I went to the Cheshire Connecticut Public Library on Feb. 14th and borrowed that Kill-A-Watt meter that measures how much wattage small appliances use in your home. Hello DON’T try to plug in your Central AIr Conditioner Unit or Clothes Dryer!!
I posted the video on my Youtube Channel and it is now under “Featured Video”
Again, to see a larger screen version, double click on the video and you will be directed to my Youtube Channel.
OK, BEFORE I get into the main topic, Ghost Towns of Connecticut, I know a few of you on UTH For Members Only, were asking if I would comment on this Trash Hauling bid waiver.
You know Cheshire-there IS a world outside your window. Other towns are and have gone through this dilemma. I for one, DO NOT LIKE bid waivers, BUT, there ARE EXCEPTIONS-and I have to respectfully disagree with some people who are involved in Town Government on this one.
This town has cried fire in the theater for so long allowing bid waiver after bid waiver after bid waiver, that the TRUE MEANING AND INTENT of a bid waiver HAS BECOME LOST IN THE SAUCE!!
I believe in this case, using our present trash hauler is the best bet. They are reliable, and have a proven track record. If some people in town government or specifically the Town Council think that Cheshire is the only municipality dealing with this issue, I want to present to you a similar situation that took place in 2004 in the town of Shelton.
I am going to link you to their Board of Alderman meeting where a discussion of a bid waiver involving a tree service that the town had done business with for many years, was being tossed around.
You have to scroll half way down the page, but you will find it. Read how Shelton Mayor Lauretti handles this situation and the insight he offers into WHY AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, A BID WAIVER WAS ALLOWABLE!!
Click here for Shelton Board of Alderman meeting
Actually, Councilman Altieri was spot on in his explanation of why a bid waiver should be allowed IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE!!
Now that doesn’t mean we continue to stifle competition, NO!! BUT there are situations where this “exemption” should be allowed. A bid waiver, is akin to Monopoly’s “Get out of jail free card” USE IT SPARINGLY AND WISELY!!
NOW ONTO THE FEATURED TOPIC: GHOST TOWNS OF CONNECTICUT.
I have lived a good portion of my life in Connecticut. I have lived all over the state and for the life of me, I could not believe it when I came across the following article.
We have all heard of abandoned towns-ghost towns-but that usually brings up visions of the old West-towns that once thrived, let’s say, during the Gold Rush or during the Homesteading Act in the mid 1800′s. After the claims were all taken and the gold ran out-so did the people, leaving that town a mere shell.
Well, apparently, there are SEVERAL ghost towns in our own state. I know of one of them: Dudleytown-because I actually went there when I was a kid. It WAS CREEPY. This is just another part of the history of Connecticut that I hope to include in my book: “Connecticut: 169 Towns” HOPEFULLY, it will be completed this year!!
Click below for a link to “some ghost towns in Connecticut.
One of the featured Ghost Towns, if you can call it a “town” is Dudleytown and Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport. I can’t ever watch the video they have posted or photos of Pleasure Beach AGAIN!! It is so damn sad.
Here is Connecticut’s ONLY NATURAL BEACHFRONT that rots away because NO ONE CARES-There is NO MONEY!!
Boy I bet the people who tried to save Pleasure Beach several years ago, could have used a $300,000 gift account!!!
