Southington: The town hall referendum, # 3 in the current series, reflects 19th century experience. I think the town needs a new facility. All accounts I’ve heard of the existing facilities suggests they are woefully inadequate and in bad physical shape.
Wallingford: The Blue Trail Range fundraiser. Seems to me that for a great many years the range has been a fairly passive sort of land use (despite the apparent aggression of bullets and all). The range is now being asked to jump through all kinds of conditions which were not extant when the range began. While there’s a natural concern for safety, the expenses of accomplishing all the sought safety steps, not to mention the legal fees, will clearly bankrupt the range — which may be the end in mind.
State: Jury duty. Threats (especially unenforceable threats) are hardly a way to create willing jurors. But justice requires committed and attentive juries. Seems to me the solution is to make it more worthwhile, to compensate — adequately — workers who must miss regular employment to serve, perhaps figure out a reward system for those who show up. Also, if the one-day attendance rule hasn’t yet been applied throughout the state, it should be so expanded.
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