Wallingford: the decision by the Republican Town Committee not to endorse LeTourneau is a shocker. Bet it’s about his vote on the dogs and cats.
Meriden: Computer Sciences makes its case to keep the sales tax exemption for IT services. It would seem that if the company were to lose $65 –to $70 million by the ended exemption, it would be a serious burden for any single company. Chris Donovan was present and his response seemed cooperative.
Southington: School board makes its cuts, essentially eliminating 13 jobs. The friction over the “discovered” surplus seems perhaps more the product of the two different responsibilities than to any particular problem with records or accountability.
Meriden: Council sets the mill rate, which seems, on balance, reasonable. The negotiating is indeed tedious, as Greg Polanski notes, but that’s the nature of that particular animal.
Meriden: The council is going to look at restoring trash delivery to those mixed use buildings eliminated a couple of months ago. Fine. But look harder at providing trash pick-up on a cost-per-can basis, to the entire city.
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The RTC recognized that neither the mayor nor they have control over John L. And, on MAJOR issues (not dogs and cats), John was not on the Mayor's side: Furloughs v. wage freezes; the zero tax increase motion that came Tuesday night; parking in the downtown; last year's budget vote; the American Legion Bldg and 390 Center Street. Finally, I think they disapproved of the fact that John has a generally good relationship with all councilors, and that irritates Parisi and the RTC.
The RTC wanted more old guard purity.
Here's what's tedious; the City of Meriden demanding concessions from the unions while it has millions of dollars sitting in its rainy day fund.
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