Tomorrow night, the Bethel Board of Selectmen are scheduled to address the board of finance's rejection of the road repair renewal proposal.
At their last meeting, to the disapproval of First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker and many in attendance, by a 4-3 margin, the Bethel Board of Finance rejected and voted to remand the 8.5 million dollar road repair plan to the Board of Finance for further consideration. After the board's vote, I had a chance to talk to First Selectman Knickerbocker and get his opinion on the board's vote and why the proposal is should go for a referendum vote in it's current condition.
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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.