Yesterday at City Hall, members of the Danbury Democratic Town Committee held their caucus and endorsed their pick of candidates for this November's election.
Gary Goncalves will lead the top of the ticket as candidate for mayor while Lori Kaback takes a shot at becoming Town Clerk for a third term. Rounding up the ticket is Eileen Coladarci who hopes that three time is a charm as she runs again for the position of City Clerk. The party also nominated candidates for all the common council wards seats as well as Common Council at large, Constable, Zoning Commission, and Board of Education.
After the caucus, I caught up with Democratic Town Committee Joe DaSilva Jr. to get his comments regarding the slate.
While I'll update this post with a listing of all the candidates, I wanted to share with everyone video footage from last night's caucus from City Hall.
Highlights (runtime 15 mins):
Meeting in full (runtime 37mins):
Democratic municipal election ticket:
Mayor: Gary Goncalves City Clerk: Eileen Coladarci Town Clerk: Lori Kaback
Common Council at large: Jose Agosto Jr., Barbara Baker, Ernest Boynton, Thomas Dyer Jr., Warren Levy, Oseas Mello and William Totten Jr.
First Ward Council: Frank Anders and Barry Rickert. Second Ward Council: Daniel Abrantes and Paul McAllister. Third Ward Council: Barbara Carey and William Tanner. Fourth Ward Council: Peter Nero and Thomas Saadi. Fifth Ward Council: Duane Perkins and Frederick Visconti Jr. Sixth Ward Council: Benjamine Chianese and Paul Rotello. Seven Ward Council: Philip Cervone and Joselyn Cotillo.
Constables: Francis Harris, Bruce Lees, Gene Letts
Zoning Commission Alternate: Patrick Vanudi
Zoning Commission: Anthony DiCapprio, Richard Jowdy, Thomas Haddad Jr., Jack Gillotti, Clair Motella, Al Pena
Board of Education: Joan Hodge, Robert Taborsak, Patrick McCleary, Kathleen Molinaro
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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.
