Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Oct. 27, 2009

Meriden: the Hub project reviewed. It seems a deal of money on this and that and planning and engineering, but anyone interested can check how the cost of any public school is put together. It’s a pretty safe bet that engineering and admin and planning costs make up a substantial part of the total . . . . which runs to tens of millions. Public contracts, with their multitude of requirements, protections, guarantees, and all the rest, cost a lot.

Southington: Two new Parks board members were named by the council; it's an awkward situation, given the suspension of the director. It would seem that his legal situation could be moved along more rapidly; limbo is a miserable place to be.

Wallingford: what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If the mayor should be barred from using public funds to fight the charter revision questions, then it would seem that everyone else should be as well.

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