Mayor Mark Boughton denied reports Friday that a Web site he registered this week is confirmation of a run for the governor's office.
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Boughton said he registered the name because of "cyber squatters" who purchase domain names and try to sell them back to candidates at exorbitant rates should they decide to run for office.
Okay, let me debunk this latest denial from the mayor in a way that's easy to digest.
There are several websites that Boughton could use for his gubernatorial campaign. Here's a small list of more logical names that cyber squatters would purchase.
As you can see, each of those sites are still up for sale.
Back in December, the mayor has expressed an interest in running for governor...DECEMBER.
If one takes the mayor at his word and he simply purchased the site in part because of cyber squatters why pick an obscure website such as www.boughtonforct.com as opposed to www.boughtonforgov.com? Not to get too geeky but a cyber squatter would had gobbled up every URL I listed above weeks ago as well as possible URLs for just about every other single candidate currently in the race (i.e., Dan Malloy, Ned Lamont, Rudy Marconi, Susan Bysiewicz, etc). To this date, there hasn't been a report of any other candidate having trouble purchasing a web domain.
Better yet, why didn't the mayor simply purchase all the names I listed in item one AND/OR why did he wait till Wednesday to purchase a website when he indicated his interest in the race back in December?
Then there's the whole thing of Bougthon traveling across the state meeting with various Republican Town Committees and taking part in a gubernatorial forum as recently as Wednesday.
Finally, there's this comment.
"Should I not run (for governor), the Web site can point to mayormark forever," he added.
So if YOU SHOULD decide to run for governor, the site YOU PURCHASED ON WEDNESDAY (just days before your planned announcement) will point to your gubernatorial campaign website? And that wasn't the game plan in the first place?
Lets recap:
1. Although the mayor expressed interest in running for governor back in DECEMBER, he waited until this past Wednesday to purchase www.boughtonforct.com.
2. The mayor didn't purchase a more logical gubernatorial website URL that cyber squatters would purchase such as markboughtonforgov.com, markboughtonforct.com, or boughtonforgov.com.
3. The mayor stated weeks ago that he would make a decision on whether or not he's running for governor at the end of the month.
4. The mayor has traveled met with a number of Republican Town Committees in the past month (a requirement in terms of grabbing delegates for the GOP state convention).
Okay, okay silly me, who am I not to take the mayor at his word and think that this purchase had something to do with Boughton running for governor.
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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.
As one who has been covering Danbury politics for years, I knew this comment was coming...
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.
