Follow up from public hearing regarding the Title V permit for Covanta

On December 11 there was a public hearing about the Title V permit for Covanta.

The meeting was recorded and is playing on WPAA but it is also on demand at WPAA. Please go to the link and go to video on demand which is located on top of the screen. The video is on page two. http://www.wpaa.tv/#

The full video is a little over two hours so some of the important issues discussed were:

1.The entire plant is NOT tested every year but on a rotational basis so each stack is tested once every three years.

2. Positive burn and fires which happen are fires where the emissions leave the plant before they are scrubbed so unknown pollutants are affecting the area.

3. There have been no water tests of Dioxin in approximately twenty years. This means our public drinking water and waterways such as Wharton Brook State Park which people fish and swim in have not been tested for Dioxins.

There is a public comment period until December 30 2013.
I would hope that you would watch the video and share your concerns with EPA and DEEP. Lakiesha Christopher (Connecticut DEEP) is the contact below is her e-mail address.

Lakiesha.Christopher@ct.gov

DEEP Best Management Practices for Disposal of Snow Accumulations from Roadways and Parking Lots

A letter has been sent to Henry McCully and Mayor Dickinson’s Office regarding snow removal over all in town and the use of the Garden Road property – you can follow this link to read it.

Below are the available DEEP Best Management Practices for Disposal of Snow Accumulations from Roadways and Parking Lots.

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Best Management Practices for Disposal of Snow Accumulations from Roadways and Parking Lots

Purpose: These guidelines have been developed to clarify DEEP recommendations to state and municipal officials, and others regarding the removal and disposal of snow accumulations from roadways and parking lots. For purposes of this guidance snow accumulations refers to snow banks and snowpiles that are removed by front-end loader or by loading on trucks for disposal. This guidance does not apply to normal snow plowing operations that must, inevitably, discharge some snow into wetlands and watercourses.

Implementation: While following these guidelines does not constitute a permit or authorization, the Department recognizes there is a considerable need for flexibility in implementation of this policy, particularly in emergency situations. There is no intent to interfere with snow plowing operations. Where trucking and snow dumping operations are undertaken the Department recommends these guidelines be followed.

Problem: Current road maintenance activities include removal of snow accumulations from bridges, roads and parking areas for the purpose of providing more space for subsequent snow storms and for ease of travel and parking. Sometimes this snow is moved by truck or with a front-end loader and deposited directly into surface waters of the state including streams, wetlands and Long Island Sound. This practice is not recommended due to the presence of dirt, salt, litter and other debris, which are routinely mixed in the accumulated snow.

Under normal conditions of snowmelt, the majority of these contaminants remains on or next to the paved surface or may be captured in stormwater catch basins. These contaminants can then be swept from streets and bridges or vacuumed from catch basin sumps. However, when accumulated snow is collected and dumped into surface waters, this mixture of snow, sand and debris may smother aquatic life in the bottom of streams and rivers and degrade the aesthetics of the surface water with silt plumes and litter. Large quantities of snow (and the sand and debris) may also cause blockage of storm drainage systems, resulting in increased chance for localized flooding.

Recommended Management Practice: Snow accumulations removed from roadways, bridges, and parking lots should be placed in upland areas only, where sand and other debris will remain after snowmelt for later removal. Care must be exercised not to deposit snow in the following areas:

• freshwater or tidal wetlands or in areas immediately adjacent to such areas where sand and debris may be flushed during rainstorms;
• on top of storm drain catch basins;
• in storm drainage swales;
• on stream or river banks which slope toward the water, where sand and debris can get into the watercourse; and
• in areas immediately adjacent (within at least 100 feet) of private or public drinking water well supplies (due to the possible presence of road salt).

