County News

Delegate Smigiel has requested that the Administrative, Executive, Legislative Review committee (AELR) have a public hearing to discuss the State Board of Elections’ proposed emergency regulations. A hearing will be held in the Joint Hearing Room in Annapolis on July 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. If you have any questions or comments please come...
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In what amounts to a stealthy victory for Second Amendment advocates in Maryland, yesterday, the Governor signed into law a modified “Castle Doctrine” bill (SB-411). This new law will provide civil immunity for a person defending their dwelling or place of business. This immunity provides that the person is not liable for damages for...
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I was very disappointed to read the following statement by Stephanie PalKo in her “It’s All Business” article in the May 6, 2010 edition of the Cecil Guardian. Ms. Palko wrote “Everybody must have been a little tired at the Cecil County Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative wrap-up breakfast on Monday morning. They just listened...
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At 2:00 Monday, I will be on the C-4 Show on Wbal radio to discuss the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center.  If you’d like to listen here’s the information: on your radio: 1090 AM on your computer: http://wbal.com/ and click on the “Listen Live” button near the top. You can call in at 410-467-WBAL or 800-767-WBAL or...
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This evening, on Maryland Public Television, Governor Martin O’Malley will be appearing live on a program called “Ask the Governor”. If you would like to ask questions about any issue but, in particular, the closing of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Facility, I would urge you to either email the show or call...
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In response to many calls and emails to my office regarding the White House’s planned live speech to our children on Tuesday September 8th, I have been doing some research.  (For reference: click here for a news article about this and here for the White House site on this ) What follows is the response...
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Every once in a while a constituent brings a matter to my attention that I can’t really believe. Such was the case when Ms. Billye Jo Jackson brought to my attention her concern that the Cecil County Ethics Board had added new language to the decision one receives after having filed an ethics complaint...
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The Executive Director of the CC SPCA, Ms. Jeanne Deeming wrote a June 2, 2009 letter to the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s, Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, Executive Director, Laura C. Downes regarding the agencies investigation into the allegations against the CC SPCA veterinarian Dr. McDermott. Ms. Deeming attached several pages to...
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 The Cecil County SPCA sent out a press release last week in an attempt to spin a letter to the Cecil County State’s Attorney into a exoneration of all the allegations made against their agency by 16 individuals who came forward and presented complaints about the agency to State Delegate  Michael D. Smigiel, Sr....
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As you may recall, numerous allegations of the atrocious treatment of animals have been made against the Cecil County SPCA. Apparently, the politics of this is much more important than actually performing a thorough investigation of ALL the facts of the case . What follows is part one of my analysis of the so...
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