“Izzo”: Italian: nickname from Sicilian izzu ‘slave’ or directly from Latin aegyptius ‘Egyptian’, or from the same word in the sense ‘dark-skinned’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

First of all, I want to thank the Cheshire “Uglification” Committee for their ugly photos. Unfortunately, one of the photos of the Playground in the Park was put in by accident.

I loved Playground in the Park. As I stated before, it sort of reminded me of the old simpler Cheshire of long ago. Not the one now with all the hoity toities and their big money show off demands. I have photos that I posted a few months back of the Playground. I hope to be able to donate them to the Library where they hopefully will display them.

I guess the old Playground had to meet its real demise, not so much to make way for the Boundless Playground, but because of insurance issues. The old insurance company would not insure Playground in the Park because they said it was unsafe.

What is wrong with our country? When we were kids, we did not worry about all these so called “safety” issues and we all lived. There were no seat belts in the cars or baby seats. Your mom or dad put you in the back and if you were really small they sat you on their lap. Of course, this really did not work because as one can see, the entire population of the United States dwindled to nearly zero because of this. NOT!!

Remember the “mom” armbelt? If your mom was driving and she had to hit the brakes hard, her right arm would spring out from beside her and literally form a barrier between you and the windshield.

The “mom” armbelt worked fine. I think driving has taken a nosedive because of all these safety devices. It was more “manly” back in the old days. I honestly don’t believe people took the risks they take now either. Cars were dangerous, but you respected that in a sense. Now everything is too smooth and too easy.

To get back to the Uglification Committee: the video they shot of West Main Street is on the video page. It is under “My Home Videos.” You must scroll down to the end to see it.

The reason for this is that Cheshire really needs to pay attention to its infrastructure which is not in good shape as one can see. We need to straighten this out before any construction goes on in the North End.

As I have said before and will say again, I don’t believe there will ever be a Lifestyle Center. Or if it is built, it will be years into the future. I think the condos will be built and then the land will be sold shortly after that. Then God knows what will be put up there.

I hope to post some more photos, some are blurry but they are viewable. In the meantime, I believe the vote on the Northend Development is scheduled for Jan. 8th.

I have some new clients I will be working on a project with so I will not be posting as much, but I hope to be at the Jan 8th Zoning meeting when they vote.

Also I hope to be posting more videos on the website. Whether we go totally private is now being debated. I will let all of you know. I may just have ads on the website, I will make a decision soon.

As far as the title of this post: that is the meaning of my maiden name. More on that later.