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		<title>Sen. Pipkin&#8217;s &#8220;War&#8221; on Cecil County, GOP, and Political Integrity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary and Analysis At “Cecil Night” in Annapolis a few months ago. Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36) tried to convince some local business leaders that there really wasn’t a “Smipkin” political machine, led by him and Del. Michael Smigiel, and that they really had no interest in controlling Cecil County government. If only that were true. The massive Pipkin-financed smear campaign launched in the past week, with multiple robocalls and glossy flyers with one bogus or distorted claim after another—including accusing the strait-laced Tari Moore and Robert Hodge of smoking illegal drugs—show clearly that there is a Smipkin “war on Cecil County.” And it is war about control, power and trying to crush perceived “enemies” even if they are members of your own political party. The negative campaign is mostly financed by Pipkin’s campaign committee, “Friends of E.J. Pipkin, which is itself mostly financed by special interest Political Action Committees and out-of-county donors, according to state election records. Many of those donors would be surprised that some of their contributions to a state Senator&#8211; who is the top ranking Republican in the state Senate, Minority Leader, and has been mentioned for possible statewide office in 2014—are instead being funneled to negative [&#8230;]]]></description>
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