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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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The Hour editorial today scolds the Common Council for stalling on the 4 year Mayoral term start up a charter revision committee. Naturally, they chide council members for asking for more information. What the Hour should be chiding the common council for is not doing their homework in the first place. Committee meetings should be where this council should be hammering out the details of what they intend to vote on. So what committee meeting is discussing a charter revision?

The Hour further states:

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I had hoped that the Parking Authority PR push would lead with a positive info rich piece on changes to the parking lots, improvements made, where they are located with the eye on the neighboring towns who visit here. Instead we get the boot. I suppose its a good thing that the parking pirates get nailed if they don’t pay up. But, the zealous enforcement of tickets in the first place is something I could use less of.

The Parking Authority needs to increase use of the parking lots as a revenue generator. How about merchant parking passes and advertising?

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It’s really been a slow news series of days. Sure there’s some weird news of Norwalk items, like former Mayor Alex Knopp getting a job after 3 years. Is the economy really that bad that this makes a news report? I can’t wait to read how former dog catcher buys a cat next. Then there’s the hat being tossed into the ring of registrar, with BET member Stuart Wells wanting to clean up the registrars office. Wonder if he means to revisit his role in the Pagano porn incident? I’m sure that will make the race between Betty Bondi and Stuart Wells oh-so interesting. With both incumbent registrars looking at challenges, the election season is shaping up to be a veritable mud bowl. Remember bud bowls? Ahem, I digress.

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The Peoples Republic of Rowayton is located in beautiful South Norwalk. Shouldn’t all of Norwalk have a municipal pool? See NYC as a leading example.

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The historical commission Meeting last night was relatively mundane until it came to the subject of what to do about the Rogers Rich Merrit House. To refresh our collective memories, this is the house that was disassembled, stored in trailers, and initiated a project to rebuild it at Mill Hill. Unlike your typical episode of the Six Million Dollar Man, where they rebuilt Steve Austin for 6 million,–a bargain at today’s prices– better, stronger, faster, the house was intended to be part original part reproduction. Er, back to the show.

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