Meanwhile, the mayor has said the truth about the ICE program is being lost amid hysteria.
"A lot of this hysteria -- and it really is hysteria -- is being generated by the ethnic press that has spread misinformation and by other people who have political points to gain," Boughton said, pointing to Comunidade News specifically.
This comes from a man who used the city's reverse 911 system for political purposes and fails to allow the common council to SEE THE MOU before voting on the program.
Hmmm, I don't remember seeing the mayor at any of the Comunidade forums where people on the panel (as well as Common Council member Paul Rotello who addressed the audience) not only accurately explained the ICE ACCESS program and it's timetable after it's approved, but informed the audience of their legal rights. How do I know, well I was at both forums and have the video to prove it...and if this mayor cared so much, he would have been there WITHOUT AN INVITATION. Hell, he would have REACHED OUT TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY the moment he introduced this program back IN OCTOBER.
...and why didn't Boughton say the same thing about his good friends at The Tribuna? Well, we'll touch on that LONG OVERDUE subject later, now is not the time.
Meanwhile, Comunidade Editor Breno da Mata nails it.
"It's funny that he blames my paper. He has to blame someone," da Mata said.
Even better...
Carmine Cohen, a U.S. citizen who has owned I C Video & Music on White Street for 10 years, began to weep Friday while discussing the ICE program. Her ethnic customers are scared.
"I'm Jewish. I can't sleep. I feel this stuff that is going on is like the Nazis," she said.
Finally, faced with the reality that Danbury is about to return to it's ghost town status, Boughton already has his LIE prepared.
Boughton said if people are leaving the city, it is probably because of the economic downturn, as evidenced by the low number of building permits issued and the high number of foreclosures in the area due to the subprime mortgage crisis.
"That has a bigger impact than whether we send two officers for training to Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Boughton said.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to report to you today that City of Danbury is in strong financial shape, maintaining the highest credit and bond ratings in our city's history.
As I speak to you here today, Danbury is experiencing strong economic growth and has the lowest unemployment rate in the State of Connecticut.
Our taxes continue to be some of the lowest in the state, and our sewer and water rates continue to be 100% below the state average.
While the downturn in the residential real estate market has impacted many areas, Danbury continues to be a desirable place to raise a family. Our business community continues to enjoy a positive economic climate and a positive outlook.
From economic growth to economic downturn in LESS THAN TWO MONTHS!
The subprime crisis has nothing to do with LEGAL ethnic businesses SUDDENLY leaving the area and Boughton knows it. Think I'm kidding, go ask a member of the DaSilva and Jowdy family. Hell, the subprime crisis of the country, hasn't impacted Danbury or Fairfield County significantly yet and if anyone took two seconds to look up the data, they'd know that Boughton is LYING.
This is just another is a long line of dishonest statements from a man who can't help himself from not being straight with the people of Danbury. Let's recap the dishonesty:
• I didn't know that money from Galante was bundled
• The celebrations of the World Cup games was prior planning because me and the chief of Police planned for it.
• DanburyPD played no role in the arrest of 11 day laborers at Kennedy Park.
• We'll make sure the sex offender loopholes are fixed as soon as possible in an ad-hoc committee.
• We'll make sure the parade ordinance problems are fixed as soon as possible in an ad-hoc committee
• The magnet school was MY creation.
• The new parking garage was My creation.
• The BRT tax giveaway is great for Danbury.
• Elmer's Diner is the fault of the previous administration...in fact everything wrong with Danbury is the fault of the previous administration.
Nazi Germany...it's a sad day when that comparison is being made about Danbury and unfortunately, it's being made more and more everyday as the Republican-endorsed/xenophobia inspired ethnic cleansing of the immigrant community continues.
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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.
The last honest man in Danbury stoops to a new low.
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.
