Bottleneck and misc stuff
Oh, this just stinks.
I'm now so backed up in projects for this site, that I've ran out of room on my harddrive.
Okay, this is what I'm going to do.
I'm going to stop everything right now since I simply do not have any space on my server. I'll need to burn about 30 DVDs worth of video and if you know anything about burning DVDs, that takes a great deal of time.
When I return tomorrow, I'm going to post the Mayor's State of the City address tomorrow in full and follow that with the video footage from the December Common Council meeting. I also have video footage from Wednesday night's EIC meeting which was rather interesting to say the least...I mean really, with all the traffic on North Street, how can ANY developer even think about building more units over in that area.
Finally, I have several interviews to post that should be of interest as well as my year in review where I'm going to recap several things that happened in Danbury as well as post never-before video footage from this summer's Taste of Danbury. I'm going to also talk about 2007 and the race for mayor (which actually kicked off this week with the mayor's flip-flop on broadcasting local government meetings (I'll get into that later) as well as his remarks during his state of the city speech).
The questions people ask me the most around town are 1.) what's the name of the Democrat who's going to run against Boughton 2.) Do I think the Mayor is beatable 3.) Will the Democrats be as split as they were in 2005 and 4.) What role will blogs have in covering all the mayoral races across the state. I'll try to answer each of those questions before the New Year’s Day as I don't want to give away too much at this point. The year's not over and everyone is starting to jockey for position as Mayor Boughton's re-election machine is definitely coming to life (as you'll see by the speech he gave today).
In closing, I'd like to personally thank all those who visited this site. Regardless of your political views, my ultimate purpose of this site is to bring you information that you normally wouldn't get in other sources of media in the area. Now, after almost two and a half years, the readership on this site alone is rising at a very fast rate and with a new PR campaign in place, new reporters joining the crew offering different stories from the different wards, and hopefully a completely re-designed site and a possible public access show, expect this site to grow very fast, and very soon.
If you think this site is good now, you haven't seen anything yet. I haven't even tapped into the video/audio archives yet. In 2007, words will come back to bite some people in the butt while old issues will be re-visited to see if any progress has been made. With the Senate and Congressional races over, also expect to see more video interviews from your State and Federal Reps and Senators as well as a chance for you to directly ask your elected leaders questions (we'll get into that later).
Okay, that's enough for now...I'm showing my hand too much right now and too many politicians read this site and the last thing I need is Democrats and Republicans who are running for office asking to be interviewed (DON'T EVEN ASK AS I'M CLOSING THE INTERVIEW SHOP TILL JANUARY).
...stay tuned.
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CT News Junkie
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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