Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Mar. 9, 2010

Southington: solar energy panels being installed on the fire department HQ can be expected to last many years with low maintenance and minimize use of the water heater on sunny days.

Meriden: “nearly all fires outside of designated campgrounds are illegal.” Not many of them on residential properties. One knows that burning leaves and/or garbage in the backyard has been illegal for decades. How often seriously does any particular household need to hold a celebratory bonfire? Or does the city’s rule apply to outdoor cooking with charcoal?

State: Alcohol sales on Sundays should be decided not on the basis of who complains the most – the shops near the borders feeling competition or the shops which will have to spend more on wages – nor on the notion of a few millions in tax revenue, but on the principle of the perpetuation of the Blue Laws, an essentially religion-based rule.

Southington: the council gave the public a chance to comment on the proposed charter changes, one of the steps along the way to deciding which changes, if any, will make it to the ballot next November.

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