It’s a little difficult to see why Wallingford faces an either/or choice: either cut services or raise taxes. Funding a budget is a question every municipality has to face at one time or another and Wallingford, having been prudently governed is in a better position to do than most; some combination of tax and cut can certainly be worked out.
That uproar over Connecticut license plate revelations (Gov. Rell awarded numerous plates to outgoing officials, a well-known practice) is pretty ridiculous. For one thing, plates should never have been made private information anyway. For another, the reason anyone has a particular plate is to assure recognition. For another, since governors have been handing out available low number plates for decades, shouldn’t such numbers at least be public, just as a check on the abuse of power?
Cheshire’s school system, thanks to expectations of low increases in the budget from the town, is considering “pay to play” fees for students for all athletics. Besides making us wary of unintentional discriminations, even in a relatively affluent community, it is adding to fees already in place (is that insult to injury?) and undermining the concept of free, public schools.
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