Common Council member Mary Teicholz said the incident proves the law works.Racist email receiver Teicholtz couldn't be further from the truth when it comes to the sex offender ordinance and the article about the registered sex offender who received a warning for being at Terrywile Park backs up my point (note the portion in bold).
Police said Siegfried Hepp, 47, who works for Eastern Mountain Sports, gave a demonstration Feb. 9 during the "WinterFest" at Tarrywile Park.
The annual event is popular with families because it features sled dogs and a "fruitcake toss" for children.
Hepp was quoted in a News-Times article about the event that caught the eye of Detective Ethan Mable of the Danbury Police Department's Youth Bureau.
Mable remembered Hepp has an arrest history and looked for his name on the state's sex offender registry.
Based on the article, the ONLY REASON Hepp was caught was because he was quoted in the News-Times. This begs the question "how many sex offenders who went to Terrywile Park went unnoticed?"
For Teicholtz to somehow claim that this ordinance works is laughable at best. I don't know about you but a "warning" for a registered sex offender who's in violation of the law (and in the same area as my child) is hardly something to jumping for you over. If you park your car illegally, do you get a warning or a ticket? How about if you don't have insurance? DUI? Running a red light? Why do SEX OFFENDERS only get a warning when you would assume they get a ticket?
And again, if Hepp wasn't quoted in the article, he wouldn't have been unnoticed by the police.
So tell me Mary, how does a cop that notices a person's name in an article this prove that the ordinance works?
While you're at it, I know a few people who are STILL waiting on you to explain yourself and why you didn't speak out when you received the FIRST offensive email from Former Minority Leader and Fairfield County Weekly Top clown of 2007 Pauline Basso and Republican Town Committee anti-immigrant member Joel Urice?
Here, let me give you a refresher on the level of outrage created as a result of your non-action...
After Pitts’ reluctant press conference, the pre-election silence from Basso’s party was deafening. Boughton held a meeting between Basso and Pitts—as if this was a private matter between the two. Basso refused to make a public statement, considering that note slipped under Pitts’ door sufficient. Common Council President Joe Cavo? Danbury Town Committee Chair Wayne Baker? City Councilwoman Mary Teicholz, who was CCed on the emails? No comment.
The silence said it all; racist emails weren’t something the Danbury GOP thought was important—or Basso’s reelection chances were more important. We’re not sure which is worse.
...and this is the person cheerleading over the over-flawed, "feel good" ordinance that offers a false sense of security to families (unless ALL sex offenders who are in child safety zones are quoted in the News-Times)...UGH.
I'll further explain why this feel-good ordinance is nothing more than a