The Courant wrote about the bills that passed those that didn’t this session. What the Courant didn’t do was put it in context of what the legislature should have be doing. First, the budget deficit that Hartford is finally acknowledging isn’t news, all along Connecticut operates in a fantasy world of budgeting, where revenue is counted even though it hasn’t yet been received, and accordingly is spent as if it exists. This inappropriate accounting mess hasn’t been fixed in years, despite Comptroller Nancy Wyman pushing the issue, also for years. All our honorable representatives in Hartford has to do was adopt GAAP, an accounting standard that each municipality must adhere to. But no, silly issues like smoking in cars took up time.

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For those familar with the American Girl franchise, two Norwalkers are bringing history to life with a full scale mutlimedia history edutainment project. From the Advocate:

Bringing history to life for children is what the film’s producers hope to do. The film is only one aspect of a larger project they designed to create new ways of teaching history and civics to middle school students.

Funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Young American Heroes project will include an interactive Web site and a graphic novel.

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The Republican plan to challenge Bob Duff is simple, run on the issues that are impacting Norwalk the most. Thus, from the Hour:

Papadakos said more can be done to improve education and bring state aid to Norwalk. If elected, he said he will focus on crime, education, taxes and “fighting for more dollars for Norwalk from the state.”

The 25th District covers Norwalk and part of Darien.

Duff, a former state representative, has represented the district in the General Assembly since 2004. He defeated Republican Jeffrey M. Konspore for the seat in 2004 and Republican Fred Wilms for the seat in the 2006 election.

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The Hour has a story on the pace of development in Norwalk. Fast, slow or indifferent, I bet you all have comments. A snip:

When speaking about major redevelopment projects in Norwalk, Mayor Richard A. Moccia often jokes that he hopes to see shovels in the ground before he’s in the ground.

Although meant tongue-in-cheek, Moccia’s assessment of the redevelopment timeline in Norwalk rings true for many mortals who have followed urban renewal projects from their inception as conceptual plans crafted by the city, through selection of private developers, to board and agency review, site-plan approval and finally, construction.

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