Sunday, November 8, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Sun., Nov. 8, 2009

Southington: teachers’ contract follows a modest path: 2.5 and 3.5 salary hikes and contributions to medical care rising from 15 to 17.5 and then 19 percent. This is movement in pretty much the right direction.

Wallingford: a new aerial fire truck is in the works as the department has a request for $900,000 working its way through the council. Chief Struble will replace the older of the two existing vehicles, part of the plan for about a decade. Fire trucks, while expensive, last many years but not forever: the one to be retired was bought in 1974.

Wallingford: the GOP, while fairly temperate in its public commentary, can only be rubbing its hands in anticipatory glee, now that it is equipped with a 6-3 council majority and the charter revision movement laid to rest. Residents should expect them to act with restraint despite their high spirits.

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