Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Editor's Notepod, Tues. Sept. 21, 2010

Discussions concerning the public comment segment of City Council meetings, Meriden. Opening up the floor is a democratic and open premise – but what effect is this inchoate voice of the people, which is often the most interested people, to have upon the decisions of the council?

The alarming reality that beds in local shelters are already full and Wallingford is trying to deal with those in need parking near its shelter which does not open until November 1. It will be a challenge, as much fiscal as anything else, to open sooner.

It was a really good decision on the part of the state Department of Transportation to put off Route 10 road work in Southington until after Apple Harvest Festival. The work, which was to have begun last week and to have been completed on the 28th, was just too close to the start of the town’s major annual event – and in the middle of it – for comfort.

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