Mayor Boughton's arrogance and hubris seems to have gotten him into some serious trouble. If what is said in this letter is correct, the mayor might have a very serious legal problem on his hands (especially if their was a cover-up with the recorded minutes).

From Sunday's News-Times

I would like to address a Jan. 12 article in which Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton claims I am being "disingenuous." How convenient.

In this one article, Mayor Boughton blatantly tells untruths on at least three separate occasions.

Boughton claims: "At the time of the caucus, he was driving around with a rat painted on the side of his car." My truck was not lettered until three weeks after the Republican Common Council caucus in question.

He then claims that my "name came up" at the caucus and that he made an "off-hand remark about people being involved in the rat episode who have a personnel file an inch thick." It was the mayor who brought up my name and that of another Danbury police officer.

This is proven by the fact that the inflatable rat used in police union demonstrations did not appear until the night of Tuesday, Oct. 4, at a Common Council meeting - the day after the caucus meeting.

Lastly, the mayor said he did nothing wrong and the reference to my personnel file was made "in passing" and that personnel records of city workers can be disclosed under FOI regulations.

That represents a total misstatement on the part of the mayor. FOI regulations state if someone requests a personnel file, they have to articulate a valid reason for the request and then the employee has the absolute right to seek a denial of the request.

By disclosing my personnel file, even "in passing," he violated my rights under FOI.

No surprise here. The mayor's arrogance and cavalier attitude are on display daily and are compounded by the majority of Republican and Boughton administration lackeys who do not have the integrity to tell the truth or perform their sworn duties.

Mayor Boughton, you have threatened my livelihood and that of my family. You have overstepped your bounds.

This letter was written by Karl Murphy, the police officer who was behind the infamous infatable rat that was on display across the street from city hall.

Is a stated before, the police union contract dispute is the one thing that could (and will) hurt the mayor. He has let this issue go on for far too long and just like the Democrats in-fighting, this issue is quickly coming to a boiling point where we now have a situation where the mayor is talking about personal information to other Republicans during an open-session at City Hall.

If you haven't been up to speed in the war between the police department and the mayor's office, we'll give you the rundown later and explain why this situation can get out of control very quickly.