Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Tues. Aug. 24, 2010

Meriden: Clean liens; or, more correctly, clean and lien. When houses are being neglected, the city steps in and does the work and then bills/liens the owner for the cost. Obviously not to be done every day, but to move matters along it can act as a spur to bank action, if need be.

Area: Local Legislators scored fairly well on the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters’ scorecard, with Democrats doing “better” than Republicans. Before anyone gets too exercised, recall that there are scorekeeping groups with agendas on which Republicans do “better” than Democrats, and considering voter turnouts, it’s a good thing someone is keeping score.

Southington: the teen survey by STEPS (Southington Townwide Effort to Promote Success) came up with results not unlike state statistics on behavior by teens regarding alcohol, drugs, sex, feelings regarding family, school and community. The question is what to do about them.

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