<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Cecil Times &#187; Winston Robinson</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ceciltimes.com/tag/winston-robinson/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ceciltimes.com</link>
	<description>News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:25:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Cecil County Council Peanut Gallery Budget Flubs; Can-Kicking Versus Investment in Future</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-council-peanut-gallery-budget-flubs-can-kicking-versus-investment-in-future/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-council-peanut-gallery-budget-flubs-can-kicking-versus-investment-in-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 22:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff&#039;s Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Meffley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county public library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Schneckenburger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber optic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fund balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Gregory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Bowlsbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Robinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY A majority of the Cecil County Council seems to be worrying about picking up peanuts, as it reviews the proposed Fiscal 2018 budget, while ignoring the elephants in the room: the need to invest in the county’s future and to work harder and smarter to address the local opioid drug epidemic. Some of the Council’s preliminary budget actions reflected the newbie factor of two new Council members with a lot to learn about county government and the budget process while other efforts displayed some grandstanding and gimmickry by a veteran Councilor who should, and does, know better. Some nickel-and-dime decisions, like cutting a paltry $29,100 item that would have added a part-time small business librarian to the county library system, made no sense from an investment standpoint. The lone small business librarian in the county has been publicly credited by numerous start-ups for their success, while state and national library agencies have recognized the county library for its innovative efforts despite not having added any other new staffers since 2009, even as public demand for services has skyrocketed. And a major item—the Health Department’s request for $3.2 million in county funds—didn’t get a single word from the Council. Although [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-council-peanut-gallery-budget-flubs-can-kicking-versus-investment-in-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cecil County Budget: Council Cuts $822,000, Falls Short of Some Great Expectations, Gimmicks</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-budget-council-cuts-822000-falls-short-of-some-members-great-expectations-gimmicks/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-budget-council-cuts-822000-falls-short-of-some-members-great-expectations-gimmicks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Meffley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county public schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Schneckenburger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Patchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gimmick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Gregory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Bowlsbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operating budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Robinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council took a stab at cutting the Fiscal 2018 budget on Tuesday (5/30/2017) and came up far short of a grandiose plan advanced by two members seeking to cut over $6 million from the budget proposed by County Executive Alan McCarthy. Cecil College and Cecil County Public Schools (CCPS) survived multiple proposed significant budget hits but the county library system did not fare as well. And regional Republican political concerns surfaced in a decision to fire former state Del. David Rudolph, a Democrat, from a $30,000 part-time consulting position in the County Executive’s office to work on getting more aid for the county from state agencies. The veteran delegate was defeated in the 2014 election by political newcomer Kevin Hornberger, a Republican who has already filed for re-election in the 2018 election. (Hornberger and other members of the area’s all-Republican state legislative delegation vehemently objected, for political reasons, to McCarthy’s hiring of the Democrat Rudolph earlier this year, sources said.) Many of the proposed spending “cuts” would have come from postponing infrastructure, equipment purchases or staffing for another year; shifting short-term construction work such as basic road repairs out of current spending into long-term bond accounts that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/05/cecil-county-budget-council-cuts-822000-falls-short-of-some-members-great-expectations-gimmicks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cecil County Budget Review Highlights Jobs (and Jabs); Fair Hill Trots Out Best to Impress</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/cecil-county-budget-review-highlights-jobs-and-jabs-fair-hill-trots-out-best-to-impress/</link>
		<comments>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/cecil-county-budget-review-highlights-jobs-and-jabs-fair-hill-trots-out-best-to-impress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cecil county government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecil Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bassmaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Moyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elk Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equestrian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[four star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Massey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Bowlsbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Hogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Gill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perryville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy turner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secretary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steeplechase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Robinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ceciltimes.com/?p=5126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy’s first budget, which boosts spending for economic development and job-creation efforts, drew scrutiny from the County Council this week as McCarthy and state officials saddled up to try to bring elite four-legged tourists and the humans who love them to the county for a potential multi-million dollar jackpot. Chris Moyer, the county’s new Director of Economic Development, told the County Council on Tuesday (4/18/2017) that the executive’s proposed budget provides a 5.7 percent increase in Fiscal 2018 over the current budget year for economic development efforts, including tourism promotion and agriculture as well as business and job development. He said his agency “fully appreciates that the county has limited resources,” but urged the council to support the budget request as one that will pay off for the county in the long run. Several of the increases would benefit the tourism promotion office, with hiring of a part-time office services assistant and a higher advertising and promotion budget. The tourism office received kudos last year for hosting the return of the Bassmaster international fishing competition to Cecil County, an event that was estimated to contribute as much as $2 million to the local economy. The tourism [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://ceciltimes.com/2017/04/cecil-county-budget-review-highlights-jobs-and-jabs-fair-hill-trots-out-best-to-impress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
