Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Wed., Jan 28, 2009

Meriden/State: Gaffey situation. This whole situation is really very sloppy. I hope he can get this cleared up and that he can then set up some rules and procedures so it stops occurring. His constituents deserve better.

Municipal governments: Everyone is now talking pay freezes, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s easier at the top to agree to, of course, but a lot of public employees are reasonably well-paid and can weather a couple of percent less than anticipated.

Wallingford: Indications that the erstwhile Mortgage Lenders building may become something different, thanks I guess to the fairly free-spending ML planners in eco-friendly accoutrements. Owners expect tenants, which is a good thing.

Meriden: Another animal story, which we always hate to read, but there were some rescued and their owner has taken the moment to try to provide the ambulance service with animal rescue masks, which saved one of the dogs.

Wallingford: new website up and running. Jason Zandri and Bob Gross both pleased. Dickinson says he hasn’t used it yet – but didn’t use the old site either. He uses the phone. I think readers will relish that particular comment from him!

Cheshire: Affordable Housing is hard to accept. Probably worth remembering that “affordable” is defined in relation to each town, by formula.

Southington: Att. Gen. Blumenthal has at least referred the chief issue to state’s attorney, though I’m not sure there’s much indication that prosecution is in order. But this situation needs to be clarified.

Cheshire: Science room at Chapman School prompts efforts to expand the idea. This is a really good plan.

Southington: Vandals. Cars ransacked and burned one after another? What sort of thing is this?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Enjoyed the article by Amanda on our esteemed State Senator today. About time you guys go about frying him. Just don't let him off the hook so easily. He betrayed the public trust. His excuses border on the ridiculous. Not the type of character who should be representing our town.

Anonymous said...

Amen..You guys dont know the half of what Gaffey does, but you ALWAYS let him walk. Think about it, this is the third time he'd done stuff like this..Oh, he's busy having a job, being a dad, so do I, and so am I. I dont cheat howver like he does. RESIGN Gaffey, and do us all a favor-Scum