Happy holidays

Saturday, December 24, 2011
Time: 5:40 PM



...HatCityBLOG will be back to full speed on Jan 3 2012!

Read/download Mike McLachlan's Danbury 11 deposition

Thursday, December 22, 2011
Time: 10:11 AM

No wonder the city settled...I'll breakdown this incredible document later.


THE MERURIAL: "Lots of Artists, Little Art Scene"

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Time: 3:33 PM



He just doesn't get it!


The Mercurial's Amanda Bloom hit the nail on the head in her write-up regarding the laughable claim from the honest one that Danbury is the "6th best city in the United States for the Arts"
ON NOVEMBER 30, The Atlantic Cities published "The Most Artistic Cities in America", in which Danbury was listed as the number six most artistic city. The title of this article is somewhat misleading; essentially, reporter Richard Florida came to his conclusions by comparing the concentration of artists in each city compared to the national average of artists living in the United States.

"We use a measure called a 'location quotient,' or LQ, which is basically a ratio that compares a region's share of artists to the national share of artists," writes Florida. "An LQ of one implies that its regional share equals the national average; less than one is less than the national average and greater than one is more than the national average. An LQ of two, for example, means a region has twice the national average of artists."

With the aid of Florida's colleague, Kevin Stolarick of the Martin Prosperity Institute, Florida pulled data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey to find how many "artist and related workers" were counted in each city. The end result lists Danbury at an impressive number six with an LQ of 2.460, in between Santa Fe, New Mexico at number one with an LQ of 7.587 and Jersey City at number 10 with an LQ of 2.256. Danbury isn't too far behind New York City, listed at number 3 with an LQ of 2.573 and number 4, Los Angeles, with an LQ of 2.513.

This is valuable and exciting information. Danbury is brimming with artists, which is old news to many who live here. However, the assertion that Danbury is one of the top 10 artistic cities in America is so false it smarts. (The Hat City Blogger chided Mayor Mark Boughton for citing Florida's article in the Mayor's spuriously titled blog post "Danbury Named 6th Best City in America for the Arts".) For many years now, the art scene has been clinging to the edges of the city, holding on for dear life. Those who lived in the area 10 and 20 years ago will remember a powerful art scene, a hopping downtown, a booming city. But that is no longer the case.

Downtown is semiconscious, with a couple music venues here, a few galleries over there, and far too many empty storefronts. Danbury artists travel to other parts of the state to show their work, to move their careers forward, to network, to experience art and to purchase art. There are too few spaces in which Danbury can celebrate its artists, too few venues to hear its outstanding musicians. But that's not to say an "Artistic City" can't grow from our LQ 2.460 artist population.

A shift must take place in order for the arts to take a lasting hold downtown. Artists, galleries, music venues and shops need the utmost support of the City. Eliminate restrictions for these places of business. Prioritize permits for these places of business. Abolish the nine-year-old moratorium on new liquor licenses in the CityCenter district, which coincidentally parallels the cultural fallout of downtown Danbury, the slow fade of the downtown gallery, music hall, boutique and artisan shop. If the City does what it can to make the arts truly viable, our LQ 2.460 community will take care of the rest.

To the Danbury Main Street Partnership, Mayor Mark Boughton and new economic development director Bruce R. Tuomala: Prepare the soil, and our artists will make a magnificent garden.

I can still remember the days of when listening to acts such as Monsterland, China Pig, Gnu Fuz, Onion, Sans Cherub at multiple venues downtown was common place (remember Seattle Espresso, The Blue Moon Book Store, Gallery 13, Chameleon, The Chicken Coop, Hat City Ale House on Wednesday nights?) Cover bands such as The Zoo and The Nerds would make it a point to play in Danbury where they were usually welcomed with close to sold out attendance.

...and don't get me started with the popularity of the GasBall festival at the Green!

