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		<title>Deadly Dog Virus at Buddy Shelter, but Cecil County, Citizens Not Told; County Imposes Belated Quarantine but Shelter Kept Open</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2016/03/deadly-dog-virus-at-buddy-shelter-but-cecil-county-citizens-not-told-county-imposes-belated-quarantine-but-shelter-kept-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT The animal shelter operated by A Buddy for Life, Inc. under contract with the Cecil County government has had at least three cases of a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus—resulting in two deaths—but kept it a secret from county officials and citizens who continued to visit the Elkton facility and could have carried the virus home to their own pets. And in an unrelated matter, the Buddies cut back their hours of operation for the public from 39 hours to just 24 hours a week and the shelter is closed entirely on Mondays, as of this week, because the County Council refused to give the Buddies an extra $11,600 above their current $300,000 six months extension of a former $2.24 million three year contract. The county administration approved the service cutbacks of 15 hours per week, even though the Buddies had not officially signed their latest contract with the county that expires on 6/30/201, according to documents obtained by CECIL TIMES. And that level of significant service cutbacks does not appear to correlate to the relatively small requested but denied additional amount of county subsidy. A “third party” informed county officials of the outbreak [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Co Exec Moore Demands $500K to Buy Animal Shelter, Won&#8217;t Say Where or Who Would Run it; Singing Secret Tune?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS ‘You just slip out the back, Jack (Robert Hodge) Make a new plan, Stan (Alan McCarthy) You don&#8217;t need to be Coy, Roy (Dan Schneckenburger) Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus (George Patchell) You don&#8217;t need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee…(Joyce Bowlsbey)’ &#8211;Paul Simon, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” as Moore-dified to County Council on shelter plan ******************************************************************************* Cecil County Executive Tari Moore is asking the County Council to sign a blank check for $500,000 so she can buy property for a county-owned animal shelter, but won’t say where it is, or who would operate a county facility at what additional cost, according to documents submitted to the Council. Furthermore, documents suggest she may come back later for even more taxpayer money to buy a second animal facility. In addition, the Council and Moore have settled on two citizen appointees to a Moore-administration controlled Animal Control Oversight Board. Neither man has any previous experience in Cecil County animal control matters. And new fiscal reports show that A Buddy for Life, Inc., currently providing animal services under a county contract, suddenly spent $7,800 in “maintenance funds” in the last three months [&#8230;]]]></description>
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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>
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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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