What more evidence does this town need that PriceWaterhouse Coopers 2002 report was spot on regarding the lack of financial reports and construction management. I wrote about it here and you will also find links to the original report there. So here we have Opdahl stating that somehow “drop ceilings and pipe covers, a communication system, culinary equipment and exterior painting at Norwalk High; auditorium seating at Roton Middle School and drop ceilings in the halls of Columbus Magnet” are newly discovered items needing funding.

Opdahl has got to be the most incompetent COO on the planet. The BOE members were more restrained in their assessment of the situation. From The Hour:

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It seems that the Norwalk Police Department wants to appear like it knows how to handle sex crimes investigations. I have my doubts based on how it handled the Pagano Porn investigation (No interrogation of the alleged perp “Todd”) and the lacksadaisical failure to file its arrests with state prosecutors on the prostitution charges from the “spas”. This skepticism only grows with the sheer lack of detail provided in this James Walker article from The Hour:

NORWALK — The Norwalk Police Department is looking into an allegation of child sexual abuse but is being tight-lipped about the suspect while the investigation continues.

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