State: Non-partisan board of education elections. It's an interesting idea: the "terrible" example of Mike Reynolds' case is cited in the story and certainly challenges the notion that the person with the most votes wins the election. But it is worth noting that as they actually operate, party alignments on the B of E doesn't normally mean a whole lot.
Meriden: Cutting neighborhood preservation funding and bulky waste pick-ups don't sound like very good ideas to me. This is all about saving the cost of one or two or three individual salaries, and thus being able to lay off employees along with the services. That is counter productive, economically. Deal with the unions. Everyone takes a 5 or 10 percent cut and we continue to provide services. Has anyone asked the unions for this approach?
Wallingford: Early College Experience, in which high school students take college courses, perhaps enabling them to enter as college sophomores or at least 2nd semester freshmen. A great idea, but what's the hurry? One problem with a lot of college freshmen is that they are fairly immature in relation to self-motivated study. Is this program addressing that aspect of the college student?
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