Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Thur., July 15, 2010

Cheshire: Surely, surely, there is enough direct evidence in the triple murder case not to have to rely on admissions by the defendants? Remembering that the defense’s job is to challenge everything and anything, the evidential accumulation here must be considerable.

Meriden: the Parks and Recreation Department does not need to apologize for shutting and locking the gates to the road to the tower at 4:45 each day. The information is posted, and any driver stuck inside should consider him- or herself lucky not to get a ticket for needing some paid worker to unlock the gate.

The status of Connecticut’s election campaign financing law is bizarre, to say the least, with a federal appeals court overturning one ruling disallowing the higher threshold for minor parties but in turn allowing lobbyists’ contributions, while state courts cope with who can and who can’t receive state money. What a mess.

It would be nice if the Wallingford Housing Authority – and all other Housing Authorities around the state – could agree unanimously on all issues and what’s good for tenants. The difficulty seems to be in figuring out what’s good.

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