From: Michael McLachlan "DanburyGOP@aol.com"
To: Danbury GOP group "danbury-gop@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:11:39 AM
Subject: "danbury-gop" Democrats' Budget Forum TONIGHT

I hope some Republicans will show up at the Democrat's state budget forum to ask the tough questions why they are not considering SPENDING CUTS! Speaker Donovan, Bob Godfrey and JNJASon Bartlett will be conducting their dog & pony show at 6:30 pm at WCSU Student Center #202 downtown. Thank you.

Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan (D-Meriden) is scheduled to join State Representative Bob Godfrey (D-Danbury) and State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury , Redding ) at a community forum concerning the state budget on Wednesday evening at Western Connecticut State University .

The legislators will discuss the current status of budget negotiations and what its impact might be on the City of Danbury . Members of the public are invited to attend the event, which will begin at 6:30 P.M. in Room 202 of WCSU’s Midtown Campus Student Center .

WHAT: Speaker Donovan, Rep. Godfrey, Rep. Bartlett host community forum on state budget



WHEN: Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 – 8 P.M.



WHERE: Western Connecticut State University

Midtown Campus

Student Center , Room 202

Danbury , CT

A judge ordered city officials to turn over all communication between Mayor Mark Boughton, the city's planning commission and the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority regarding local businessman Joseph Putnam's application for a garbage transfer station on Plumtrees Road.

Putnam's application -- which was met with fierce opposition from neighbors living in condos and townhouses in the Plumtrees Road area -- was rejected by the Danbury Planning Commission on April 8, 2008.

Putnam appealed the decision to Danbury Superior Court a month later.

Putnam's attorney, Gregory Cava of New Milford, claims that Putnam's application never had a chance in front of the planning commission because the city was already making plans to take over the White Street transfer station from James Galante, who is now serving a prison sentence for racketeering.

In court papers, Cava claims Boughton wanted Putnam's application rejected because the city wants to be the only entity running a transfer station in Danbury.

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In a document dated Feb. 18, Judge Mary E. Sommer -- responding to a discovery request from Cava -- ordered the city to produce:

* All communication between the city and HRRA regarding Putnam's application.

* All communication between the planning commission and Putnam.

* All communication regarding the removal of "transfer station" from certain zones in the city, including any communication between Boughton and the planning commission on the subject or between Boughton and HRRA.

Cava also claims city government used the city's emergency notification system to tell residents about a public hearing in front of the planning commission regarding Putnam's application. The goal was to build opposition to the application, Cava said in court papers, not to simply notify residents about the meeting, as the city claimed.

The judge ordered the city to reveal any e-mails or memos regarding the use of the notification system as it pertained to Putnam's application -- and a list of every resident contacted by the city.

Boughton said the city did not launch a plan to take over Galante's transfer station until long after the planning commission rejected Putnam's application.