The feedback from my video footage on last night's Ideas at Work and Beyond has been unbelievable.
Email after email, people expressed shock and disbelief at the video report I presented on the show regarding the Cotswold project as well as the pathetic attempt by the City of Danbury to so-called "fix" a bridge on one of the worse road in Danbury.
The stretch of road from Padanaram Rd to Route 39 (known to local residents as "the shortcut"), has been a concern for the residents who live on that street and are witness to accident after accident and their outrage towards Mayor Boughton for failing to address their concerns is pretty evident when you watch the video.
...and YES, Ivon Alcimé was actually moving the so-called "fix" the City of Danbury did to the bridge.
Common Council 2nd ward candidate Ken Gucker's interview exposed a great deal of the same issues I repeatedly talked about on this site in regards to irresponsible development and elected officials who fail to properly address many of the real concerns in the area. Opting instead to play a game of "slight-of-hand" by using immigration to divert people from their own political failures, hopefully the footage on last night's show will spark the beginning of a long overdue wake-up call for many residents who don't have the full story on the true condition of our city.
For those who missed the show, it will be available for viewing later today.
In other news...
I'm doing a bit of rearranging on this site. If you look at the links section, in an effort to find information easier, you'll see that a few things have changed.
I've added an immigration section which includes many of the events that have occurred in Danbury over the last two years. Be sure to come back as it will take a while to compile all the posts on immigration and add it to the section.
I will be adding more stories on irresponsible redevelopment to the development resource. There seems to be a great deal of misinformation regarding several things the current administration is selling to the public. In this election year, it's important that the public is provided the facts, which now is only known to a selected few who really keep an eye on how local government operate.
We'll provide the research that the News-Times fails to do to expose the real story on a whole host of developmental issues, which should have an impact on this year's election.
On the request of many reader who want to speak out, there will be a new section devoted to residents who have had enough of the current status quo.
It's time to hold elected officials accountable for the statements they've made in the past, and since we have a two year video archive of local government meetings, we'll take a look back and show how the actions of some elected officials don't match their statements to the public.
This is a work in progress, and we're still playing a bit of catch-up on other things, but once everything is in place, HatCityBLOG will be a better resource for news and information in the Danbury area.
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.
