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		<title>36th District Candidates&#8217; Forum: Lots of &quot;Me, too&quot; and a Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CENTREVILLE&#8211; Candidates for the 36th District state House of Delegates and Senate seats squared off Tuesday night in a non-partisan issues forum here, with most Republican candidates saying the same things, in the same words, while Democrats had a mixed presentation that even elicited that rare commodity at a candidates&#8217; forum: laughter.   The forum, sponsored jointly by the Kent and Queen Anne&#8217;s counties chapters of the non-partisan League of Women Voters, drew a small crowd of about 45 people. The format of the event placed Democrats  and Republicans in separate panels so there was no back-and-forth between potential general election rivals. In the few contested primary races, rivals were allowed to respond to each others answers. But the format, which drew all questions from people in the audience who could direct which candidate should address it, left out some candidates who were not allowed to address a question if it was not aimed at them. At times, candidates not allowed to answer a question seemed to be chafing at the bit to respond, too.   That problem was most evident in the Democratic panel discussion.  William Manlove, of Cecil County, who is unopposed in the primary and will face [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>BULLETIN: 36th Dist. Candidates&#039; Forum&#8211;a Surprise Amidst the Yawns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CENTREVILLE&#8211; Candidates for the three state Delegate seats and lone state Senate seat at stake in this year&#8217;s elections fielded questions from the audience here  Tuesday night at a League of Women Voters forum, with the surprise of the evening the strong performance by Steven Mumford, a first-time candidate from Chestertown seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate.    Mumford, with an eclectic background that includes work as a professional dancer and membership in the Screen Actors Guild, was knowledgable about local Kent and Queen Anne&#8217;s County issues, including the &#8220;FASTC&#8221; project that would have brought a federal State Department security training center to a large Queen Anne&#8217;s County farm. The project was initially welcomed by local officials but they backpedaled after pressure brought by local anti-growth groups and the federal government withdrew the proposal.    Mumford said that while the 400 or so jobs the facility would have brought to Queen Anne&#8217;s were &#8220;lost&#8221; to that county, the project might still be salvaged and located in Kent or Caroline counties in the 36th District. He said he had talked with local economic development officials who were working with some local farmers interested in offering their property for the facility. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>36th Senate: Democratic Dances with Pipkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Comparing the two Democrats who have filed to run against incumbent Republican Sen. E.J. Pipkin in the 36th District Senate race is like comparing the 1960&#8217;s Bristol Stomp to a courtly minuet, or the classic English &#8220;contra dancing&#8221; performed professionally by one of the candidates.   Former Elkton Mayor Robert Alt gets right to the point: &#8220;I would improve communications between the local municipalities and the county with our state delegation. It&#8217;s hard to get the state to hear our voices in Annapolis with our state delegation the way it is now.&#8221; (How does that old song go: &#8220;the kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol when they do the Bristol Stomp&#8230;&#8221;)    Steven Mumford, of Chestertown, making his first bid for elected office, said in an interview with The Cecil Times: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to say anything bad about Senator Pipkin.&#8221;  (Cue the violins for a courtly rendition of Eighteenth Century ballroom dancing in a country castle&#8230;)    The two Democrats will square off in the September primary for the expected chance to oppose Pipkin in November. Pipkin has a GOP primary challenger, Donald Alcorn, who is considered a longshot against the always well-financed (and usually largely self-financed) Pipkin campaign.   Mumford is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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