The Courant dove into the bridge inspection story and provides a handy chart detailing the bridges that are rated poor or are at or below the rating of the Minnesota bridge that collapsed.

The Courant reveals that the bridge on route 123 over the Norwalk River received a 2006 inspection ratings on at least three structural areas at or below the rating of the Minnesota bridge. That bridge, according to the chart was built in 1860.

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Anyone who works with a budget knows that there comes a point where lists get made with “must have”, “need to have” and “like to have.” I wonder if anything other than cuts to teachers ever makes the school spending lists. Today’s Advocate reports:

Last week, the Common Council approved Valenzisi’s request for $85,385 to purchase 14 of the 77-inch Smart Boards, plus interactive software, a multimedia projector, small speaker sytems and DVD player packages for each. The purchase was part of the district’s $875,000 capital budget.

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