Cecil Land Use Alliance

  CLUA Politics


Events

Get Involved

Land Use Information

Web Links

CLUA Information

CLUA Newsletter

CLUA Politics

Home



CLUA's political activities support its primary mission of research, education, and advocacy in advancing its vision for Cecil County.



Political Information:

  • At the end of February 2012, the Cecil Land Use Alliance sent the following questions to all candidates of both parties for County Executive:

    1. What is the most important issue facing Cecil County and what specific steps would you take you resolve it?

    2. In your view, does increased residential development provide a larger tax base for the county or put a greater strain on county resources? How would you plan to balance these competing forces?

    3. Cecil County has a role in restoring the Chesapeake Bay. How would you approach funding for the Watershed Implementation Plan?

    4. What specific economic development initiatives would you support to bring more jobs to the county? Are there any "downsides" or "costs" to these initiatives and how would you balance these?

    5. How would you assure that county departments can effectively analyze financial and environmental impacts of development proposals? What sort of organization do you envision for this work?

    We requested responses by March 12. Links to the responses received so far are given below. Others will be added as we receive them.

    In mid-March, the same questions were sent to candidates for County Council. Here are the links to the responses we have received so far from these candidates.


  • The Maryland Campaign Reporting Information System web site provides campaign finance reports from candidates for state and county offices. Once at the web page...

    1. Type in the last name of any candidate in the "Committee Name" field (light orange box).
    2. From the list of committee names provided, scroll down and select the right one.
    3. Ignore all the other dialog boxes (options) on the web page, and click on the blue box marked "Search".
    4. A list of reports will be shown, with the most recent at the top. Click on a blue report title and it will be downloaded to your computer as a PDF file.

    A summary of both receipts and expenditures appears on page 1 of each report. The list of individual contributors begins on page 3.

    Note:  If you are wondering about the many "LLC" contributors to some campaigns, read the 2011 testimony of Common Cause Maryland about the "LLC loophole" in campaign contributions. The state bill to close the loophole did not pass.


  • During the 2010 elections, CLUA did not endorse any candidates for political office, although we did endorse a "yes" vote on the referendum to establish Charter Government in Cecil County, which passed overwhelmingly. No decision on endorsements has been made for the November 2012 election, although CLUA is not endorsing any candidates in the primary election in April.