Friday, May 6, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Fri., May 6, 2011

That electrical fire at Atrium off of East Main Street in Meriden has displaced 94 families, which is a lot of people. It’s now been a week: if the condo association has liability beyond insurance, and if there’s no money to pay for repairs, a serious problem is revealed for the residents and for the way this property-owning method is permitted to operate.

Architectural firms have presented preliminary plans for Platt and Maloney, as Meriden undertakes the colossal expense of high school renovations. One doesn’t expect details at this stage, but there’s a lot to be understood in the plans about just what these plans include and why they do so.

No surprise that it is Proton Sciences and Choate Rosemary (and the one-time gilt-edged Mortgage Lenders) which opted for green energy systems in Wallingford, and no surprise either that most other firms have been slow to opt in. So far, most of these systems seem to be offering high expense and long-term payback; the United States needs to do better.

Who knew that Meriden actually had a curfew for kids under 15? Unlike various efforts to impose such restrictions on 17- and 18-year-olds, there aren’t too many folks who will argue that 14-year-olds should have the “freedom” to be out and about after 9 pm.

We wish that Sen. Suzio and others in the legislature would lay off Planned Parenthood. There are way too many important issues facing the state, the city of Meriden and the world to waste time debating the culture wars.

It is worth noting that Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s oldest son is being deployed to Afghanistan, pursuant to a choice he made to defer law school and serve his country. Critics of government could make a point of remembering this fact.

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