Date: Fri 01-Aug-1997

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Aug 13, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD FOR AUGUST 1, 1997

This Friday night at The Garage in Newtown (that's the teen center building on

Church Hill Road), ORDINANCE 25 will return for its first show "in a long

time," band members say. The band is from Newtown mostly (the "foreigner" is

Kristina Newell, who lives in New Fairfield), and performs alternative-rock

type stuff. Along with Kristina, ordinance 25 members include Kevin Donovan,

Jon Jenkins, Darren Cesca and Chris Loring.

Also performing Friday night will be Jose Cruz. The show starts at 7:30 pm,

doors open at 7, and admission is just $2 to get in.

Alt-rock returns to Toad's Place in New Haven this month, when THE VERVE PIPE

and K'S CHOICE play there August 25. Good timing, too, since K's Choice's song

"I'm Not An Addict" is enjoying a huge resurgence in recent weeks on AR radio,

and The Verve Pipe has a short write-up in the latest issue of Spin . Nothing

too newsworthy, just some weird stuff about playing Church when some of the

boys were younger.

That's an all-ages show, and tickets are on sale. The last time K's Choice was

in the area was back on June 1, when the band was a featured performer at

Riverside Park for the Radio 104Fest.

Also new at the New Haven club is the area return by THE NIELDS, August 28.

(The Nields will also be playing locally this weekend, Sunday afternoon at the

SoNo Arts Festival in Norwalk, around 3 pm.) Another all-ages show, this one

will be opened by Michelle Malone and Cool Beans.

Because only 1,600 tickets had been sold and the show was less than a month

away, the BRYAN ADAMS concert scheduled for August 22 at The Meadows has been

cancelled. Anyone who has one of those 1,600 tickets can return them at their

original point of purchase for a full refund.

A free concert at Tuxedo Junction next Thursday night, sponsored by radio

station 98Q, has a triple bill of MEXICO 70, KIP WINGER and KYLE VINCENT.

Hmmmmmm

More new shows on the Danbury club's schedule include LOVE SPIT LOVE, all

ages, on Sunday, July 17; TESTAMENT, August 24, with Stuck Mojo and Young Lad;

and QUIET RIOT, on Thursday, September 18.

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.

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Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back. Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago? Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.

Education Cuts: Who Voted For What

I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons. The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy. To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible. I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.

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Debora, thank you! I accidentally doubled the project prices by adding the bond to the appropriation. Thank you so much for catching that and pointing it out. With the corrected numbers, the voters approved a combined $1.32 million for a salt shed ($600k) and library pavement ($720k), while rejecting the $1.12 million replacement turf. Regarding the 80s, I truly respect the hurdle of 14% mortgage rates. My point is simply that the math has shifted: in 1980, while the rates were higher, the price of a home relative to earnings was significantly lower. We are facing a different, but equally crushing, financial wall. Ultimately, it is disheartening that voters who recognized safe sidewalks and parking lots as essential, dismissed a playing field in the exact same condition. The turf has passed its life cycle and is just as much of a liability as the library’s pavement, the only difference is that this safety concern affects thousands of children who, coincidentally, cannot vote. These are apples-to-apples needs. I was hopeful our community would agree that all Newtown residents deserve safe conditions, regardless of which facility they utilize. Again, I would be remiss not to mention that when 82% of residents don’t show up, we have to deal with the interests of those who did. Hopefully, the next referendum will have a bigger turnout.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

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