Meriden: More cuts in the budget even with stimulus package. This is the Board of Ed’s plan. Well, you need a plan. This looks like perhaps the one most designed to cause pain. What happens if the school system simply stops providing bus service and everyone walks? Probably unacceptable, given that the trend has been to encourage everyone to ride the bus because of danger. So when all this happens and these cuts are made, whether it’s fewer teachers or no sports or whatever, is the government going to give everyone a pass on No Child Left Behind, or is that a thing of the past?
Wallingford: request for more salt and overtime. Once again, it’s clear that the possibility of snow falling on weekends results in an overtime issue. I think it’s great that the guys get whatever it is for double-time/overtime/Sunday pay, but in this economy, it’s fair to think about renegotiating.
Meriden: Chief Trainor pitches the firehouse. Non-profit directors pitch their programs. Kendzior warns. It’s a terrible problem trying to reach this sort of decision without knowing what the state budget will do and where the federal relief funds will come down.
Southington: The group home meeting takes place and the DCF commissioner will come and take a look. That’s fair enough, and the legislators are doing their bit. But the experience shows that most of these homes work. Residents must also be aware that no “guarantee” can possibly be made that some incident could not happen, any more than they themselves can “guarantee” that someone in the neighborhood won’t be revealed as a criminal of some sort. It’s an impossibility.
Wallingford: bad luck on getting the Parlor Car on its way to Willimantic, although there’ll be another try when the truck difficulties are straightened out.
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