Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia is offering a spirited effort to prevent the city's courthouse from closing as proposed by Governor Jodi Rell in her ongoing efforts to save money and get the state in budget order. Moccia says that while he fully understands the  "difficult challenges" that Republican Governor Jodi Rell is dealing with about the state budget, closing the courthouse would create a "tremendous burden" on residents and all local area police officers because sending everyone to Stamford would create hours long delays due to traffic and the commute to Stamford. The mayor also says that officers making so long a trip would create budget issues with overtime as well as possible safety issues with the nearby town of Weston having a limited number of officers at any given time. Moccia feels that the act of moving court business to Stamford without cutting payroll, he questions where the savings are by closing the court to begin with.