With a little over 24 hours notice for the public, Council President Joe Cavo emailed this memo out to members of the council:
Dr. Pascarella has invited Council Members to attend a meet and greet with Dr. Robert Rossi, the new Danbury High School Principal. This will take place at the Beaver Brook School Administration building at 6:30 PM on Wednesday August 12th 2009.
For Council Members interested in attending as members of the public, there will be a Special Board of Education meeting to follow at 7:00 PM.
The Board of Education agenda will include a presentation of the copier bid as well as information regarding the Administrators furlough days.
Best Regards,
Joe Cavo Council President
Now, not withstanding that NOT ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS "SPECIAL" MEETING (and notice of the meeting is not posted on the BOE's website, the notion that somehow a meeting that's as important to members of the public can be called with a little over 24 hours notice is disheartening to say the least. For Cavo, the council President, to go along with the BOE's scheduling of this meeting, in light of all the criticism and attention paid to the decision making of the BOE by members of the public, is inexcusible.
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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.
