The Editor's Notepod, Fri., July 9, 2010

Southington/State: Attorney General’s report on reporting issues of sexual impropriety and abuse has a lot of matter in it, based to a substantial degree on the Southington experiences early in the decade. While some changes may already have been made, it’s a report to attend to carefully.

Cheshire/State: the court’s decision on the Pratt vs. Union case is a victory for the workers. Ultimately, however, and in the absence of a contract requiring a “fact-intensive inquiry bargained for by the parties” – which it is hard to imagine Pratt agreeing to again – it seems pretty clear that the company will be “out of here” as soon as it can.

Meriden: glad that the first 100 acres of the NRG site on Cathole Mountain is heading, as affirmed earlier, toward permanent preservation. While we can easily understand the motive for keeping some of the remainder open for some development, the prospect is not exactly thrilling.

Wallingford/State: the question for consideration is why the demand for power early last week during the hot spell did NOT break records, given temperatures. And how is it that a peaking plant in Wallingford does not need to disclose when or how long it generates power? What an odd exception!

State: Regardless of the reasons for the dismissal of state DOT commissioner Marie, the fact is that commissioners serve at the governor’s pleasure. He failed to please: quod erat demonstrandum.