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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>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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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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		<title>CECIL CHATTER: State Flunks &#8220;Integrity&#8221; Test; Smigiel Abstains on Pay Boost</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland Gets D Minus Grade on &#8220;Integrity&#8221; Report Card Anyone with short, or long, memories of political scandals in Maryland knows that the state has a long and sordid history of corrupt elected officials. But a new study finds the state’s laws, regulations and access to public information contribute to a climate of ethical challenges that rates Maryland with a D- grade on public “integrity.” The survey evaluated public information access, legislative and executive accountability, ethics enforcement, political campaign finance, lobbying disclosure and auditing, among other factors. The report was a joint project by the Center for Public Integrity—a respected, journalistic-oriented Washington, DC non-profit—Global Integrity, and Public Radio International. Overall, Maryland’s D- or 61 percent grade ranked the state at 40 of the 50 states for public integrity—or 10th from the bottom of the scale. When we were in school, a D- was very much a flunking grade. And on individual components of the overall score, Maryland ranked even lower. The survey gave Maryland an “F” grade, ranking 46th out of all the states, for its access to public information. Each state agency handles its own requests for access to public information, with differing interpretations of the law, and many [&#8230;]]]></description>
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