The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Feb. 26, 2011

Voters in Connecticut, according to a poll, oppose taxes and are going to be happiest if someone else (mainly the state employee) bears the burden of reductions in spending. We all benefit from state services, just as we all pay for it and it makes sense to share the burden evenly, but Malloy may have a hard time convincing people.

Thanks to a judge’s decision, the American Legion Building in Wallingford will remain standing. It will probably be sold – if any buyer for the building can be found before the whole thing falls down.

Those phosphorous standards for wastewater are going to be expensive to achieve in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington and Cheshire, but the result will be improved quality of life in rivers and in the Sound.