State: Governor Rell’s plan to charge fines for points on driver’s licenses will be popular but is indeed a miserable and highly regressive tax increase, levied on the backs of those most at the mercy of the DMV.
State: Apparently, one of the things the state plans on cutting seriously are the PILOT funds, which compensate towns for playing home to prisons. Cheshire, with three, plus a private school will hurt big-time. This strikes me as a major negative. But we mustn’t raise taxes.
Meriden: I’m not sure I see any sense at all in merging the Board Governors of Higher Education, which is volunteer, into the State Board of Education. Volunteers do considerable work in assessing needs of the organizations and in advocating for it. The only thing abolition can do is rob these institutions of an effective independent voice. But of course, we can’t afford the tax money.
Southington: Computer protocols and policies must be updated.
Southington: town is seeking an additional $1.3 million for the clean up costs around the water treatment plant. Good luck on prying such cash away from the state this year!
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