The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Mar. 22, 2011

Meriden officials are wrestling with the issue of a councilor who is going to be employed by a firm with dealings with the city and how to deal with such situations when they inevitably occur. It’s complex.

Hanover Pond has been drained to fix a sewer leak. Isn’t it good that the Meriden dam was rebuilt so that it was functional!

The situation of Cheshire Historic District Commission member Eric Anderson is interesting, as it is somewhat difficult to see why strong opinions should disqualify him from expressing them or from participating in commission activities. Evidently it is his onetime bid to buy the property in question which is affecting his case, but it is not clear what role the commission has in the decision to demolish the property in question.

That is a considerable loss to Wallingford’s school system by way of resignation – announced last night – and through non-renewal of non-tenured teachers, which is a fairly nasty means of accomplishing cuts but it’s how it’s done.

Fees are being altered at Meriden's Hunter Golf Course. The premise here remains that the golf course is an enterprise operation, meaning it should pay for itself, so fees are needed, and it is very interesting that 65 percent of players are now from out of town.

Gov. Malloy’s plan for Connecticut higher education merger is all well and good, and $4.3 million is $4.3 million in savings – although that’s a tiny fraction of the three-quarters of a billion spent annually on higher ed. But the issue is maintaining the institutional integrity regardless of the upper administrative arrangements.

The untried defendant in the Cheshire home invasion murder case alleged that his convicted co-defendant checked out books at the prison library which were replete with graphic violence. On this basis, without any evidence that reading such material, if truly alleged, actually affects violent urges of anyone, Rep. Kissel from Enfield (where the town library was recently the subject of unnecessary attention over showing a film) wants to take action.