The Editor's Notepod, Fri.,Oct. 14, 2011

Southington’s Parking Authority acknowledged the decision of the Board of Ethics and accepted its ruling on the conflict alleged by local watchdog Art Cyr. So now it is time to move on and do what the Parking Authority can to deal with parking issues in downtown.

Special education tuitions – Southington is spending $3.7 million this year, up over $300,000 from the last academic year – are the other side of the issue involving inclusive education. One of the risks in this discussion is a) that people will not discuss cost as a real issue, because it sounds heartless and is politically incorrect, and b) that nevertheless those same people will tacitly decide inclusivity issues on the basis of this un-discussed cost factor.

With so many people in Hartford, Boston, New York and around the country calling for change as Wall Street is “occupied,” the sentencing of hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnamv to 11 years for insider trading seems a step in the right direction. Yet this was billed by the sentencing judge as a victimless crime and we certainly hope that this man’s prosecution was not affected by the fact that he is a man of color.

City Manager Lawrence J. Kendzior is 61 and has enough service to Meriden to consider retirement, but councilors give him high marks on evaluations and appear to appreciate many of his very evident skills. His tenure can only be termed successful and for the city’s sake we hope it continues.

We certainly hope that officials can decide whose responsibility that path leading to Thomas Hooker School in Meriden is so that it can be restored and used. Residents will remember discussions when Hooker school was still quite new over preparing and using this path as a way to keep walkers off the roads, so there is probably paperwork somewhere.