Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Thur., Aug. 20, 2009

Southington: There's nothing wrong with appealing to the attorney general about the VIP situation and the permit granted for the adult store. The decision, though, seems to have been in accordance with the existing rules, and we live in a culture of laws. If folks want to change the rules, looking forward, by all means it should be done. But there are still some other businesses of the type in the area.

State: The tax free week actually occurred this year, and it is ending today. If there are things you need for the kids and for their schooling, today's your last chance to buy without sales tax.

Meriden: Another place where the state's budget stalemate pinches is with school health clinics, funded entirely by the state. It's only $150,000 for 12 schools in Meriden, but the uncertainty over the situation places them at risk.

Cheshire: So fixing the community Pool has become a partisan issue, with Democrats voting yes and Republicans no? Kind of an absurdity. How can this be partisan?

Wallingford: the business of "Laying off" but not really of long-term substitute teachers, an annual event. There are a lot of procedural issues of this type which arise in a climate where there is a serious union/management formality or relations. It's good and bad.

Meriden: Easter Seals, which was called in to take over the Head Start program several years ago when the Meriden Community Action Agency was dissolved, is merging itself and its management of the program terminated because of the bureaucracy's rules. Continuity of management is a good thing. An agency shopping for a manager is an absurdity.

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