Comming attractions
Ahh...I finally finished archiving all my old video from my harddrive which means I can FINALLY get back to producing my footage from the Taste of Danbury. You see, I went a little nuts at theTaste and recorded over two hours of video which I have to edit and get down to about 15 minutes and trust me, that takes a good amount of time.
I promise I'll get the video up since the event was such a HUGE success. There were several vendors at the Taste that took time out of their schedule to be interviewed and I REALLY want to make sure they get a big plug.
Here's a list of other goodies that will be posted soon.
Highlights from the Greek festival Highlights from the Monte Cristo festival The broadcast of the entire immigration forum (A pretty good forum and although things got a but testy at times, both sides were able to bring up some very valid points surrounding this sensitive issue). Weekly brief highlights of most of the major public access shows Why wan't this stuff posted earlier? Well, if you don't know, I cover a lot of state politics and with election day right around the corner, I'll be on the road a lot covering all the races. In other words, I won't have much time to do original content here for awhile which stinks since I've been working hard on re-designing this site.
Never fear, you won't even notice that I'm gone as I'll keep this site updated as much as possible.
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INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DANBNRY DATABASE COMING SOON
CITY OF DANBURY VIDEO ARCHIVE (Dec 2012-present)
The Mercurial (RIP)
Danbury News Times
Danbury Patch
Danbury Hamlet Hub
Danbury Daily Voice
Tribuna Newspaper
CT News Junkie
CT Capitol Report
10.03.18 (PDF): "Approval of Danbury Prospect Charter School"
10.30.20 (HatCityBLOG VID) : Charter School discussion during 2020 interview with Julie Kushner
2018 (RADIO): WLAD "State Board of Ed signs off on Danbury charter school proposal"
08.20 (VID): CT-LEAD "Stand up for Education Justice" Rally
08.20.20 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Charter schools are not ‘magic bullet’ to improving Danbury schools"
09.13.20 (OP-ED): CHAPMAN Candidate for state Senate supports charter school for Danbury
01.15.21 (VID): CT-LEAD Danbury Prospect Charter School press conference
03.19.21 (OP-ED): CT MIRROR "Danbury leaders do not want a charter school"
04.01.21 (OP-ED): CT-LEAD: "Why did Sen. Kushner vote against us?"
05.06.21 (VID): Danbury rally to fully fund public schools
10.07.21 (VID): Danbury City-Wide PTO "Meet the Candidates" education forum
10.07.21 NEWSTIMES Danbury candidates quarrel over charter school, education funding
01.10.22 NEWSTIMES "New operator named for Danbury charter school: ‘I’m a huge advocate for parent choice’"
01.10.22 NEWSTIMES "Some Danbury Democrats ‘open minded’ about charter school after new, CT operator named"
01.21.22 (OP-ED): CT MIRROR "Lessons from Danbury: Ending the dual process for charter school approval"
02.09.22 NEWSTIMES "Proposed Danbury charter school won’t open in 2022, governor leaves funding out of budget"
02.18.22 NEWSTIMES: Danbury residents plead for charter school funds in 9-hour state budget hearing: ‘Just exhausted’
03.05.22 (LTE): Time has come for Danbury charter school
03.12.22 (OP-ED): TAYLOR "Why I am excited about the Danbury Charter School"
03.16.22 (LTE): "Why a Danbury Charter School?"
04.02.22 CT EXAMINER: "Crowding and a Lack of Options for Danbury Students, But No Agreement on Solutions"
04.04.22 (OP-ED): DCS "Danbury Charter School plans debut"
04.07.22 (PODCAST): (CEA) "SENATOR KUSHNER DISCUSSES POINTS OF OPTIMISM FOR DANBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS"
04.18.22 (VID): CT-LEAD Protest press conference
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
06.03.22 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Career Academy ‘a great deal for Danbury"
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.
CLICK HERE TO READ/DOWNLOAD MAYOR BOUGHTON'S DEPOSITION CLICK HERE TO READ/DOWNLOAD MIKE McLACHLAN (then MAYOR CHIEF OF STAFF) DEPOSITION
Danbury Area Coalition for the Rights of Immigrants v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security 3:06-cv-01992-RNC ( D. Conn. )
(02.25.08) Court docket
(10.24.07) Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Emergency Motion for Protective Order
(09.26.07) Press Release
(12.14.06) Complaint
Barrera v. Boughton, No. 07-01436 (D. Conn. filed Sept. 26, 2007)
(02.25.08) Court Docket
Amended complaint
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss State Law Claims
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Order on Motion to Dismiss
Defendants' Answer to Amended Complaint
NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Immigrant's 2006 arrest was flawed Danbury mayor testifies
(10.05.07 (VIDEO) Boughton mislead the public about Danbury's involvement in raid
(09.18.07) Yale Law Students expose Danbury involvement in raid
(12.14.06) VIDEO: Interview with Yale Law Students at FOI presser
(12.14.06) VIDEO: Danbury 11 FOI complaint media roundup
City Clerk Jean Natale standing next to skinhead sparks outrage
(10.03.06) VIDEO: Danbury 11 rally
(09.29.06) VIDEO: Danbury 11 case deepens
Word of raid spread across the country
(09/29/06) VIDEO: Danbury 11 protest news conference
(09/29/06) Immigrant newspaper "El Canillita" gives best account of ICE day labor raid at Kennedy Park
Santos Family Story
VIDEO: Tereza Pereira's ordeal with ICE agents
VIDEO: Danbury Peace Coalition Immigration Forum (April 2006) featuring Mayor Boughton and Immigration attorney Philip Berns
VIDEO: 2007 Stop the Raids immigration forum at WCSU
2007: Community protest anti-immigration forum
A tribute to Hispanic Center Director and immigrant activist Maria Cinta Lowe