State Rep. Joe Taborsak offers his comments regarding the plans for Pocono Lane during last week's public hearing Common Council Public Hearing 10.21.08. Photo by CTBlogger
On of the most attended meetings this month was the public hearing on Pocono Lane.
For those who don't know, when it comes to traffic concerns, Pocono Lane takes the cake. This stretch of road is connected to Newtown Road next to Fast Freedies and the residents have to endure traffic coming off of Exit 8 as well as cars looping around Newtown Road back towards Danbury. If you ever exited the gas station during rush hour and tried to get into the left lane to get back into Danbury, you know what I'm talking about when I say that the traffic is a nightmare.
I'll grab more information on the proposed development of this road in later posts but since people who attended the meeting requested that I post the footage, I thought it would be best to just make the video available for viewing now...
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.
