City Councilman Stokes calls abrupt recess before...

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A curt ending to a three-hour City Council committee work session left several participants standing at the War Memorial building Thursday night with stunned looks on their faces. Two out of three bills paving the way for a historic $660 million tax increment financing package for the proposed Port Covington development were passed by the council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee. But when it came time to vote on the third bill — legislation that would allow sale of TIF bonds…