...that the members of the council WAIVE THE READING OF LONG WINDED USELESS REPORTS IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A COPY IN YOUR HAND! I thought the stacking of the audience by the anti-immigrant goons was bad enough but the senseless length of Tuesday night's Common Council meeting will go down as one of the biggest waste of time in recent memory.
Between myself loosing the feeling in my legs from all the standing, the poor Danbury Live crew passing out, the glazed look and the News-Times reporter's face, members of the council falling asleep (you know who you are and I have the photos to back it up :-), and the sudden outrage from everyone in attendance when the water cooler (which was full when I first waled in at 7:30) was empty by 10:30, you would think that someone would have realized that the meeting was unnecessarily dragging on (and on and on and on).
For me, the breaking point came when Ted "open space" Cutsumpas stood up and read his portion of the budget report. My God, he could make millions if he bottled up his voice sell it as a sleeping agent since listening to him read his report was like listening to Ben Stein do the roll call from the movie Ferris Bueller.
At one point, I almost screamed "FOR GOD SAKES, PLEASE STOP READING REPORTS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR HAND!" but I was too busy trying to get the feeling back in my legs and I needed to save my energy. It took half of the council members drooling on themselves from falling asleep for the light bulb to go off over Mayor Boughton's head and call a very simple motion to waive the reading of the budget reports. The loud applause from the audience told the story.
Once I'm able to process the video and photos, I'll bring you highlights from the meeting. You won't believe your eyes.
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.
For me, the breaking point came when Ted "open space" Cutsumpas stood up and read his portion of the budget report. My God, he could make millions if he bottled up his voice sell it as a sleeping agent since listening to him read his report was like listening to Ben Stein do the roll call from the movie Ferris Bueller. 
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.