For Governmental Entities: In normal winter conditions, governmental entities should follow the recommended management practices outlined above. In extraordinary winter conditions, the commissioner may, upon public notification, offer governmental entities the flexibility of limited in-water disposal. When such flexibility is offered, governmental entities who have determined that extraordinary circumstances exist where all upland, land-based disposal options have been fully exhausted (i.e., disposal capacity is not available) and snow needs to be removed to meet public safety demands (i.e., clear access ways for police, emergency medical and fire responders), may use certain waterways for snow disposal in accordance with the following conditions:

• Upland storage and disposal of snow (i.e., athletic fields, parks and other flat, open-field sites) and other snow management methods (i.e., snow melting equipment) must be the first alternatives explored and exhausted. Environmentally sensitive areas must be avoided;
• This guidance applies only to snow and ice which is not visibly contaminated with material other than salt and sand from road clearing activities;
• For coastal communities, preference should be given to snow disposal in salt water where available;
• Disposal in rivers or streams must be limited to those water bodies that have adequate flow and mixing and are not prone to ice jams;
• The disposal must occur only in open water in areas that will not interfere with navigation;
• Disposal must be conducted in a manner so as to prevent ice dam formation or damage to bridges, docks or other structures;
• Disposal in ponds and lakes is discouraged;
• There shall be no disposal in coastal or freshwater wetlands, eelgrass beds, vegetated shallows, vernal pools, shellfish beds mudflats, public water supply reservoirs and their tributaries, or others areas designated as being environmentally sensitive;
• The activity must comply with local laws and requirements;
• Precautions must be taken to avoid shoreline or stream bank damage or erosion from truck/equipment activity; and
• Governmental entities must notify the Department by email (address email to kevin.sowa@ct.gov) prior to disposing of snow and ice in waterways or, if advance notification is not possible, then the Department must be contacted as soon as possible after snow disposal has begun.

Notification: Notification can be made by addressing an email to Kevin Sowa at: kevin.sowa@ct.gov. The notification must include the following: (1) the name of the governmental entity making the notification; (2) contact information for the governmental entity including name, email address and phone number; (3) the street address where the snow disposal activity will occur; (4) the name of the waterbody where the snow will be disposed; (5) the estimated quantity of snow to be disposed; (6) the dates during which the disposal activity will occur; and (7) a statement that the governmental entity has exhausted all disposal alternatives and snow management methods and will make best efforts to adhere to these snow disposal guidelines.

Information: For further information please call the Water Permitting and Enforcement Division Engineer of the Day at 860-424-3018.

DEP-PED-GUID-002 Revised 02/04/11

Notice of Public Hearing - Applicant: Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P.

Notice of Public Hearing

Applicant: Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P.
Application No. 201207877
City/Town: Wallingford, CT

The Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ("DEEP") hereby gives notice of an informational hearing to take public comments concerning the draft Title V permit for Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P and shall be held on December 11, 2013 as more thoroughly described herein.

Application No.:	201207877
Applicant's Name and Address:	Covanta Projects of Wallingford, L.P. 530 South Cherry Street, Wallingford, CT
Contact Name/Phone/Email:	Mr. Matthew Venturi, 860-589-6470, MVenturi@CovantaEnergy.com,
Type of Permit/Activity:	Informational public hearing to take public comments concerning the draft Title V permit
Relevant statute(s)/Regulation:	RCSA sections 22a-174-22a(c) and 22a-174-33
Type of Facility:	Resource Recovery

NOTICE OF HEARING

DEEP will hold an informational public hearing on this application on December 11, 2013 at 6:30pm at the Wallingford Council Chambers, Town Hall, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT. The hearing will consist of informational presentations by the parties and the collection of public comment on the record.

The informational hearing will be moderated and recorded by a DEEP hearing officer and will proceed in the following order: presentations from the panel, including the applicant, DEEP, and petitioners; a 15-minute break for informal questions and answers between members of the public and the panel which will not be recorded nor be part of the hearing record; and then the continuation of the informational hearing to receive oral and written comments from members of the public. Comments will be heard in the order in which members of the public sign up at the informational hearing.

Written comments will be accepted at the informational hearing and until the close of business on December 20, 2013, when the hearing record will close. All written comments submitted after December 11, 2013 shall be submitted to the Engineering & Enforcement Division of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 5th Floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106.

Once the hearing record is closed, DEEP staff will prepare a response to comments document and DEEP’s recommendation, along with a proposed Title V permit, will be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 1 for consideration and the issuance of a determination.

Members of the public should refer to the DEEP Calendar of Events at www.ct.gov/deep/calendar for the official schedule in this matter, including cancellations, or other schedule alterations.

The Title V permit application and draft permit may be examined at the DEEP Public file room, at the address mentioned above. Interested persons who wish to obtain more information regarding the application and draft permit may do so by contacting Lakiesha Christopher of the Engineering and Enforcement Division by mail at the address above, by electronic mail to lakiesha.christopher@ct.gov, or by calling (860) 424-4152.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request an accommodation contact us at (860) 418-5910 or deep.accommodations@ct.gov.

