Members of the Transportation Committee, Department of Transportation, and area lawmakers discuss the prospect of the state installing border toll booths WCSU: 03.26.09
The re-implementation of tolls on the border of Connecticut was the center of a forum held at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury last Thursday.
Transportation committee members Rep. Tony Guerrera, Rep. David Scribner, Sen. Toni Boucher, DOT commissioner Joseph Marie, and Transportation Strategy Board member Jill Kelly got an earful from members of the public on the irresponsible thought of placing tolls on the CT/NY border on I-84.
In short, NO ONE in the audience liked the idea of border tolls and didn't have a problem expressing their feelings on the matter.
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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.
