Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Jan. 31,, 2010

Meriden/Wallingford: Non-expanding grand list fills everyone with gloom, since it means no increase in revenue without an increase in tax rate. Perhaps, though, this is an assumption with which we should deal, since it requires a reallocation of assets and a chance to consider options.

Meriden: The forensic lab, the state’s testing ground for evidence, has an unacceptable delay in processing requests. Justice delayed is justice denied. Remedies are in the pipeline, if grants are properly applied.

Middlefield: A state grant to the town will help the process of marketing and re-opening Powder Ridge move along, surely a benefit all 'round.

Wallingford: the suspension/grievance process between two town employees is kind of competitive, an escalation of arguments. One can only wonder if there isn’t a less confrontative way of settling such matters.

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