Date: Fri 12-Dec-1997

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Aug 13, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS 12/12/97

JIM ALLEN opens a show for singer-songwriter Martin Simpson tonight (Dec 12)

at The Towne Crier, Pawling, NY. Allen, a Newtown resident, will be

accompanied by Terence Martin. Showtime is 9 pm, tickets are $15; call the

Crier at 914/855-1300. Allen is playing these days to support his recently

released album, One More Mile . Copies will be available at the show.

Also going on tonight, The Fireside Inn in Newtown will be showing the Direct

TVâ broadcast of The Rolling Stones' "Bridges To Babylon Tour" on its big

screen TV. The show starts at 10 pm.

On Saturday (Dec 13), tickets will be put on sale for an AEROSMITH concert at

the New Haven Coliseum, January 17. It is the first concert to be played in

months at the facility, and will be the first of the new year. Tickets are a

bit on the pricey side, at $30 and $45 each, but if you caught the band's

performance on the "Billboard Awards" show Monday night, you know the guys are

still sounding pretty terrific.

Tickets are available through TicketMaster outlets (charge by calling 624-0033

or 525-4500), or directly through the Coliseum box office. No opener has been

listed for the January concert; showtime is 8 pm.

Next Tuesday (Dec 16), radio station I-95 will present its Christmas party at

Tuxedo Junction in Danbury. The evening will of course include a live

performance, this year by FROGWINGS, a band that features three members of the

ALLMAN BROTHERS and EDWIN McCAIN's band.

The club will be closed Wednesday, December 24, which is Christmas Eve and

Hanukkah, but will be opening Christmas night for everyone who wants to get

out and dance off some of those Christmas dinner or Hanukkah potato latke

pounds. No live music is scheduled, but the club will have a DJ all night.

For New Year's Eve, Tuxedo Junction will be presenting THE ZOO and SOUNDSCAPE.

Tickets went on sale last Saturday morning for a MEGADETH show at The Webster

Theatre in Hartford. The concert will be Monday, January 19. Opening will be

Life of Agony and Cool Chamber. The tickets are $22 and can be purchased

through your local Pro-Tix outlet, or charged by calling 860/422-0000.

MAX CREEK will ring in the New Year from the Hartford club, performing a New

Year's Eve show. Those tickets are $12 in advance, or $15 at the door.

Additional news from The Webster: a MACHINE/SHAKEDOWN show and one by .38

SPECIAL have both been postponed "until further notice."

PAULA COLE had to cancel two shows last week, including one at Toad's Place.

Illness was the culprit. The New Haven show, along with one that was scheduled

for Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts a few nights after the Toad's show

was to have been played, will be rescheduled for February.

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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