Common Council member Ted Cutsumpas resigned his seat on the council Thursday and took a job as the city’s new Community Services Director.
The job in the mayor’s office is designed to help people in the community who have problems with the city.
The former director, Rich Antous, is now director of the city’s Unified Neighborhood Inspection Team. The UNIT works on improving neighborhoods by removing blight. Antous took the job in 2006.
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Cutsumpas joined the council in 2005 to fill the unfinished term of Wanda Payton, who resigned. Cutsumpas started his new job on Thursday by learning about the city’s new 311 telephone system. The system gives people a place to call if they have a question about Danbury.
I still think after his long-winded reading of the budget report, "Open-Space" Cutsumpas could make more money by bottling his voice and selling it as a sleeping agent...maybe I'll call 311 and tell him about my idea.
In any case, this election season will be very interesting as Cutsumpas grabbed a good amount of votes during the 2005 election...
COUNCILMEN AT LARGE
Name
Tot.
1st W
2nd W
3rd W
4th W
5th W
6th W
7th W
Abs.
*Robert T. Riley (R)
5395
1009
524
1008
499
521
620
840
374
*Ted A. Cutsumpas (R)
5707
1051
572
1075
522
572
633
866
416
*Pauline Repko Basso (R)
6053
1131
600
1146
550
600
674
883
469
*Gregg W. Seabury (R)
6136
1129
629
1105
590
629
674
930
450
Shailesh Nagarsheth (R)
4975
1018
484
873
460
484
568
763
325
*Mary G. Saracino (R)
5438
1023
524
1037
501
524
606
802
421
*Colleen A. Stanley (R)
5487
1032
550
1014
500
550
638
804
399
Alfred E. Cipriani (D)
N/A
834
676
972
667
676
675
755
319
Renata DaSilva Amaral(D)
4975
732
618
853
618
618
630
662
244
Sherri Neptune (D)
4960
711
616
851
597
616
630
684
255
Ingred A. Espinosa (D)
4884
687
575
845
733
575
632
639
198
*Lynn H. Taborsak (D)
6254
938
737
1179
711
737
726
862
364
Adolfo Pena (D)
4909
757
600
849
598
600
609
663
233
Patricia Matta-Wrobel (D)
4766
692
589
811
585
589
598
640
262
Richard J. Leinert (I)
215
23
23
33
27
23
28
33
25
Gary J. Driscoll (I)
457
63
38
87
50
38
51
71
59
John L. Dietter (I)
231
24
20
35
27
20
27
52
26
Margaret A. Dyer (I)
556
78
53
97
67
53
63
80
65
Kevin G. Nolan (I)
519
72
50
85
68
50
48
76
70
Marcia M. Ennis (I)
279
28
31
48
24
31
35
48
34
Cutsumpas seat could easily be in play if the Democrats put forward a strong Common Council candidate...
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.
...and takes a new role on Mayor Boughton's team.
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.