Published in The Record-Journal on November 8, 2013

Draft Permit (PDF)
Draft Technical Support Document (PDF)

Wallingford Democratic Town Committee Meeting

Wallingford Democratic Town Committee Meeting

Wednesday, November 20,  2013

Time: 7:00PM  350 Center Street Wallingford, CT

Meeting Agenda

1)    Pledge of Allegiance
2)    Roll call
3)    Minutes
4)    Treasurers Report
5)    Chairman’s comments
       Discussion of election results
       The terms of three constables and a planning and zoning commissioner will expire
       on 1/7/14 and 1/8/14 respectively.
6)    Committee Reports
7)    Adjournment

Those interested in the above seats should contact Chairman Avallone via letter or e-mail and interviews will be held prior to the December 18th DTC meeting.

Those interviewed will have an opportunity to address the DTC at the Dec. 18th meeting and elections, if necessary, will be held at the Jan.15, 2014 DTC meeting.

The term of a constable is two years and the planning and zoning term is five years. William Nolan, Joe DaCunto and Tim Wall are the current constables while Jim Fitzsimmons is the P&Z commissioner.

VIDEO – Wallingford Town Council Meeting October 22, 2013

PART ONE

PART TWO

DEEP Notice of violation document issued November 7, 2013

Click on the image below to access the entire Notice of Violation

Secretary Merrill Releases Turnout Figures from 2013 Municipal Elections

Denise Merrill

Secretary of the State

Connecticut

For Immediate Release:

November 13, 2013  

- News Release -

Secretary Merrill Releases Turnout Figures from 2013 Municipal Elections

Statewide Voter Turnout Figure 31.43%; Bridgewater Reported Highest Turnout at 77.39%, Hartford Lowest at 5.21%

Hartford: Secretary of the State Denise Merrill today released voter turnout numbers from the 2013 Municipal Elections which showed that overall, the statewide voter turnout among registered voters in Connecticut was 31.43%.  The town with the highest voter turnout for the municipal offices was Bridgewater, where 77.39% of registered voters cast ballots.  The municipality with the lowest voter turnout was Hartford, where only 5.21% of registered voters cast ballots.  A complete listing of turnout among towns that held elections on November 5, 2013 follows at the end of this news release. 

“Municipal elections usually have lower turnout figures than state or Presidential elections, even though the impact of the decisions made by those elected to local government is huge in the community,” said Secretary Merrill, Connecticut’s chief elections official.  “Many races were decided by just a handful of votes, and we had a number of recounts as a result, which shows once again how important it is to do your civic duty and cast a ballot.  I also want to praise our local election officials for accommodating all of the new voters in Connecticut who used their new right to register and vote on Election Day.  From everything we are hearing Election Day registration went very smoothly in 2013, and we look forward to even more voters being welcomed into the democratic process next year.”

The following reflects numbers reported to the Secretary of the State’s Office.  The column labeled (AB) represents the number of Absentee Ballots counted on Election Day.  The column labeled (EDR) represents the number of Election Day Registration ballots counted.

 

