Also in attendance were a number of Lamont supporters from the Danbury area. The amount of work the Chris Murphy and Lamont supporters did in Danbury was nothing short but incredible with everyone working with each other for the common good.
The cooperation among the Democrats in the area reflected in a HUGE Democratic wins in November with Chris Murphy defeating Nancy Johnson ON EVERY VOTING MACHINE IN DANBURY, 109th State Rep. Democrat Joe Taborsak's win over the 107thtwo time 110th 109th Republican carpetbagging, illegal campaign sign posting candidate Greg Seabury, and 110th State Rep. Democrat Bob Godfrey's win over Republican Pauline Basso whose negative campaigning resulted in less than 1,000 votes.
This was truly a special moment in Connecticut and national politics as Lamont's Primary win made it okay for Democrats to FINALLY talk about the war without the fear of being called unpatriotic. Although Lamont lost to Lieberman in November, his primary challenge and the excitement which was generated by his campaign contributed to on of the biggest upsets in Connecticut political history.
As a sidenote, during the month of August, the combined traffic of ConnecticutBLOG and HatCityBLOG reached aprox. 115,000-120,000 hits with a majority of the traffic occurring during Primary day coverage. It's fair to say that bloggers in Connecticut set the course in terms of following campaigns as you'll see when the Presidential campaigns get into gear.
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
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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.
