While I'm busy cleaning up the house and bringing the air conditionors up from the basement, here's a small list of items I'll be talking about in the coming days.
* It's almost D-Day as the Common Council sets to re-debate the parade ordinance. We'll bring you all the info you need to know on this horrible piece of legislation and highlight the misinformaiton flowing out of Mayor Boughton's mouth (complete with using the "immigraton card" that has angered Democrats and a misinformed public.
* Republican stonewalling and dirty tricks were the highlight of the BRT tax giveaways ad-hoc committee meeting. Proving that democracy no longer exists in Danbury, the Democrats and public have every right to be outrage as the Boughton administration allows YET ANOHTER DEVELOPER screwthe people of the city out of property taxes while raking in millions. When we show you the details, you're going to fall out of your chair.
* Tom Bennett's outrageous behavior has reached a boiling point with him lashing out at me and this site with a slew of racial slurs as well as he and United States Citizens for Immigration Enforcement (USCFIE) Vice President John McGowan calling for people to shoot members of the immigrant community. I wonder if Lynn Waller still thinks that people at the USCFIE are still "nice folks."
* Seems like Mayor Boughton has possibly violated the city charter AGAIN. We'll give you the details soon.
* As a new edition to the HatCityBLOG video collection, we're going to assist the guys at Danbury Live and archive their shows online in full for the viewing public. These guys are going WAY out of their way to bring you the information that the News-Times refuse to report on so what better way to show our apprication than to archive their shows onloine for everyone!
* What's a summer in Danbury without festivals! We'll bring you highlights of most of the major festivals throughout the summer and show you some never-before-seen footage of some of last year's festivals.
* Took a trip down to the mall to see how the re-design is coming along...I brought back some photos and video for everyone to see.
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.
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.