While the talent of today's art community isn't on par with the scene in the 90s, it's still quite good...unfortunately the support for the arts by city leaders has all but disappeared (for example, give Tom Carruthers a call).

It's one thing to brag about Danbury being listed in some silly article which uses a formula that's laughable at first glace. What Danbury needs is REAL support for the arts, which includes a REAL re-commitment to the CT Film Festival, recognition of local alternative talents, and s REAL commitment to artists and photographers whose works go seldom noticed downtown or mentioned in the media (unless it's some display on the third floor at City Hall).

Back in the late 80s-90s, because of the popularity of the local indpendent music scene, a famous musician named Danbury as the Seattle of the East Coast...and for good reason. There is a groundswell of talented people in the city that could do wonders for the revitalization of downtown. What's needed is the type of leadership that recognizes the benefit of the arts and provide that section of the community an input in revamping Main Street.

HatCityBLOG VIDEO: 2011 State of the City Address


Time: 1:48 PM

H/T to the Great John N for the video!





State of the City 2011
Danbury, Connecticut

Thank you, and of course I would like to thank you for attending today’s event.

Congratulations are in order for Jim Marquis and his team as the recipient of the Cecil J. Previdi Award. As Mayor of Danbury I am proud to see Jim and his business flourish in our great city. Kimchuck’s success is a direct reflection of Jim’s energy, his enthusiasm, and vision.

Before I begin my remarks, I would like to recognize the public officials who have taken time out of their day to be here.

Danbury works because we all work together, regardless of party- to move the agenda of our community forward.

Of course all of us in government disagree from time to time, that’s to be expected, but when the debate is over - we figure out a way to compromise. I would venture to say that all of our state and local elected officials who serve Danbury understand that the art of compromise is what moves our community forward. They understand that none of our residents are served when we dig in, and when we refuse to bend.

It’s a lesson that our federal government might want to follow given the challenges that our nation faces.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have had a terrific year as far as new business growth and development in the City of Danbury.

The Danbury Hospital has broken ground a $150 million expansion, Western CT State University has broken ground on it’s new performing arts center, The Army will soon break ground on the Army Reserve center at Lee Farm, The Danbury Fair Mall has filled the old Filenes space with a Cheese Cake Factory, Brio, Dick’s Sporting Goods and a just announced LL Bean, the Shops at Marcus Diary are under construction with Whole Foods being their anchor tenant, over the last several months we have announced expansions at Goodrich. Pitney Bowes, DRS Technologies and Boehringer Ingelheim. The Reserve has begun to build again, and thanks to Union Savings Bank we have broken ground on a new building on Main Street, The Matrix Corporate Center has done a phenomenal job a recruiting employers to their facility. This year we have cut ribbons to welcome companies like Guideposts, GM and STP at their facility.

We are in final negotiations with several blue chip organizations, if everything works out just right, in early 2012, we hope to announce new and relocations that will add significant job growth to our region. So stay tuned..

There is a reason our phones are ringing and why our unemployment rate continues to be the lowest in the state, it’s because we have sent a very loud and clear message that we are a pro-jobs community.

All that is good news for us locally - and something that this Chamber of Commerce and this community ought to be incredibly proud of.

We still have a ways to go with our housing industry, and we must continue to be relentless and fearless when it comes to creating jobs for our residents.

These economic times demand the very best in us. There is no margin for error..

Last year I came to you and reported to you that we would be hiring a full-time Director of Economic Development. This past spring the City Council approved the funding for the position.

I am proud to announce today that I have approved the hiring of Bruce Tuomala for the position of Director of Economic Development for the City of Danbury.

Bruce comes to us with wide resume of business development and community outreach. A unique blend that marries broader business perspectives and the intimacy and the needs of our Main Street.

The focus of our new Director will be two fold. First to market our 44 square miles to any business that wants to come to Danbury, stay in Danbury, or expand in Danbury.

The message has got to be that while we cannot control state policies and national politics, we are open for business in Western Connecticut.

