As the Herald stated this week, why are we looking at a charter revision now? Is it to further someones political agenda? It takes a super majority to open the issue but only a simple majority to enact changes. Be very careful Tim.
It is good that that the charter is being looked at every so often it is good to look at the document to see if it has kept up with the times progress and upward And by the way when will the north end be finished
If the issue of charter review is opened and a committee is formed the members should be made up in amounts equal to the number of registered voters in town. 15 total members, 8 should be unaffiliated, 4 dem, 3 rep with the chair unaffiliated.
Anon 9:37 - On what do you base your numbers. I have a different view - if you don't vote, then you don't matter. Let's look at voter records when we decide how many R's, how many D's, and how many U's to appoint. And only local elections should count.
I think this town is really starting to go in the right direction Great north end coming turf field earmarks to expand trail or fix pool schools finally getting the funding they have needed This is a wonderful thing
anon 12:23 You think its great "we're looking at the charter" to see if we're keeping up with the times. What if charter revision opens up the "way back machine" as Rocky & Bullwinkle time. Once opened you won't necessarily get what you wanted and chances are you and 99.9 percent of us don't know what the charter says anyway. To be sure, local government's right to tax and spend won't be changing and there is a good chance we (the taxpayer) will have even less to say when and if it is revised.
The Northend isn't started yet...but a new charter and the northend shops could be finished at about the same time...3 years from now.
9:06 You're joking right? Earmarks...a good thing? Why not write a check out to town hall and skip the hoops that justify a congressman's right to life, liberty and the pursuits of your wallet.
Acording to an article in the Cheshire Herald there was a huge inflow to the sewage treatment plant.
Excerpt
"The plant, normally running at 2.5 million gallons per day, saw average flows of more than 5 million gallons per day. From Feb. 13 to Feb. 15, the plant had maximum flows of 7.8 million gallons per day. The plant is allotted for 3.5 million gallons per day."
This is a big environmental problem and it doesn't seem like any real action is being taken. In 3 days of 7.8 million gallons, it looks like Cheshire dumped 23.4million gallons of improperly treated sewage into the Qinnipiac and ultimately into Long Island Sound. Were the sewage volumes over capacity on days after Feb 16?
It seems like our public officials only talk about the problem, but nothing is really being done to mitigate it. The Democrat Town Council majority does nothing, yet they fully support the W/S development. P&Z just keeps approving applications including the W/S mall as if there are no problems. The TM does nothing.
You just can't keep dumping more crap into our rivers and the sound. The nitrogen in improperly treated sewage is a major problem for rivers and creates and extends the dead zones in the sound, but that seems to be O'K.
What's wrong with the Democrats on the town council. They should stop just talking, wake up and address this problem immediately, instead of sweeping it under the rug. And, all major development that would add to the problem should be held in abeyance until the I&I problems are resolved.
By continuing to dump raw sewage into the Quinnipiac, is Cheshire breaking the law?
I'll probably add some commentary this weekend, but not right now.
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ReplyDeleteTim, you must mean agenda for 2-26.
ReplyDeleteFox post is SPAM
ReplyDeleteyes, it s/b 2/26. Thanks for catching that.
ReplyDeleteAs the Herald stated this week, why are we looking at a charter revision now? Is it to further someones political agenda? It takes a super majority to open the issue but only a simple majority to enact changes. Be very careful Tim.
ReplyDeleteIt is good that that the charter is being looked at
ReplyDeleteevery so often it is good to look at the document to see if it has kept up with the times
progress and upward
And by the way when will the north end be finished
Tuesday's meeting will not include a vote to "open the charter." It is to refer to the Ordinance Review Committee.
ReplyDeletesee membership here:
(Esty, Ecke, Slocum)
How come at the last meeting when Mr. Ruocco asked why the charter needed to be revised no one from the majority gave him a straight answer?
ReplyDeleteIf the issue of charter review is opened and a committee is formed the members should be made up in amounts equal to the number of registered voters in town. 15 total members, 8 should be unaffiliated, 4 dem, 3 rep with the chair unaffiliated.
ReplyDeleteAnon 9:37 - On what do you base your numbers. I have a different view - if you don't vote, then you don't matter. Let's look at voter records when we decide how many R's, how many D's, and how many U's to appoint. And only local elections should count.
ReplyDeleteI think this town is really starting to go in the right direction
ReplyDeleteGreat north end coming
turf field
earmarks to expand trail or fix pool
schools finally getting the funding they have needed
This is a wonderful thing
anon 12:23
ReplyDeleteYou think its great "we're looking at the charter" to see if we're keeping up with the times. What if charter revision opens up the "way back machine" as Rocky & Bullwinkle time. Once opened you won't necessarily get what you wanted and chances are you and 99.9 percent of us don't know what the charter says anyway. To be sure, local government's right to tax and spend won't be changing and there is a good chance we (the taxpayer) will have even less to say when and if it is revised.
The Northend isn't started yet...but a new charter and the northend shops could be finished at about the same time...3 years from now.
Anon 9:06 Are you on "DREAM STREET" ?
ReplyDelete9:06
ReplyDeleteYou're joking right? Earmarks...a good thing? Why not write a check out to town hall and skip the hoops that justify a congressman's right to life, liberty and the pursuits of your wallet.
The $%#&^ hits the sewage
ReplyDeletetreatment plant.
Acording to an article in the Cheshire Herald there was a huge inflow to the sewage treatment plant.
Excerpt
"The plant, normally running at 2.5 million gallons per day, saw average flows of more than 5 million gallons per day. From Feb. 13 to Feb. 15, the plant had maximum flows of 7.8 million gallons per day. The plant is allotted for 3.5 million gallons per day."
This is a big environmental problem and it doesn't seem like any real action is being taken. In 3 days of 7.8 million gallons, it looks like Cheshire dumped 23.4million gallons of improperly treated sewage into the Qinnipiac and ultimately into Long Island Sound. Were the sewage volumes over capacity on days after Feb 16?
It seems like our public officials only talk about the problem, but nothing is really being done to mitigate it. The Democrat Town Council majority does nothing, yet they fully support the W/S development. P&Z just keeps approving applications including the W/S mall as if there are no problems. The TM does nothing.
You just can't keep dumping more crap into our rivers and the sound. The nitrogen in improperly treated sewage is a major problem for rivers and creates and extends the dead zones in the sound, but that seems to be O'K.
What's wrong with the Democrats on the town council. They should stop just talking, wake up and address this problem immediately, instead of sweeping it under the rug. And, all major development that would add to the problem should be held in abeyance until the I&I problems are resolved.
By continuing to dump raw sewage into the Quinnipiac, is Cheshire breaking the law?
Click for Sewage Plant article
9:06 is either on the town council or a member of the sepecial interest.