To say I dig Indian Jones and franchise is an understatement. From the minute I saw the first movie, didn’t care much for the second (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and was thrilled with the third (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), I looked forward to the fourth. That includes the Marvel comic book series, the Dark horse series and the PC games have provided hours of inspiration, and career of sorts. So at long last, after nearly two decades the fourth movie breezes in to movie theaters in time for summer. And I have mixed feelings about it.

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June 11th is being targets as the day the Connecticut legislature will open a special session, officially to extend the conveyance tax and possibly to tackle ethics reform.

Democratic leaders have set June 11 for a special legislative session to extend a real estate conveyance tax that’s worth about $40 million a year to towns and cities.

Speaker of the House James Amann, D-Milford, and Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, told reporters yesterday afternoon that the scope of the one-day session could be broadened to include ethics reform legislation that died when the General Assembly’s regular session ended May 7.

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Is Norwalk a safe or not a safe city? That is the question that some here are asking, which has lead to some rather interesting events these past days. If you are a tow truck driver about to tow a taxi cab, Norwalk might not seem so safe. If you are having dinner at Strada 18 in Norwalk Norwalk might seem very safe. Safety, like art, is one one of those things that rests in the eyes of the beholder. Each person is all so confident that they know it when they see it. Or was that Brandeis on pornography? I digress.

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