Second will be to work closely with a new agency that has been created to market and manage Main Street, the Danbury Main Street Partnership.

This past year, we created this entity by ordinance, and solicited people who would be interested in donating their time to improve Main Street. To our delight there were so many people interested, that we had to make some tough choices as to who would serve on the Partnership.

For those who were not selected for the first Partnership, fear not, we will be more than happy to gain your valuable insight and ideas through a variety of different committees and policy groups as we begin to enhance the engagement of our Main Street by my administration.

Our City Council is currently considering proposals from the City to lower permit fees and sewer and water connection fees along Main Street. Imagine that, a government actually lowering the cost of business. Remarkable..

The Zoning Commission has already created the Downtown Revitalization Zone or DRZ. Broadening what we consider Main Street, and including more properties that will be eligible to take advantage of these new incentives.

While I think everyone agrees that our Main Street has great buildings and enormous potential, Bruce and the Main Street Partnership as well as Andrea Gartner and the CityCenter organization can begin to think strategically about how to leverage the changes to our regulations and how to leverage our new package of incentives to encourage economic growth and development along the Main Street corridor.

A key to a successful Main Street is to locate city services and agencies whenever possible along the central corridor. For example, the addition of Naugatuck Community College has been helpful in putting people on Main Street during the day and during the evening. There are almost 700 students now using the Main Street building.

The City of Danbury has a lot of tough choices to make regarding expanded space as it relates to our schools. When possible we ought look to locate those facilities on Main Street or at least in the DRZ. Besides the students, schools bring staff and support personnel downtown who will use the facilities and the stores and restaurants located on Main Street.

With service from the HART bus line, the Danbury Public Library, and access to many other amenties like Western Connecticut State University, locating any of our school facilities along the Main Street corridor will be important for the long term stability of Main Street.

In the next two years we will also have to deal with the challenge of growing enrollment in our public school system. The good news is that people want to live in Danbury. While other cities of similar size in the Northeast are losing population and people are leaving, in Danbury the opposite is true.

It’s no accident that this year Danbury was ranked as the 5th best city to live in in the State of Connecticut by Connecticut Magazine. To put that in persective, Danbury was ranked higher than Bristol, Stratford, Middletown, New Haven, Milford, and Hartford for our quality of life. We were only eclipsed by Greenwich, Stamford, West Hartford and Fairfield, communities that are much more wealthy than ours.

While investing in our education system is not something that we are really in a position to do, it is something that we must do to preserve our property values and our quality of life. In April, I will ask the voters to approve a modest borrowing to cover the cost of addressing our space needs for our schools and we will have a straight discussion about the cost of staffing our new space to meet the needs of our children into the next decade.

I have also asked Dr. Pascarella, our Superintendent of Schools, to design the next generation of programming for the new space. Programming that will not just focus on putting students into chairs, but will help all of us - including Bruce, market the total community as a great place to live, work, and be educated in.

While the 2020 Task Force Report is being finalized, I envision the acquisition of a new building to house two new middle school academies, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Academy (STEM) that we hope to partner with a local corporation that will provide resources and mentoring, and we will add grades 6,7,8 to our popular elementary Magnet School.

Both academies will hold approximately 375 students that will help us manage the numbers at our middle schools.

Danbury, like any community during this economic crisis, is faced with significant financial challenges related to the cost of employee benefits and salaries.

Today I am proud to report that we have been working in a cooperative fashion with all of our unions to restructure compensation levels as well as pensions, medical costs, and retiree medical costs. While there will be a short term expense, these changes will bend the cost curve over the long term for our taxpayers.

Just so that we are clear, we have redefined public employment through these contracts in a way never done before. If these agreements are ratified by the union members, many new employees will be participating in a defined contribution plan rather than a traditional pension plan, health care plans will have been retooled to be more in line with the private sector, in some contracts provisions like longevity payments and retiree medical have been completely eliminated.

