The Editor's Notepod, Thur., Dec. 29, 2011

Reminder: CL&P rebates for losses due to power outage during the late October nor’easter are still available. Connecticut customers need to apply by the end of January, so don’t delay.

The explanations about why Meriden’s public housing received low scores from HUD are mostly cogent, but we’d still like to see the city landlord come out better, whether or not similar behavior is required of private owners. Public ownership does have a higher standard.

Wallingford police are warning against identity thefts, a couple of dozen of which have recently been reported by residents. It isn’t always easy to know where it is safe to use a credit card or debit card, but it is still quite easy to follow bank records on line and to call promptly when anything odd is detected.

Meriden police will be holding a DUI checkpoint this weekend at a point not announced. One more good reason to refrain from drinking before driving.

It’s a shame that a donation of books to the library in Cheshire – or anywhere else – can be regarded as suspicious because it’s not in a transparent package. Please, though, remember to use a package which will not seem suspicious for books or any other donation; and deliver in person if possible.