A chart, ye gads, now I have something to rant about! And let’s start with this 1 through 6 listing of the 10 largest cities in Connecticut.
10 largest cities (2005 est.):
1. Bridgeport, 139,008
2. New Haven, 124,791
3. Hartford, 124,397
4. Stamford, 120,045
5. Waterbury, 107,902
6. Norwalk, 84,437
7. Danbury, 78,736
8. New Britain, 71,254
9. Bristol, 61,353
10. Meriden, 59,653
And now let’s look at the same list but by proposed 2009 “do nothing” budget spending from Hartford.
Tags: In the News
Fresh from the fields of finance, the operating budget. Overall a B+. The members of the BET, Common Council and BOE deserve some kudos for keeping the budget within the umbrella of inflation. That’s been no easy feat considering revenues these days are somewhat precarious. So the Hour identifies the following:
Look for several more police officers and firefighters, but otherwise restrained spending in the $273.7-million operating budget headed toward adoption by the Board of Estimate and Taxation.
On May 5, the Board of Estimate is set to adopt the city’s 2008-09 operating budget.
Tags: Norwalk
Tonight the ordinance committee will consider adopting some sort of path to getting the BOE to meet on a regular basis. This was the idea behind the movement last year, which resulted in … no meetings. Mostly due to Corda being unavailable. Alexandra Fenwick reports:
A Common Council committee tonight will consider whether to create a joint panel with the school board to improve communication.
Better cooperation is a perennial topic that tends to come up at the end of budget season.
Last night I attended the Republican open meeting. It was well attended by a mix of the old, ruh-roh some may take offense to that, and the new. The new people were the focus of course, since registration in the Republican party has been declining in Norwalk for a number of years. It’s not much help that the national field of Republican flavor is so inexcusable. But like Christine Todd Whitman has said, it’s my party too.
Tags: Norwalk
But wait there’s news out there. But a tight schedule reduces me to provide this hillarious youtube clip instead:
More news later, and stay off the crime.
Tags: Art · current affairs
From a press release:
The Norwalk Historical Society is pleased to announce a Militia Muster Weekend on Saturday, May 3 from 10 – 4 and Sunday, May 4 from 12 – 4. Featuring the recreated 5th Connecticut Regiment, this event is for the entire family and will be held at Mill Hill Historic Park, 2 East Wall Street (at the corner of East Avenue). There is no admission fee, but donations will be gratefully accepted.
Not much else in the news today, so today’s musical guest is Garbage, and today’s video clip from youtube. The comments as always are yours for the commenting, unless its about crime. Today I will delete any reference to crime in this thread.
Tags: current affairs
The Republicans in Wilton have announced that Susan Bruschi plans to run for the open state rep seat in the 143rd. Norwalk apparently an afterthought, especially reading this:
Blocking the controversial Super 7 highway that would extend the Route 7 connector to Danbury and improving service on Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch are among Bruschi’s top priorities, she sad, as are keeping taxes and government spending to a minimum.
What’s not to love about setting a ballet to the Pixies’ Where is my mind?
Tags: Art
The Rogers-Ritch-Merritt-Incerto-House-in-a-trailer project now has some financial details thanks to mull over thanks to a Robert Koch article.
A recommendation by the Norwalk Historical Commission last week to close out the city’s Rogers-Ritch-Merritt House project account has left private donors wondering what will become of money they contributed toward reassembling the historic structure at Mill Hill Historic Park.
“We donated $10,000 with the stipulation that the money would be used only for the reconstruction of that home. We made it very clear our $10,000 should come back to us,” said Joseph T. Robidoux, president of The Friends of the Norwalk Museums, Inc. “We’re disappointed that the city is not going to follow through with the commitment to reconstruct the house. (Now) we’re waiting for them to return (our donation) to us with interest.”
