Saturday, July 2, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., July 2, 2011

Southington is discussing that middle school project and the latest wrinkle is that the Board of Finance is soon to have a go at the issue. Their main concern is saving money, and we hope too many of the finer points which can make a school unique don’t wind up on the cutting room floor.

Gov. Malloy was given most of the authority he wanted to trim Connecticut’s budget. The other half of the equation is that the legislature postponed D-Day on the labor ratification until August 31.

Congratulations to Richard J. Piekarski, Wallingford tax collector, who is retiring after 35 years with the town. Oddly, it seems to take a pleasant person, not a threatening one to get the most – as it were – out of taxpayers.

Hartford is installing gunshot detectors to triangulate gunfire over a three square mile area to locate trouble and speed police response. Whatever it takes to reduce gun violence sounds like a good plan, and it’s too bad the city didn’t win a grant for video surveillance as well.

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