Cecil County Spending Project

A public hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, will be held at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the Cecil County Administration Building, Elk Room, 200 Chesapeake Boulevard, Elkton, Maryland 21921.

Recently, the Cecil County Commissioners took a public stance against the shift of teacher pension costs from the state of Maryland to the counties. The first reaction of most would be to agree with this opinion and oppose expensive hand-me-downs from the state of Maryland. However, could this situation actually be a blessing in disguise for fiscal conservatives in this county?

01/03/12 of last month the Cecil County Commissioners voted unanimously to buy a farm for preservation purposes costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars — was this really what we want government to spend money on?  Cecil County Commissioners and County Executive candidates Tari Moore (who made the motion) and Diana Broomell (who seconded the motion) supported this as did Mullin, Dunn, and Hodge.  If our county had a regulatory and tax…

From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Today, Rep. Andy Harris continued to voice his opposition to the largest toll hike in the state’s history. “Maryland families and job creators, particularly on the Eastern Shore, cannot afford another tax hike,” said Rep. Andy Harris. “Maryland doesn’t have a revenue problem – they simply want to raise tolls by hundreds of millions of dollars to fund transportation projects for the Washington,…

The leadership in Maryland just passed the highest toll increases in state history!! Following is the list with all the increases: http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Increase/documents/Public_Notice_Approved_Plan_092111.pdf Despite the thousands of people who turned out to fight the toll increases at hearings across the state, tolls will double and even triple on our highways, bridges and tunnels.