Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Sept. 22, 2009

Cheshire: Pratt to close plant in town, which is kind of a nightmare situation. In spite of earnest dealing by union and state, company made up its mind. Now there are lawsuits threatened: barring union contracts, what basis is there for either a state or a union to challenge a business-based corporate decision?

Wallingford: potential purchase of farm on North Farms Road is not popular, not surprisingly, with the neighbors. Apparently, it isn’t the fire house so much as the possibility of a future police HQ that worries them. Given the way that towns develop, when one buys a home in the semi-rural countryside, how much can one expect the surrounding countryside to remain the same?

Meriden: if the city gets into the billboard business, will it have to pay taxes, like any private corporation or any charity, on non-related business interest? There’s probably a simple answer, but it’s one which should be answered.

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