Yale Insider takes an incisive look at the proposed resolution to limit whether businesses in certain neighborhoods can stay open 24 hours a day.

POLITICAL CONVERGENCE. The Board of Aldermen has scheduled a public hearing on December 23 about a controversial matter: limiting a business's right to operate 24 hours a day. That in itself should raise eyebrows. Then consider that it's backed by Mae Ola Riddick, the alderwoman whose failed bid for re-election was supported by the Yale establishment (which has been pushing for its stores on Broadway and on Chapel St. to stay open late at night). Riddick's term ends on December 31. Ms. Riddick explains:

Like the folks at Yaleinsider, i think this is reaaaal problematic. I'm less inclined to think that Yale's doing this cause they want folks to have to shop at Gourmet Heaven though. I think that yale's involvement has less to do with that blunt of a profit maniulation scheme and much more to do with the larger issues surrounding the relationship between the city government, the university, and New Haven residents. To be fair, Yaleinsider doesn't openly state that they believe otherwise, so maybe i'm just reading more into the blog than what was actually posted.

In any case,

"There's more to this than meets the eye. "  ¶ 7:24 PM