months—a new provision to establish an “invocation” or prayer to start each Council meeting. She had directed the Council Manager, James Massey, to draft a proposal that would comply with court rulings on separation of church and state. The proposal presented Tuesday provides that “Council members will take turns giving the invocation at the beginning of each legislative session” and “the invocation may be a prayer or moment of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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