The Editor's Notepod, Sat., May 14, 2011

Governor Malloy and the state employee unions reached a deal. There will be a lot of relief among state employees as this news gets about.

The controversy over the senior in Shelton who taped large cut-out cardboard letters to the outside of the school. Here’s the problem with too many rules too rigidly enforced.

Lisa Nordgren of Wallingford is closing Helping Hands Thrift Store on May 31 due to her deteriorating health; the store had been helping victims of domestic violence. We hope some other way of meeting this need can be found.

It could be that Sen. Markley (who represents Southington and part of Cheshire in the legislature) was correct in his assessment and argument over the distinction between a fee and a tax. But the Connecticut court raised sovereign immunity as an issue and sent Markley back to the political arena which is where this sort of a problem should be resolved.