Sunday, September 6, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Sun., Sept. 6, 2009

Wallingford: Choate_Rosemary's offer and the Council, which now has an agenda item for Tuesday evening. It is difficult to see the Choate proposal as a negative. Nothing is removed from the tax rolls that is not already off them, and the new environmental center would be a community asset, while a significant parcel of land is preserved undeveloped. There's no real reason the school couldn't build either a tunnel or an over pass for Old Durham Road, without all this unpleasantness. The absence of communication from councilors suggest they are waiting for the offer to be sweetened . . . all without saying what they want.

Southington: the proposal to ban churches in business districts is kind of absurd, and may also be closing the barn door after the horse has left the stable. It's also rather ironic, given the general uproar over the possibility of an adult store in town. No churches, no porn stores, no silly string . . .

Meriden: Both in front page interviews and in columns of their own in the Perspective section, Mssrs. Rohde and Zerio offer their take on Meriden, the mayoralty and the future. No reason for Democrats not to vote a week from Tuesday.

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