The Editor's Notepod, Sun., Jan. 9, 2011

Among towns facing the next highly uncertain fiscal year, Wallingford would appear to be in better shape than almost any other. There’s no reason to plan on spending the surplus accumulated with so much care, but it is certainly there it if is needed.

Meriden’s City Council moved precipitately to authorize departments to accept proposals for a digital billboard on city land along I-91. The way to do things is to make the rules first and then ask for proposals: this way, there may be a plan on the table which will alter the rules process to accommodate it, and that is wrong.