Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Sept. 10, 2011

Change is in the works for Wallingford Housing Authority, as Stephen Nere has reportedly told WHA members he plans to resign. Looking forward, wouldn’t it be a good plan to include among the requirements for a new director of the agency some experience in public housing management?

With Meriden's Chris Donovan’s announcement that he is running for Congress, there are now eight announced candidates for the seat Chris Murphy is giving up to try for the Senate. That’s a large crowd, but more notable is that the election is not for 14 months.

Connecticut state agencies think they may be able to cut overtime by 10 percent. Out of overtime expenses last year ($232 million) that’s a respectable number and will help, but will not balance the budget by itself.

Southington Democrat Mike Williams (in the company of the other Democratic candidates for Connecticut’s 5th District Congressional seat) is right to support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids federal recognition of state-approved same-sex marriage.

Scheduling magic in Wallingford elementary school enables kids to have more computer time, more outdoor time and more arts time – while teachers in special subjects get to have longer blocks of time in each school. We’re not sure how it was done, but it seems to be a good idea.

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