Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sun., Mar. 13, 2011

The steps by which the low-key drama of the Keeler shop along Cheshire’s Main Street should be an object lesson for those interested in the way the Historic District functions – or does not function. It should also help folks understand how the past can be preserved.

Tinkering with the dates of Connecticut’s primary (and other states’ as well) by premiums offered by the national parties, is dangerous stuff, with Connecticut in danger of taking action to stay “relevant.” And this is at the same time as efforts to end winner-take-all Electoral College results. There are plenty of unintentional consequences here to be discovered.

Connecticut’s prison population stands at 17,700, the lowest in a decade. This is a good thing, as well as cheap, considering the price taxpayers pay per year for each inmate.

We agree with Superintendents Menzo (Wallingford) and Benigni (Meriden) that the No Child Left Behind law needs work. How to get the federal government to fix a system of this kind, though, is a challenge.

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