Volleyball STILL in the news
Time: 9:31 AM
Now, Mayor Boughton and city offiicials are claiming that part of Miguel Valverde's property on Casper Street is actually city property. To understand this, you need to go back 60 years to the flood of 1955 when the Still River was rerouted and part of that River is on Valverde's property.
First, you know what's going on here and it very obvious. Boughton and the city officials are trying to pull out off the tricks to close the volleyball game down because the games on Valverde's property is one of the biggest in the city. Second, this will prolong the immigration issue for months because unless Valverde just wants the heat off of him, he's going to take this case to court. Personally, I'd like to see Danbury prove that this is their land as property line cases are not always clear cut and using documentation from the mid-fifites is shaky.
Lastly, again this is simply a case where politicians want to look like their doing something and gain a few political points because immigration is the talk of the day. You didn't hear anything from Boughton last year or the year before that and wasn't Boughton that earlier this year proposed building a area where day workers can gather for work? The mayor doesn't really care about immigrants, he cares about his political life and when his political base complained, he pulled that building proposal off the table and started he crusade against the so-called "illigeal aliens," volleyball games, ads on the windows of stores on Main Street, and whatever else he can find that points to the immigrants.
If you look at the complaints from the neighbors, it's not that they don't like the games, it's that they are played at late hours and they might have a point but that's not how the Mayor and the Common Council want you to believe. They want you to think that "volleyball game " is the problem because all the games bring in alcohol, noise, and traffic problems. Although I said this in a eariler post also, I did not intend to paint the entire scene in this way. I meant it as a few bad apples ruin the whole bunch and the actions of the mayor proves my point
This is a smoke screen and the people in this town are drinking the kool-aid. You never heard of this problem is years past and immigrants from Central America have been here for at least ten years. When will we be able to hear about other issues that are harder to address or problems that are Boughton's creation and should be held accountable for creating such as the increase in condos in the area, the lack of a police contract which is causing policemen to leave the area, an increase in the traffic in the area, the deplorable conditions of our parks although we pay outrageous property taxes, and can't forget that silly Danbury Airport situation that happened under Boughton's watch (and thats no longer taked about).
When will the local media stop writing these stories and change the issue to things that really matter to people in the city. If they keep putting the spotlight on this issue, people will think it's the only issue.
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