Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Oct. 17, 2009

Southington: Director of Parks asked to resign over the business of the paving stones. One might think so public an embarrassment might so motivate the incumbent, but at this point, matters are still in negotiation. The value involved is trivial, but the head of a department must be an example.

Wallingford: A freeze – super or otherwise – for the school system suggests, at least, that people are taking expense control seriously. But since neither board nor administrators can alter the basic sum received by the system or refuse to pay contractual obligations, what this sounds like is a chance to pinch pennies in the few existing optional items in the school system. So, chairs break, they’re not replaced; electronic equipment goes on the fritz, they remain broken. etc.

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