While it is certainly true that the investigations pending concerning Meriden’s police force should not have any effect upon contract talks, it is likely that, relevant or otherwise, the concerns will hover over negotiations like a heavy thundercloud.
Plan B, as announced by Governor Malloy, which would be called into play if negotiations with Connecticut state unions do not produce results he needs, is that every town loses 1/3 of its state assistance. That’s when it might be better to be a small town rather than a large, but in any case, there will certainly be much disruption.
Cheshire’s Republican council actually passed a budget 3.4 percent and $3.4 million smaller than this year’s figure. There may have been less outcry because the public hearing on the budget was held before, not after, cuts were sliced from the town manager’s presented requests.
Wallingford’s Town Council will figure out how tenants should choose a new representative for the Housing Authority. We hope it does not resolve into a partisan affair.
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