Stew Leonard's purchased the Discount Liquors Inc. store off Federal Road on Thursday and moved its wine store there overnight.
The move allows Stew Leonard's to put its wine shop closer to its dairy store and adheres to the city ordinance that prohibits one liquor store from being located within 2,000 feet of another liquor store.
At 9 a.m. today, Stew Leonard's Wines will open its doors in the larger building at 2 Nabby Road. Its former wine store at 59-67 Federal Road is closed and will not reopen.
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Stew Leonard's tried for more than two years to convince Danbury to let it open a wine shop in its parking lot or next door, but city ordinances prohibited that. The Zoning Commission rejected Stew's plan in 2004; Stew's appealed the commission's decision in November 2005.
Common Council member Tom Saadi argued against approving the liquor store before both the Zoning Commission and in court. Saadi said the city's regulations help preserve neighborhoods.
"It looks like they did with the wallet what they couldn't do in court," Saadi said.
Big business wins again. Yet, another loss for mom and pop stores in Danbury.
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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.
