Meriden: The Italian flag, in plywood, on Colony street. I suppose that painting the plywood frontage violates some regulation or other. I wouldn't want it as a permanent thing. Uniformity is a worthwhile goal, given the ha-phazard history and the general nature of things. But this is not a permanent installation. It's only for a few months. Well, give it a year. Would a red-whit-and-blue paint job be better? Plain plywood? I say it should stay.
5th Congressional District: here's a clear issue. Privatizing social security. Another: Health care and its universality. A third: public financing of campaigns. A fourth: drilling and energy.
Meriden: NRG receives an invitation to dance with something called Exelon. And of course, the guys running that corporate game don't condescend to stoop so low as to speak to us locals.
Wallingford: For the fire department, and for the volunteers, the chance to use a controlled fire as a training facility is very excellent.
Meriden: Glad to see that the city has a new finance director on board. Good luck to Michael Lupkas.
Meriden: Council committee considers the possible elimination of the central tax district. There are some inequities there. It will be interesting to see if they can make the situation any better. My own preference is to continue paying for garbage pickup as a city function -- even though the city's been privatizing it for a number of years now. It's one less thing to fuss about when the city just does it!
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