I made a mistake and accidentally deleted some comments that were trapped in the the Spam queue. I apologize to the posters who comments did not make it to the live site. There were about 5 comments in all, but I can’t tell you much more than that because I don’t have the opportunity to read them before I hit the delete all button.

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The Norwalk Museum is an asset to the city. It should be operated like on. But with the continued absence of a the city employee designated as the museum curator, the situation clearly has deteriorated to a point where a new strategy needs to be enacted. The new way, is actually the old way or the best practice way, which has been something documented by the American Association of Small Museums. The American Association of Small museum’s web site is a good resource.
It’s time that either the city take seriously the process for creating accredited museums of its properties or concede that responsibility to outside groups that can. But the current system hasn’t worked.

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Rick Green of the Courant is reports that the state attorney is finally realizing how the prosecution of Julie Amero was wrong.

The state of Connecticut spent two years investigating before it won a speedy conviction of Julie Amero - the infamous Norwich porn teacher - this January.

But it was never as tidy as the Norwich Public Schools, the Norwich police, the state of Connecticut and the Norwich Bulletin newspaper made it seem.

In truth, Amero, a clumsy computer novice, was the victim of malicious software that took over the PC in the classroom where she was substituting on Oct. 19, 2004. Since Amero’s arrest, the state has refused to even consider this possibility.

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With all the tempest over House Speaker Jim Amann’s role as fundraiser for his employer and role in the House, it is a surprise that the disclosure of who the employer of each legislator was has been dropped form the comliance forms issued by the state ethics office.

Form the Courant:

State legislators no longer have to disclose where they work in the private sector, removing one of Connecticut’s oldest and most basic safeguards against conflicts of interest.

The disclosure requirement disappeared without fanfare or legislative action, the victim of a legal interpretation by the new Office of State Ethics.

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What else to call the news that the Republican-American obtained but dangerous? According to the Courant:

A contractor on the troubled Interstate 84 widening project in Greater Waterbury has warned that pieces of 70 light poles could be poorly secured and might fall into the roadway, according to newly released documents.

Most of the 18-inch metal arms were secured with defective brackets when they were attached atop of the poles along the project’s 3.5-mile stretch, according to a letter from O & G Industries to the state Department of Transportation.

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