I wold be remiss if I didn’t mention that on September 17, 1787, 39 delegates signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia. Connecticut sent Roger Sherman and William Samuel Johnson as delegates. So Happy 220th birthday U.S. Constitution.

William Samuel Johnson

William Samuel Johnson was the son of Samuel Johnson, the first president of King’s College (later Columbia College and University). William was born at Stratford, CT, in 1727. His father, who was a well-known Anglican clergyman-philosopher, prepared him for college and he graduated from Yale in 1744. About 3 years later he won a master of arts degree from the same institution and an honorary master’s from Harvard.

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The Brien Mcmahon High School Marching band came over to the Roton school to join both the Roton and Ponus bands and perform America the Beautiful opening the Celebration of sound on the High school field.

McMahon band members took the time to coach the little guys and girls, a great spirit of cooperation and mentoring. They all walked to the McMahon from the Roton for the opening.

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Yesterday afternoon a motor cycle accident occurred on Woodward ave. This is area has seen an increase of accidents in recent years. Note also the clogged (with leaves) storm drain.

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Here is a view from Osborne street last Thursday. Two details emerge from this reader contributed photo. One is that the patchwork you see in the foreground is indicative of the entire strip northwards on Osborne. Shameful. The second speaks to the safety of the workers.

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Bureaucrats will be bureaucrats, and when there’s federal money at stake, there will be those clamoring for a study to spend those dollars. That is basically the case with Flyod Lapp of SWRPA. When legislators reconvene this week to do something with the bonding package, the $1.5 million for this congestion pricing study, is on the table. What a waste of money.

State Senator Bob Duff has identified the priority for any transportation legislation, and its too bad that there are some who think studies about congestion pricing make sense given that Connecticut has no viable alternatives for residents to choose from alternative transportation.

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SWRPA, the agency otherwise known as the South Western Regional Planning Agency is putting on a show, forum to discuss:

Imagine a series of tightly knit communities and a mix of residential and commercial development within an easy walking distance or bicycle ride from a transit center. Sounds like we are dreaming? Not really! These Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) exist across the country. Many neighboring states have already successfully promoted these developments, and now Connecticut is starting to advance the TOD concept with proposed legislative initiatives and budgetary support.

The link to the SWRPA official pdf.

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