If you missed the live broadcast of the Common Council meeting last night, YOU'RE SCREWED because someone forgot to record the meeting for future broadcast on the city government channel.
Who would that be you ask? Well, it's no other than the mayor's right hand man Community Services Coordinator, Ted "you're doing a heck of a job" Cutsumpas.
Wait it gets better!
If you think the meeting will be broadcast on Danbury Live, DING, you're wrong. Since the city hasn't gotten around to finding people to man the equipment YET, they reached out to the producer of Danbury Live, for help. In doing so, John was unable to do his usual recording as he was manning the camera for the city's channel. Now, this wasn't a problem because TED WAS SUPPOSE TO HIT THE RECORD BUTTON IN THE PRODUCTION ROOM SO THE MEETING COULD BE RE-BROADCASTED ON THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL.
After countless attempts to get the City of Danbury on board with the other communities in the area that broadcast their meetings on the government channel, it's apparently clear that neither Boughton or his pawns staff gets the message. Cutsumpas' latest screw-up is one in a LONG list of screw-ups from this administration ever since they forked over the money to get the channel established.
From faulty audio problems and failure of posting times when meetings are broadcasted, to not properly using the channel in emergencies and failing to understand the basics of broadcasting such as proper audio and the need for a second camera, after a year of the re-birth of the government channel, City Hall's dismissive nature of broadcasting meetings should be an insult to every resident of Danbury who demand transparency in our local government.
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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.
If you missed the live broadcast of the Common Council meeting last night, YOU'RE SCREWED because someone forgot to record the meeting for future broadcast on the city government channel.
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.
