While things have seemingly been quiet over in BOE land, a storm has been a brewing. Faced with many vacancies at the administrative level, in addition to the many educational ones, the BOE has got some concerns:
Board member Shirley Mosby said at a meeting Tuesday night it isn’t appropriate for Corda to sit in on the interviews for candidates, which are conducted by committees of parents, teachers and administrators. Committee members may not feel comfortable asking certain questions if he is there, she said.
I think all Norwalk candidates should use Mill Hill as their campaign launching spot, and then be required to answer an jeopardy-style questions on Norwalk history. It would make these events slightly more entertaining. But alas, the first part was true, Chris Perone held his announcement event at Mill Hill, but no game show was introduced. Instead Chris offered up a short history of some of the legislation he’s been busy working on the past two years. the highlight, at least for me, was the fight against insurance companies who desired to require people who lived in homes 3/4 of a mile from the sound to either install storm shutters, or pay a special premium.
Another bike rack has been installed at a train station, this time at the Westbound East Norwalk platform parking lot. As with most simple things involving public/governmental property it took the efforts of a dedicated biker, Steve Rappaport, the Norwalk Parking Authority, the CT DOT, DPW, Mayor Moccia, State Senator Bob Duff and State Rep Chris Perone. I hear a seal from the Maritime Aquarium may have been involved, but it may only be a rumor.
NHS hosts Memorial Day Open House, Monday, May 26, 2008
The public is invited to the Norwalk Historical Society’s Open House at the Town House Museum on Mill Hill, 2 East Wall Street, on Monday May 26, 10:00 am to 12 noon, immediately following Norwalk’s Memorial Day Parade. NHS Advisory Board Member Madeleine Eckert will present a PowerPoint lecture entitled “Nor Let Their Glory Be Forgot: The Origins of Memorial Day.” There will also be a slide show of vintage Memorial Day postcards. Light refreshments will be served.
Just what exactly are the Norwalk Democrats up to these days? For some reason, Bobby Burgess and State Rep Bruce Morris have decided to insert themselves into the process of traffic management at the SoNo train station by holding a meeting that somehow excludes all those actual commuters who use taxis. Anyone from the corporate office buildings at this meeting? No. Because why would we deal with the facts of the issue, when we can instead make this a political flunkie fest. Think I kid? 1/4 of the attendees were Democratic flunkies of some flavor. The attendees, according to the Hour:
A rumor circulating town recently was that the Norwalk Museum could not be used for the annual gathering of Friends of the Norwalk Museum. According to an email from Historic Commission Chairman David Parks, this is not true.
“They should plan in advance by asking the Historical Commission for approval at our monthly meeting. There is no change in this policy from prior years. Whether it was the Curator or the Friends, approval was needed for items such as meetings, exhibits, fundraisers, art shows, etc.”
Over the weekend the Courant reported on the state of affairs concerning constitutional officers and their driving habits. The gist of the report concerned how many miles were put on the official state vehicles supplied. The official state vehicle is the Ford Crown Victoria, a car, that symbolizes imho, all that’s wrong with American car manufacturers. Boxy and with a ride like a deep sea fishing pleasure trawler bouncing over potholes, the Crown Victoria achieves, at best, with its underpowerd V8, 12/17 MPG city/hwy, according to the auto sites, for the 2004 model year and it increases to the 17/25 MPG city/hwy by the 2007 model year.
This was going to be a post about Memorial day, flags and history, but somehow deep thoughts with Jack Handey intruded and I spent part of my day to day thinking about the globe. That is, I read 5 issues of Businessweek, which had been stacked unread because of other things rising to a priority level. And so, now I’ve pieced together the latest global warning story and the picture isn’t too pretty.
