In honor of Mayor Boughton's election year damage controltonight's agenda at the Common Council over the bridge on Padanaram Rd, I bumped this older post to the top of the page. Trust me folks, this story of neglect is long from over.
This entry was originally posted on August 17th @ 8:33 P.M.
Boy, it's been a hell of a week.
First local bigot Tom Bennett finally gets his long-overdue fifteen minutes of shame, and has his live show yanked by Comcast from it's 9 o'clock spot to the no watch zone of 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. (I'll get back to this later), now it seems like there has been some rather interesting developments in the Padanaram Rd. bridge disaster.
For those who don't know, the stretch of road from Padanaram Rd to Route 39 (known to local residents as "the shortcut"), has been a grave concern for residents who live on that stretch road. For years, neighbors have witnessed countless accidents by a neglected and unsafe bridges riddled with broken guardrails and improper street drainage (location of the bridge in question marked approximately by the crosshairs in the map).
For at least the last year on a half, the residents of Padanaram Rd repeatedly expressed their frustrations to Mayor Boughton and demanded that the city fix the problem only to receive unacceptable results.
Recently, myself, Ideas at Work and Beyond TV Host Ivon Alcime, were given a tour of the bridge by neighbor, irresponsible development critic and current 2nd Ward Common Council candidate Ken Gucker. On last Thursday's show, Gucker detailed the history of the bridge and the immediate safety risk the degrading bridge poses for the neighborhood, and his troubles getting anyone at City Hall to properly adequately address the hazardous situation on the road.
From last week's Ideas at Work and Beyond, here's footage of Gucker detailing the problems on the road.
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.
