Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Thur.,Sept. 8, 2011

It appears as if there has been some high level communication between Meriden’s city manager and its chief of police regarding the sensitive topic of encryption of police radio messaging. A possibility has been raised of a police website with a 15-minute delay of information, which addresses some of the accessibility issues, but the jury is still out on this suggestion.

The combined Southington-Plainville Health District will see some higher fees, most of which people may dislike, but which tend to bring the district into a cost position comparable to other towns in the area. The highest fees seem to be reasonable costs which businesses starting up might well expect to incur.

The rate at which Connecticut municipalities are bonding for school projects has dropped by about 50 percent in the last four years, reflecting the continuing sour economy. Would building more schools and bonding – with resulting increases in taxes to pay for them – put more people back to work in significant numbers?

Difficulties in filling boards and commissions reported in Cheshire (and in other communities as well). This sort of service is voluntary and used to be relatively nominal, but many public bodies now require many hours of attendance and confrontational sessions to which lots of folks, even those with time to spare, don’t care for.

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