Saturday, July 16, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., July 16, 2011

Meriden faces some of the realities of the rejection of that deal between the state and the unions. As Speaker Chris Donovan says, there needs to be a way for the coalition of unions, CEBAC, to acknowledge the will of the majority.

Wallingford’s Blue Trail Range has been hosting four members of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, here in the US to compete in an Ohio event. Welcome and good luck!

Covanta, which operates the trash-to-energy plant used by Wallingford, Meriden, Cheshire, North Haven and Hamden, is paying a substantial fine for violations of emissions, apparently back when it was still being operated by CRRA prior to last July. Does the manner in which fines and assessments work act as a corporate deterrent in such cases?

Victim of Connecticut budget crisis: ferries in Rocky Hill/Glastonbury and Chester/Hadlyme, the oldest in the nation. Amazing how a budget snafu can louse up 350 years of history.

Local towns are expecting around 75 percent on their requests for FEMA money for last January’s snow storm expenses. Southington has had a reimbursement confirmed, while Meriden, Wallingford and Cheshire wait.

Considering that about 4 of 5 child car seats are improperly installed in parents’ vehicles, it makes sense for police officers, youth and social service workers from Cheshire or anywhere else to get some instructions in how to perform this important operation, so they can help parents to whom the instructions are obscure.

The Summer Campership Fund for Meriden and Wallingford has finished its collection season, sending over 400 kids to weeks at summer camps. The high point? No child was left behind.

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