Danbury Democratic leaders are out of power and out of sorts. How else to explain a forum they plan with Neil Marcus as the guest speaker?
Marcus is an attorney and good at his job. But he represents developers; developers who are mostly interested in squeezing Danbury and every other community for whatever they can get.
Nevertheless, Democratic leaders have organized "Who Sold Out Danbury's Residential Neighborhoods?" and invited Marcus to speak.
Sounds like a joke, but it isn't.
Apparently Marcus is going to hold forth at the Jan. 19 forum on how he does what he does to municipalities and neighborhoods.
According to Common Council member Lynn Taborsak, a Democrat, "This is literally like talking to the devil incarnate."
Showcasing the "devil incarnate" may sound exciting to Taborsak and Democratic Town Committee Chairman Bernie Gallo, but it's not leadership.
Development is a serious issue. To be seen as leaders, Danbury Democrats need to discuss serious issues in a serious manner:
-Hold the forum in a public meeting room where the general public feels welcome, rather than the town committee's storefront on Main Street.
-Invite speakers who are not the "devil incarnate" but actually working to promote what's best for Danbury.
-Come up with an agenda that is something more than a campaign slogan.
If Democrats want to regain voter confidence in Danbury, they need to do better than this evening with the "devil incarnate."
I'll go one further, hold the current leadership and memebers accountable for their lack of working together which cost them the last election and demand new leaders to run the party. After losing three elections (the last one being a complete joke), it's obvious that it's time for some new blood. The only question now is who's going to step up to the plate.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
