Area: Increases in School lunch program. Percentages going up everywhere. But the total receiving free or reduced lunch in Meriden is 70 percent or so, compared to other towns at 9,8 and 5.5 percent respectively. That's an incredible difference which deserves some attention.
Southington: More on the rental income from various water towers. Is the water department a town entity, or is it independent? this is something which could usefully be discussed by the charter revision folks, it would seem.
Meriden: Democrats still a little short following the cash spent on the 2001 primary. Will this mean that the overall campaign will be a fairly low-cost operation, given the general smallness of the Dems' war chest? But then, can the Republicans have much more?
Meriden: Suzio's suggestion about inducing school board employees to leave the system's health care plan might save the city money. But it's hard to think that many of the partners' employers would like the idea much, or that the private plan would be as generous, which is one reason people would be loathe to abandon the city's contracted plan.
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