(Opinion) Elected officials are supposed to sometimes make honest mistakes. But what about when they deliberately make sneaky rules to preserve their power against the public interest? Those are among the topics explored in the latest opinionated vlog news summary from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap. (Plus, there’s a bonus track video at the end of jazz trumpeter Nick DiMaria’s quartet killing it Thursday night in Zinc’s alleyway back-room lounge.) As always, the summary reflects just one person’s opinion, not the Independent’s.