Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Mar. 10, 2009

State: The bill regarding the Catholic Church. Actually, word has been received that it is withdrawn . . . only to be referred to the Attorney General for investigation, along with all the other denominations. I cannot think of a worse idea.

State: The leghold trap issue. I see no serious economic issue which requires continued use of this device. There are a trappers who use them, but there are other means.

Cheshire:
Library gets reduced hours in the budget. Why is the library always such an easy target?

Meriden: Again, here is the list of budget cuts, all the most vulnerable program and all the places where the need is greatest. We need a better plan.

Meriden: Ross Gulino’s nomination. The question remains, though: even if Gulino, the nominee, has signed over all interest in the land, and his corporation has quit-claimed the land to Gulino’s father, the father remains a plaintiff in that case. Is the city prepared to say that a father’s lawsuit in a land case, land being heritable, is free from any influence upon the son? And I think Gulino should clarify his statements about what he approves of or does not approve of regarding the ridgetop law.

Wallingford:
Skating. It begins to seem very unlikely that any pond in this neck of the woods will ever be deemed suitable for skating, since it requires 7or 8 inches of ice to hold a truck to push off the snow. Liability triumphant.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very good logic on the Gulino matter. If the family still owns land atop Beseck Mountain, how will that effect his decision-making on the Planning Commission when it comes to the fate of Meriden's trap-rock ridges. What if the Ridgeline Protection Zoning is overturned, what then?
Gulino should not be appointed to the board. Mayor Rohde needs to withdraw his name from nomination. There are too many unanswered questions.