He [Boughton] added that the Web site, pages of which were removed Friday morning shortly after they were discovered by the media, were "simply drafts that are part of the exploring process you do to see what a site would look like."
He added that the pages weren't intended to be made public and that "someone spent a lot of time and energy trying to find the right URL, but it's simply some draft pages."
While I appreciate the mayor's acknowledgment of my efforts to debunk his nonsense regarding whether or not he's running for governor, this latest denial is simply laughable.
Lets recap:
1. On January 4th, the mayor is quoted in the media stating that he's ALREADY MADE UP HIS MIND regarding whether or not he's running for governor.
Mayor Mark Boughton said Monday he's made his decision about running for governor, but he won't announce his intentions until February.
"A decision has been made, and you will be hearing about it shortly, one way or the other," he said.
2. Back on January 20th, the mayor purchased the website domain "boughtonforct.com" and the site pointed to nothing.
3. After reporting on his purchase, the mayor re-directs the domain to his mayoral website.
4. This week, the domain was re-directed from the mayor's campaign page, to a blank page and a fully developed gubernatorial campaign files were placed in a folder on the server for testing purposes (which is quite common when it comes to testing a site on different platforms).
5. The creation of this site (which is complete with a fully functional online donation page), appeared to be about 95 percent complete and, as a fellow web designer, probably cost Boughton quite a bit of money.
6. Also on the website is a News Section that includes the mayor's biography.
7. ...and I'm not even going to comment on why the mayor's chief of staff is the contact person on his gubernatorial announcement release (thanks a lot Dirk for outing that tidbit of controversy).
YET, the mayor's continues to deny the obvious and claim that the site (and all it's contents) is just a "draft" and doesn't mean anything.
If anyone wonders why I call Boughton the last honest man in Danbury, his laughable denials should give you a clue.
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
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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.
Come on now...does he think anyone in the state is buying this line?
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.
