Danbury's Charter Revision Commission was bringing the city down the wrong path -- advocating a switch to four-year terms for elected officials. There was no public demand for it. The push came from some members of the Republican Party, including Mayor Mark Boughton.
BUSTED! Seems like Mary has been watching Danbury Live's footage of the charter revision meetings...lets continue.
Advocates of four-year terms said the job of governing Danbury is too difficult to learn in a two-year term -- an amazing claim. But the four-year-term proposal was really about giving politicians a break from running for re-election and staying in touch with voters.
The commission and the Republican mayor should have dropped this four-year-term proposal long ago.
Amen.
I'll have more on this subject in the form of a "special comment" later this week.
UPDATE: Okay, okay, I get the message...
Since there were so many charter revision meetings, as requested, I'm in the process of making a special section of this site which will be devoted to ALL the meetings as well as breaking down the meeting based on such issues as the four year terms discussion. Although all the charter revision meetings are on YouTube, I also understand that it's a bit tricky to find them all..especially the ones that are the centerpiece of todays News-Times editorial.
Please understand that we're talking about a GREAT deal of meetings which require a great number of hours of viewing and piecing together. Although I went to a great deal of the meetings, it will take a while to piece things together. In the end, regardless of today's mayoral meltdown, you will see that today's News-Times editorial pretty much hit the NAIL on the head.
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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.
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.
