Date: Fri 29-May-1998

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Aug 13, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

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DiFranco-Nerds-Dogs-Webster

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

This weekend, a perennial favorite band, THE NERDS, returns to Tuxedo Junction

in Danbury. The band will be at the Ives Street club Friday night. Also in

Danbury Friday night will be UNCLE WILL'S DOGS. The guys will be across town,

playing at Classic Rock Brew Pub on Wibling Road.

Now that the radio 104Fest is over, the individual bands that performed last

weekend's festival show in Hartford have gone their separate ways again. One

of the bands from that show, 2 SKINNY Js, will be back in the area on June 3

for an all-ages show at Tuxedo Junction.

A few shows at the Danbury club will highlight 80s metal during June. On the

4th, SAVATAGE headlines. The original violent femmes, VIXEN is in town June

18. And SEBASTIAN BACH, of Skid Row fame, will be in Danbury June 29. (He'll

be at Toad's Place in New Haven the following night.)

MOPPIN' SAUCE, a favorite 70s dance and funk band with members from around our

area, has its return date for Boppers in Danbury on the calendar in ink. The

group will be bringing its disco sound back to the Ives Street club on

Saturday, June 13.

The Webster Theatre in Hartford will host CHEAP TRICK on June 19. The concert

will be the 20th anniversary of the band's historic performance in Budokan,

China.

Also in June, STABBING WESTWARD will be at the club on the 3rd. Opening for

the band is FEEDER, returning to the Hartford location about three months

after their last visit. The band's new single, "High," is the first single

being featured off the new Jennifer Love Hewitt film, Can't Hardly Wait .

THE BLACK CROWES are returning to Connecticut, on June 19 at Toad's Place in

New Haven. The TUBES show originally planned for that night has been bumped to

August 7. Tickets for the Crowes show will be limited to four per person, and

are going on sale Saturday morning. The band has a new album ready for release

in the fall.

The Globe in Norwalk has been presenting shows on a fairly low-key basis as of

late. The latest show to have tickets being put on sale is a June 30

appearance by LIMP BIZKIT, still touring to support its Interscope release,

Three Dollar Bill Y'All$ . The band was last in Connecticut in February, when

it played at the recently-reopened Sting. Tickets for Norwalk are $13.50 in

advance. Call the Globe at 624-0088. Opening will be Cold, and another act

TBA.

Speaking of tickets, they're still available for the ANI DiFRANCO concert at

the SNET Oakdale next month. DiFranco will be in Wallingford on June 23 for a

7:30 concert. Those tickets are $25.50 and $28.50 in advance, and can be

reserved by calling the Oakdale box office directly (203/265-1501).

Also coming to the Oakdale this summer, among other concerts, will be JOHN

FOGERTY, June 28 (tickets $25-$39 each), and YES on July 1 ($28-$38). Fogerty

doesn't have an opener announced for his show; ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT will

be there for a set before Yes. Like DiFranco, both of these shows start at

7:30. The line-up for Yes this summer is JON ANDERSON, STEVE HOWE, BILLY

SHERWOOD, CHRIS SQUIRE and ALAN WHITE.

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.

Discusses Policy Against Rodenticides

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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