Tonight’s common council meeting was moved to the concert hall. Given that the BET meeting filled the room, it was surprising that the room was hardly filled. I would say that there were fewer people than your typical common council meeting. The usual suspects of speakers spoke on behalf of the BOE budget and raising the cap, and against raising the cap and for supporting the flooding victims.

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Well what else would you expect? The Courant reports the obvious in today’s article about the proposed Democratic Health Care plan. To put a price tag on the proposed plan, that would offer medical insurance to all people in Connecticut under 65, legislators took population numbers and multiplies by an estimated $4000 or $6000 cost per year. That came to to 11 billion and 18 billion respectively. And legislators were shocked.

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After 40 years, it’s finally time to tackle an ethics code applicable to Norwalk’s public officials, both elected and appointed. Recent events and allegations show that not all incidents are so egregious that “a caveman could do it”, that is, figure out if there was a ethical breach.

Thus the stage is set for revisions to the code. From the Hour:

Norwalk’s current ethics code is nearly 40 years old. Over the last two years, the council’s Ethics Committee has worked with city attorneys to draft a new document more in line with norms used by other Connecticut cities.

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