Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Oct. 25, 2011

Meriden police officer Evan Cossette, on “administrative duty” pending investigations has earned a weekly overtime by operation of the police contract, not because anyone is affording him special treatment. Those who may see this as a problem will need to address not Cossette but the contract when it is next negotiated.

Clearly, there needs to be a resolution of whatever issues are muddying the waters at the Meriden Housing Authority. It is not a productive situation to have a commissioner engaged in confrontation with his colleagues.

Meriden schools, eight of them, now have governance councils, advisory bodies required by a piece of legislation enacted to attempt the “race to the top.” Despite fairly complex election procedures there is no lack of interest and we will be most curious to see how these bodies influence their schools.

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