Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., June 23, 2009

Wallingford: The town council will examine the Choate Rosemary Hall proposal for Old Durham Road. There seems to be but a single house on that stretch of road, probably on the side opposite to CRH’s plan, at a guess.

Meriden/State: Anti-smoking efforts. Money spent to educate against smoking is a good thing. There are plenty of rules on selling to minors. Do we really want to begin arresting people — children — for illegal possession of tobacco? Aren’t there enough laws already that cannot be enforced? Are there not enough people paying fines or in jail?

Southington: An interesting and challenging set of reductions to save 30 grand in the sports programs, mainly affecting middle schools and freshmen in high school.

Wallingford: The interesting thing about the downgrade of the assistant superintendent for personnel, perhaps, is why it was an assistant supers’ job to begin with.

Wallingford: The story of that old Blakeslee house, now destroyed, is a sad one. But the example of the Preservation Land Trust and the town working together is, by contrast, a good one.

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