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		<title>Taxes, Tears, and Cecil County Council: Lame Duck Quacks, Belatedly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Now, if there’s a smile on my face, It’s only there tryin’ to fool the public… I’m hurt and I want you to know, But for others I put on a show… The tears of a clown, When there’s no one else around.” &#8211;Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder: “Tears of a Clown” There weren’t many folks around at the Cecil County Council’s Tuesday morning 9/23/14 worksession but those who were there were treated to a political performance that purported to be about cutting taxes but was really about lame duck Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) trying to settle some old scores with other Council members. Tax policies and their delicate balance with revenues needed to operate essential county services are serious business and should be discussed in a detailed, deliberate manner. But Broomell offered two major tax-cutting proposals in bare-bones fashion&#8211; they could have been written on a cocktail napkin, with room to spare&#8211; and without details of the revenue impact on county services or which services might have to be cut due to reduced revenues. And the timing of her proposals—after a previously announced deadline for submission of new legislation for enactment before a Charter-established cut-off for Council action in an [&#8230;]]]></description>
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