The Republican caucus in the 32nd Senatorial District reconvened last night to nominate its choice to replace Woodbury’s Lou DeLuca in January’s special election. Watertown Councilman Rob Kane defeated Southbury State Rep Arthur O’Neill, the official State Republican blog reports, by a vote of 34 to 30.
This leaves the Democrats to nominate their choice when they caucus on Monday. Two candidates have declared their intentions, retired State Department diplomat John T. McCarthy of Woodbury, and Democratic State Central Committeeman Ken Curran of Bethlehem.
Last night the BOE held a meeting. Today’s Hour reveals the highlight of that meeting. We could read through that, and we will, but then there’s a musical tribute that Dr. Sal Corda is saying that we maybe should be paying attention to:
Ahem, the Hour reports:
On Monday night, Corda laid out to the school board the 2008-09 operating budget adoption schedule. With the board’s permission, he intends to open the Dec. 18 board meeting at 6:45 p.m. — an hour early — to allow public input on the budget “whether it is relevant to process, ideas, etc.”
Once convicted to a death sentence, a convict has the right to appeal. But the ability to introduce DNA evidence has been somewhat of an obstacle. Larry Cafero-R, House Minority Leader, proposed a bill that would skip the multiple part hearing to establish whether DNA evidence could be introduced on appeals. State Senator Andrew McDonald-D and State Rep Mike Lawler-D are concerned that this would unfairly speed up executions.
The current law requires appellate court hearings in which convicts must prove the evidence would alter a previous verdict, was not previously tested, is still available for testing and isn’t simply a ruse to delay execution.
Oyster Shell Park might be able to qualify for grant money to transform into one of the first LEED certified parks in the country. That would be a cool thing for Norwalk. I like walking through the park, although in the late summer you almost need a machete to hack through the plants taking over the pathways. From Tim Stelloh’s Advocate article:
New rules for “green” parks could transform Oyster Shell - a former city dump on the Norwalk River - into one of the first LEED-certified parks in the country, said Susan Sweitzer, a senior project manager with the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency.