Wallingford

25256

11163

44.20%

TOWN	Total Names on Registry List	Total Names Checked as Voting	Turnout Percentage	AB	EDR
Bridgewater	1331	1030	77.39%
Warren	1003	573	57.13%	21	11
Sharon	1740	983	56.49%	116
Cornwall	985	532	54.01%
Sprague	1732	922	53.23%		12
New Hartford	4573	2311	50.54%		30
East Haven	15176	7658	50.46%
Hampton	1193	596	49.96%
Harwinton	4059	2015	49.64%
Sherman	2600	1275	49.04%	126	9
Orange	10330	5014	48.54%	241	40
Wolcott	11233	5429	48.33%	254	35
Goshen	2172	1048	48.25%
Beacon Falls	3858	1861	48.24%
Killingworth	4266	2054	48.15%
Middlefield	3213	1545	48.09%		5
Derby	6555	3090	47.14%		11
Westport	16994	7961	46.85%		34
Morris	1697	786	46.32%		4
Prospect	6220	2872	46.17%
Bozrah	1709	786	45.99%		7
Woodbury	6770	3098	45.76%
Bolton	3336	1523	45.65%		5
Easton	5176	2351	45.42%
Cheshire	18706	8375	44.77%	367
Stafford	7543	3374	44.73%	169	20
Pomfret	2520	1123	44.56%		4
Roxbury	1695	750	44.25%
Wallingford	25256	11163	44.20%		43
Bethlehem	2782	1228	44.14%		6
West Haven	29147	12813	43.96%
Haddam	5860	2565	43.77%		9
Brookfield	9769	4274	43.75%	185	15
Ansonia	9790	4246	43.37%
Canterbury	3376	1451	42.98%
Clinton	9213	3937	42.73%
Branford	18140	7701	42.45%		23
Westbrook	4201	1779	42.35%	72	8
North Stonington	3778	1584	41.93%
Thomaston	4818	2008	41.68%	67	9
Salisbury	2940	1197	40.71%		15
Trumbull	24401	9852	40.38%
Guilford	14804	5949	40.19%		25
Monroe	11778	4716	40.04%		15
East Granby	3477	1384	39.80%
Simsbury	16096	6403	39.78%
Granby	7106	2805	39.47%		8
Stonington	12459	4916	39.46%
Washington	2403	948	39.45%	50	4
Chaplin	1355	525	38.75%		2
Redding	6987	2694	38.56%
New Britain	25211	9568	37.95%		164
Norwalk	44407	16781	37.79%		81
East Hampton	8426	3181	37.75%	95	20
Bethel	24181	9124	37.73%	156
Sterling	2150	811	37.72%
Oxford	8552	3225	37.71%		10
Greenwich	32152	11934	37.12%		40
Suffield	8390	3110	37.07%		15
Winchester	6837	2521	36.87%	76	16
Southbury	13773	5078	36.87%
Salem	2773	1022	36.86%
Shelton	23821	8686	36.46%
Essex	4620	1675	36.26%
Lebanon	4666	1689	36.20%	46	6
Windsor Locks	7387	2666	36.09%
Lisbon	2608	938	35.97%		5
Milford	33275	11927	35.84%
Somers	6384	2273	35.60%	72	11
Stamford	60604	21441	35.38%		61
Rocky Hill	11563	4030	34.85%
Hamden	33475	11649	34.80%
Newington	17329	6030	34.80%		24
Putnam	5159	1785	34.60%
Torrington	18985	6531	34.40%		30
Canaan	759	260	34.26%	8	3
Plymouth	7494	2567	34.25%
Avon	11939	4089	34.25%		22
Thompson	5321	1817	34.15%		8
Columbia	3562	1216	34.14%
Colchester	10105	3448	34.12%		10
Southington	25824	8749	33.88%		41
Willington	3574	1192	33.35%		5
Franklin	1212	404	33.33%
Bristol	33255	11021	33.14%
Middletown	22053	7303	33.12%
Stratford	31877	10556	33.11%		40
Danbury	34286	11304	32.97%		36
Vernon	15746	5149	32.70%
Cromwell	9304	3042	32.70%		21
Berlin	12891	4214	32.69%
New Fairfield	9569	3090	32.29%
Tolland	9409	3037	32.28%	62	5
South Windsor	15780	5091	32.26%
North Haven	15342	4918	32.06%		10
Weston	6674	2134	31.97%	112	22
Madison	13347	4262	31.93%
Griswold	6676	2123	31.80%
Burlington	6117	1941	31.73%		5
Deep River	3143	994	31.63%	36	4
North Branford	8925	2781	31.16%
Brooklyn	4754	1464	30.80%
Kent	1935	584	30.18%	27
Farmington	17246	5204	30.18%		22
Darien	12249	3659	29.87%
East Haddam	5767	1722	29.86%	48	5
Wethersfield	17282	5155	29.83%		12
Seymour	9518	2825	29.68%
Enfield	21698	6426	29.62%
Watertown	14434	4272	29.60%		37
Eastford	1176	347	29.51%
Fairfield	36839	10775	29.25%
New Haven	72278	21120	29.22%		202
Marlborough	4159	1204	28.95%		3
East Lyme	12047	3457	28.70%
Barkhamsted	2646	747	28.23%
Naugatuck	17507	4903	28.01%		35
Preston	3239	907	28.00%
Montville	9792	2723	27.81%
West Hartford	38826	10727	27.63%
Manchester	28876	7889	27.32%
Coventry	7620	2069	27.15%
Windsor	20264	5490	27.09%	268	20
Portland	5932	1593	26.85%
Meriden	29416	7887	26.81%
Groton	19082	5106	26.76%
Mansfield	11269	3010	26.71%
New Canaan	13132	3481	26.51%
Plainville	10599	2795	26.37%
Norfolk	1131	297	26.26%	15
Old Lyme	6068	1591	26.22%		4
Newtown	17346	4438	25.59%
Ellington	9594	2415	25.17%
East Windsor	3827	959	25.06%	14	2
Litchfield	6405	1567	24.47%		2
Ledyard	9006	2199	24.42%		12
Old Saybrook	7448	1818	24.41%		5
Bloomfield	12772	3094	24.22%
Windham	10981	2653	24.16%
Glastonbury	21803	5266	24.15%
Ridgefield	16681	4020	24.10%		11
Ashford	2808	671	23.90%
Durham	5074	1187	23.39%	46	3
New Milford	18370	4290	23.35%	61
Norwich	19796	4573	23.10%		23
Waterbury	56470	12732	22.55%		39
North Canaan	1968	440	22.36%	15	5
Hartland	1534	339	22.10%		1
Middlebury	5195	1124	21.64%		3
Hebron	6426	1388	21.60%	30
Waterford	12810	2712	21.17%		9
New London	14245	2986	20.96%
Voluntown	1643	320	19.48%
Canton	6973	1349	19.35%	42	3
Colebrook	1079	206	19.09%
Woodstock	4983	927	18.60%
East Hartford	26920	4894	18.18%
Killingly	9222	1636	17.74%
Lyme	1782	276	15.49%		1
Scotland	1107	171	15.45%
Chester	2444	346	14.16%		1
Plainfield	8652	1070	12.37%
Bridgeport	70322	8161	11.61%
Wilton	11463	1320	11.52%		6
Hartford	47031	2449	5.21%
Total Statewide Turnout	2020194	634875	31.43%

