‘Twas the night before the election, when all through Norwalk

Not a creature was stirring, not even a Ewok;

The ballots were hung by the optical scanner with care,

In hopes that Norwalk Voters soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of no school dancing in their heads;

And candidates in their houses, and I at my keyboards,

Had just settled down for a long night of blog words,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

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The Courant is reporting that CL & P is asking state regulators to change the rules that say that executive bonuses should be paid out of earnings to executive bonuses should be paid by rate payers. Millions of dollars of bonuses.

In the past, shareholders - not electricity customers - have paid for the often six-figure incentive plans for top officers of both Northeast Utilities and its CL&P subsidiary, including NU’s president and CEO, Charles Shivery, and CL&P President Raymond Necci.

Money from electric rates traditionally has covered only the salaries of company officers. Money for bonuses typically has come from company earnings.

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If you know what district you are in, and why would you, here’s the addresses below. I you need to find out what district or polling station you need to go the Norwalk City Web Site where you type in your street name and it gives you your polling station:

Where to vote in Norwalk link.

A1 — Tracey School, Camp Street

A2 — St. Mary’s Community Hall, 669 West Ave.

A3 — Kendall School, 57 Fillow St.

A4 — Nathan Hale (back gym), 76 Strawberry Hill Ave.

B1 — Columbus School, 46 Concord St.

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The Hour repots:

Democratic mayoral challenger Walter Briggs on Saturday denounced Mayor Richard A. Moccia’s recent veto of the 180-day demolition delay ordinance, saying that if elected, he would only enact a veto under extreme circumstances.

“It would have to be so onerous that we’d be sending someone to the electric chair,” Briggs said, “or something unconstitutional.”

Briggs criticized Moccia’s veto as secretive. “The fact that this veto was done in secret, rather than being announced on the floor of the council, shows that (Moccia) hoped it would go unnoticed,” said Briggs. “(Moccia has) tried to paint himself as a bipartisan politician — but this pocket veto shows that he doesn’t just lack vision, but that he’s the kind of secret-agenda Republican that Americans have come to know so well since 2001.”

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