  Recent reports of the observation of the decay $\tau \rarrow \nu_{\tau} + K +
\pi + \pi$ raise interesting questions. The $u-s$ quark mass difference can
induce an effective second-class current in the strange sector and enhance
decays to helicity-suppressed scalar states. This suggests searches for scalar
strange mesons in the $\tau \rarrow \nu_{\tau} + K + \eta' $ and $\tau \rarrow
\nu_{\tau} + K + \pi$ decay modes. $\tau$ decays to axial vector final states
may clarify strange meson spectroscopy by analogy with the clarification of the
$a_1$ problem in the nonstrange sector. Open questions include mixing effects
in the strange axial vector mesons and the implications of models based on QCD
for hadronization and final state interactions following the creation of a $q
\bar q$ pair by a weak vertex,
