Monday, December 1, 2008

The Editor's Notepod, Monday, December 1, 2008

Wallingford: charter panel considers electing zoning board. In general, I think the fewer elected officials there are, the more that responsibility is concentrated. In the specific case of a zoning board member, electing them requires a platform (beyond, “I’m such a good guy”) and that’s hard to do on land use cases without promising a certain type of decision. And that threatens litmus tests.

Southington: economic summit meeting, SEED (Southington Enterprise and Economic Development). Slogan, “Southington is open for business.” Might that not take it a little too far? How to residents feel about all those abatements for business?

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