State/Cheshire: It should surprise no one that the much discussed “reforms” to address home invasions have really kind of stalled. The reason is that few of them will seriously address whatever it was that enabled two men to join forces to commit a series of horrible crimes but will be very expensive anyway.
Meriden, Wallingford, Southington, Cheshire: Fire department overtime. If the chief reason for overtime is the number of firefighters out on extended injury leave – which for various reasons including public safety requires replacement employees to staff trucks and shifts – it would seem that the answer would either be to prevent accidents, which is always the goal, or to have a couple more able bodies around to step in when someone is laid low. How about retirees? Volunteers who want to join the full-time force?
Wallingford: the opposition to the reorganization plan for the schools, which is really to have been expected, is now being expressed. Are we reading correctly that cutting 172.7 positions will result in a 4.16 percent increase in the $85 million budget of the present year?
Meriden: Deputy Mayor Dominello’s efforts to collect as many corrections as possible and make an additional plaque for the WWII monument is an excellent idea. Misspellings, even on monuments, are somewhat inevitable given the number of names and the variations in spelling which exist.
Wallingford: let’s hope that the collective wisdom of Wallingford’s new council will be successful in deciding what to do about the American Legion Building. Almost anything would be an improvement over the “Nothing” which has been done since 1994.
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