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		<title>Like Dancing Hippos, Cecil County Commissioners Twirl on Economic Development Stage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary It could have been a scene out of the Disney classic, “Fantasia,” where the tutu-wearing hippos cavort clumsily in ballet toe-shoes, when the Cecil County Commissioners tried to establish an economic development agenda Tuesday. One hippo was missing from the corps d’ ballet. Commissioner Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent, just as he was from an earlier public economic development meeting of the commissioners a month ago. His cast-mates, Commissioners James Mullin (R-1) and Diana Broomell (R-4) danced on, while two of the performers, Commissioners Tari Moore (R-2) and Robert Hodge (R-5) paused to state the obvious: where’s the choreographer for this performance? Vernon Thompson has been the choreographer for the county’s economic development programs since late 2004 and previously spent a year on loan from the state to work with the county on plans to re-develop the Bainbridge property near Port Deposit. But Mullin, Broomell and Dun decided in a secret session to oust him from his post as director of economic development a week ago. [See previous Cecil Times report here: https://ceciltimes.com/2011/08/cecil-county-commissioners-oust-vernon-thompson-economic-development-chief-smipkins-get-even-for-political-independence/ ] Thompson’s last day on the county payroll is 9/23/11 but with accrued time off, he has not been seen at the county building since his [&#8230;]]]></description>
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