In Harford County, rising tensions — and serious charges — among GOP leaders

In Harford County, home to horse farms and silt-filled waterways, a bit of mudslinging is not unknown. But what appears to have started with tensions between County Councilman Aaron Penman and County Executive Bob Cassilly, two Republicans elected to their positions last November, over funding for the sheriff’s office has escalated into a bitter internecine battle among members of the GOP.