EDUCATION REFERENDUM: Watching local school referenda around the country -- and the hostility to any new spending even on education, the most popular government program -- suggests a political shift that may work against Democrats and against efforts all over the country to repair infrastructure. Here's a story that caught my eye: residents in Newton, Mass., a generally liberal Boston suburb, are seeking to place a referendum on the ballot to reverse the funding of a new school there.

IMPOUNDING MILE HIGH CARS: The Denver city council takes a step towards referring to voters a measure that would require police to impound the cars of unlicensed drivers. The measure is aimed at unauthorized immigrants.