Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Wed., Feb. 23, 2011

It is good to hear so positively from parents of the 12 Wallingford students on a trip to Italy that the trip was never presented in any way as a school-sanctioned trip. Under the circumstances, the letter dispatched to those parents last week denying liability was little more than the inevitable “cover your behind” note, sent a good deal too late.

Positive indications for Meriden public housing in Gov. Malloy’s record and in his budget. We hope they can be made to materialize.

Southington’s Board of Finance is going through budget requests with its usual care and deliberation, asking questions all the way. We anticipate the shape of what emerges.

Low turnout certainly had something to do with Tom Bruenn’s loss to Len Suzio in the special Senate election Tuesday (Meriden, Cheshire, Middlefield, Middletown), but in any case, congratulations to Len and may his service in the Senate be successful for us all.

Wallingford’s Town Council has voted 5 to 4 to approve three union contracts affecting workers in the school system, all three with modest wage increases. It makes a certain amount of sense to do the approval and avoid the inevitable and expensive appeal process.

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