Since word that Mayor Boughton is taking steps to acquire the Transfer Station on White Street, I've been inundated with emails from people who are extremely frustrated with the lack of information regarding this possible purchase.

With the potential of the city paying millions of dollars in the purchasing of the property, people have a laundry list of questions about the wisdom of making such a move. At this point, it seems like Boughton seems more interested in making "claims" such as the city making aprox. 2 million dollars in revenue from running the facility without providing the public with documentation that back up these "claims".

...based on his past history (here here, here,, here, here, etc), you would be wise to wait till you see the details before drinking the kool-aid.

Looking at the flood of emails I've received, I'm not the only one who's not buying the hype and want to see more information from the mayor and Common Council on the benefit of the city taking over this facility.

At this point, it's absolutely illogical and/or pre-mature for anyone to outright sign onto this project as we don't know the OVERALL economic impact this move will have on the city as opposed to a private entity running the show (and the whole notion that organized crime run EVERY SINGLE trash industry is a slap in the face to the field and brings back memories of the "they're going to build a casino" scare tactics used to justify the nonsense at the old Union Carbide property years ago). To blindly sign onto this project without knowing ALL THE facts, costs to the city, and alternatives is completely irresponsible. If the planning and zoning commission acted the same way people who in favor of this undertaking are acting, the city would be a wasteland of even more irresponsible and reckless development and spending.

Many people didn't know that there was a special meeting of the Common Council that looked into this matter...and with good reason seeing that the mayor got around to telling the public and members of the Common Council about the meeting the day of his state of the city address ON FRIDAY. To add insult to injury, to this date, there are STILL no documentations linked with any of the items on the agenda of the special session on the City of Danbury's meeting calendar.

To help people out, knowing that info on this deal was basically non-existant, I went to the Special Meeting on Monday night and videotaped everything that I was allowed to record (items in executive session is private). Also, since there is no documentation on the calendar section of the city's website, I went through the trouble and got copies of what's missing (again, anything presented during executive session is private and is unavailable). I also did a couple of interviews with Minority Leader Tom Saadi as well as a member of the public who was just as in the dark over the whole matter as everyone else.

Here's the video from Monday night.



Below is the documentation related to the special meeting.


Item 1: RESOLUTION – Resolution of Intent




Item 2: ORDINANCE – Danbury Solid Waste Authority



Item 3: COMMUNICATION – Request for Funds – Legal Fees