Wallingford Voter registration / special registration session

WALLINGFORD — The Wallingford registrars of voters will have a special registration session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in the registrars office, Wallingford Town Hall, Room 211. Voters are reminded that only the town clerk can provide applications for absentee ballots, which must be returned to the town clerk.

If you're not registered at all Here's a link to the voter registration form - you can mail or bring in to the office:

http://www.town.wallingford.ct.us/images/customer-files/CT_Voter_Registration_Form.pdf

It must be postmarked by Oct 22. Otherwise you can come into the office in-person by Oct 29th.

TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM PART ONE - Wallingford Candidates forum – Election 2013

WALLINGFORD — The Wallingford Community Women’s Club held the 2013 candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Town Council Chambers of the Wallingford Town Hall.

Reporters from local newspapers, in addition to students from Sheehan High School, addressed questions to the candidates.

This session was the Town Council Candidate forum PART ONE

TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM PART TWO - Wallingford Candidates forum – Election 2013

WALLINGFORD — The Wallingford Community Women’s Club held the 2013 candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Town Council Chambers of the Wallingford Town Hall.

Reporters from local newspapers, in addition to students from Sheehan High School, addressed questions to the candidates.

This session was the Town Council Candidate forum PART TWO

Wallingford Candidates forum – Election 2013

WALLINGFORD — The Wallingford Community Women’s Club announces the upcoming 2013 candidates forum on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Town Council Chambers of the Wallingford Town Hall.

Reporters from local newspapers, in addition to students from Sheehan High School, will address questions to the candidates. The Tuesday sessions, at 7 and 8 p.m., are for the 13 candidates for the Town Council. At 9 p.m. the two mayoral candidates will be questioned. Thursday’s sessions, at 7 and 8 p.m., are for the 12 candidates for the Board of Education.

The sessions will be taped and available for viewing shortly afterward on government access channel 20. The public is welcome to attend all sessions.

Absentee Ballot Application English and Spanish

Application for Absentee Ballot: This application for absentee ballot may be downloaded by an individual for: (1) the individual's own use; (2) the use of a member of the individual's immediate family; or (3) the use of a designee of the applicant. Any person who will distribute five (5) or more absentee ballot applications to persons other than the individual's immediate family must register with and obtain forms from the Town Clerk of the municipality where such forms will be distributed before distributing such forms. For more detailed information please review the Absentee Ballot Fact Sheet and Absentee Ballot Application Process document.

