Residents of the 4th ward listen to plans for a new transfer station on Plumtrees Rd. Common Council chambers: 12.17.07. Photo by ctblogger
The issue is and will always be D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T.
Tomorrow begins the next battle in the never-ending battle in Danbury residents and what many consider to be irresponsible development.
In this case, instead of condos, residents are fighting against Joseph Putnam's (owner of Putnam Automotive) plan to build a transfer station/volume reduction plant on Plumtrees Rd. The project has already passed the EIC and is scheduled to be presenting at tomorrow night's Planning Commission meeting.
This will be an ongoing thread that will cover everything surrounding this land use battle that has the entire 4th Ward in an uproar.
I attended several meetings where the topic of the transfer station came up and I attended last night's town hall meeting Tom Saadi arranged between the residents and Mr. Putnam.
Since it will take a little while to post all the video footage, to get a sense on just how volatile things became at the meeting, here's a small video clip between Putnam and a resident he offended.
AGAIN THIS IS AN OPEN THREAD and I'll update this post with more information surrounding the transfer station including complete video footage from last night's meeting as well as remarks over the transfer station at last month's 4th Ward Town Hall Meeting at the Catholic War Veterans.
If you're from the 4th ward and would like to comment on this project, please email me at hatcityblog@yahoo.com OR drop a line in the comments and I'll post your remarks to this post.
NOTE: In a RARE move for The News-Times, Eugene Driscoll is doing a great job covering the story. You can read up on the community's opposition to the development by clicking here as well as read his write-up on last night's meeting by clicking here.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Transfer Station Public Forum
From Monday night, here's video footage of the Transfer Station public forum in it's entirety. Due to the size of the video, I broken the file into four sections.
PART 1 of 4: runtime aprox. 30 min.
UPDATE: The uploading of the video footage is taking longer than expected. Sorry for the delay...
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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.
