Friday, March 25, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Fri., Mar. 25, 2011

It seems as if at least some golfers at Meriden’s Hunter course see the point of moving to a unified fee, of being competitive, and bringing in revenue. The decision seems to have been a sensible one.

Non-aggressive dogs planned for a revived Meriden police K9 unit, after several years without the animals’ help. Since supplies and training may come from sale of confiscated materials under the “asset forfeiture” program, so let’s hope the criminals use plenty of property this year for police to seize.

Plans moving ahead on reviving Southington’s middle schools. It’s an expensive but necessary plan.

The rules about laying off the non-tenured teachers first and the requirement for notification of possibilities make for very uncomfortable weeks for a number of Wallingford teachers. We hope it all works out without layoffs.

Renovations at the Martin A. Gaffey Childcare Center in Meriden. The YMCA has gone to lengths to make improvements at this child caring site.

Proposal, which is headed for Connecticut’s full House of Representatives, to set a single state-wide rate for car taxes and put the state in charge of collection. This could have a number of consequences but good and bad, intended as well as unexpected.

It’s hard to see how reductions in both overtime costs and in the number of personnel on Meriden’s police force can work out simultaneously. Maybe the city should ask the criminals very nicely to refrain from criminal activity this year.

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