 

English:

• English Language Application for Absentee Ballot Form
• English Language Application Form for Referendum Only
• English Language Emergency Application for Absentee Ballot

 

Spanish:

• Spanish Language Application for Absentee Ballot Form
• Spanish Language Application Form for Referendum Only
• Spanish Language Emergency Application for Absentee Ballot

Wallingford Community Women Candidate Forum for the 2013 election

The Wallingford Community Women will be sponsoring the Candidate Forum for the 2013 election on Tuesday October 15 and Thursday October 17 in the Town Council chambers at Wallingford Town Hall

TUESDAY FROM 7-8 (first session) / 8-9 (second session) TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATES

TUESDAY FROM 9-10 - MAYORAL CANDIDATES

THURSDAY 7-8 (first session) / 8-9 (second session) BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES

The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

I am planning to get the recordings of the forum and post them here on the blog as soon as they are available.

Councilors spar over meeting agenda

The Wednesday October 9, 2013 issue of the Record Journal carried a story titled Councilors spar over meeting agenda.

The article basically outlines the current situation where Town Councilor Nick Economopoulos was denied the opportunity to place an item on the agenda for Tuesday’s Town Council meeting.

The Chairman of the Town Council Robert Parisi and the Vice Chair Vincent Cervoni indicated they would not add the item to the agenda – their reasoning was that nothing new was to be added to the discussion.

If you look at the Town Council rules of procedure at the top of the article the reasons available to decline an item “The Council Chairman can grant exceptions to this rule, depending on the length of a given Town Council agenda.” I read this as a compound reason – Length is the reason for the exception.

Tuesday’s meeting had a normal amount of items and we were wrapped up around 9PM; we’ve had meetings that have gone longer with less items and had other meetings with more items in general.

This goes back to the need for a more transparent local Government. More on that soon.

I will also follow up more on item 4 above as well:

”Public input on individual agenda items will be received during the discussion of the specific item, after members of the Council have had an opportunity to review and discuss the item. Individuals wishing to speak to individual agenda items will be required to address their questions or comments to the Council Chairman and limit his/ her speaking time to a total of three minutes.”

This rule has been specifically and intentionally ignored on a number of occasions and the public was not allowed to speak.

Wallingford turnout for local elections since 2001; updated for 2013 results

2001
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 25,635    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 11,036
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 43.1%

2003
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 24,825    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 12,389
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 49.9%

2005
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 26,718    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 12,719
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 47.6%

2007
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 25,461    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 11,624
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 45.7%

2009
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 24,870    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 8,850
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 35.6%

2011  
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 24,731    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 9,783
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 39.5%

2013  
Town of Wallingford total number of names on official check list: 25,256    
Town of Wallingford total number of names checked as having voted: 11,163
Town of Wallingford turnout percentage: 44.2%

Sign, sign everywhere a sign; PZC meeting discussing signs INSIDE store windows

From the conversation on Facebook I started where one person’s opinion / argument attempted to clear up a misconception that signs inside of stores were not going to be discussed, that “The long and the short of it is that there is nothing on the horizon for the P&Z to consider mandating town-wide regulation of interior signage”…. I am sitting in the meeting two weeks after the discussion thread, where they are discussing just that.

By the way dear readers, Craig was not here this evening.

ELECT LARRY RUSSO FUNDRAISER - Monday, September 9th

Frank and Sherry Cotrona will be hosting it at their home at 5 Laurelwood Drive

FROM LARRY: "I am having my fundraiser on Monday, September 9th. Frank and Sherry Cotrona will be hosting it at their home at 5 Laurelwood Drive here in Wallingford. It will be from 5pm to 8pm, We will be having brick oven pizza, drinks, coffee and dessert. Your support is greatly appreciated. For tickets please contact me via email or phone."

I am also looking for lawn sign locations. If anyone is willing to display a sign on their lawn please contact me so I can make the necessary arrangements.

I would like to thank you in advance for your support and well wishes.

Larry Russo
email - larryrusso4council@gmail.com

More explanation on Wallingford taxes: myth and reality – as offered by one Republican in a Facebook discussion

This is an independent conversation from my prior blog post Wallingford Taxes – MYTH and REALITY (which is what generated Steve Knight’s article in the Record Journal) but as far as I am concerned it only further proves my point