When taken together these new contracts, will save millions of dollars of future expenses and make our government sustainable for generations to come.

All of these changes are difficult to make, but are necessary if we are to put Danbury’s long term future on a sustainable financial path.

Union contracts were not the only thing on our mind to help reduce cost. Working smarter, more efficiently has been critical for us.

Every department has been asked to participate in our redesign of city government.

Under Chief Herald’s direction, the Fire Department has implemented a pilot program to have our firefighters respond to non-fire related calls with a SUV that is equipped with medical supplies and equipment. This vehicle or SRV, now responds to the 75% of calls that are not a working fire. This reduces the wear and tear on our more expensive pumper trucks and ladder trucks. In addition, the new vehicle saves our taxpayers thousands of dollars in diesel fuel when our firefighters go to shopping center to help someone who has locked their keys in their car.

Chief Baker has implemented a new pilot program that has added multi-directional cameras to our police cars that can read multiple license plates from multiple views to determine if the vehicle has a lapsed registration or insurance or is wanted as stolen property. The cameras work in milli-seconds and save time and manpower on what a was once a laborious process of hand entering each license plate one at a time to determine if the car in question was properly registered.

Both Chiefs are working on our civilian driven combined dispatch center that will save hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime costs. The city will issue an RFP right after the first of the year to hire an outsider vendor to do our dispatching of fire,police, and ems our rollout will be in the summer of 12’.

Our Finance department and IT Department will be implementing a new core software system that will help us better track expenses and will help us reduce paperwork and ultimately personnel as more functions become automated.

Of course we look at the revenue side of the budget as well. We have one of the most creative and innovative tax collectors in the state. Scott Fergusan spends his time coming with new ways to collect the taxes that are due. That is why we routinely maintain a 99% to 100% collection rate.

Several years ago I came to you explaining that the City of Danbury of would like to purchase the Transfer Station located at 307 White. As negotiations dragged on and the economy continued it’s downward spiral, it became clear that a public-private partnership would be less risky for the city and would still provide a revenue stream for Danbury.

This year Winters Brothers Inc and The City of Danbury have signed a memo of understanding that will provide transparency to the facility and will generate a significant amount of dollars for Danbury.

Last year our bond rating was upgraded by both S&P and Fitch, I am confident we will maintain our current bond rating as well as our credit ratings given these changes to our employee benefit package and our tight management of the city’s finances.

The next several budget years will not be easy given the poor economy, lack of state aid, and the pressures of funding our schools, but residents can feel good that our long term forecast has brightened dramatically.

I have to confess, this past year has been a long and difficult one both professionally and personally.

We started 2011 off with some of the worst snowfalls in recent memory - which brought roof collapses and had our firefighters shoveling the roofs of our school buildings all over the city. We moved through the spring and the summer during the rainiest season in the history of Danbury. We had not one, but two tropical storms that brought record amounts of flooding and damage to many parts of the city and of course an extended power outage.

We then had a late season October snowfall that was arguably was the worst in our history in terms of damage to our city. The October storm brought limbs down and a second extended power outage that was worse than the first.

I will never forget how strong this community was during those trying times. I was so proud of my wife Phyllis who spent several days at our shelter at the War Memorial comforting and feeding those who could not go home.. I was honored to work side by side with our first responders, my staff Wayne Shepperd, PJ Prunty, Elisa Munoz, Joan Soderstrom, and a host of city employees who have went above and beyond the call.

All also want to recognize Antonio Iadarola Director of Public Works, Chief Baker and Chief Herald, Duke Hart our Superintendent of Highways, and Paul Estefan our Director of Emergency Management for their outstanding service to Danbury during this difficult time.

Ashbritt, the company that collected debris from the storm left this morning- thank God. For the record Ashbritt has collected over 100,000 yards of debris, cleared 3,184 tree limbs, and cut down 27 trees for a cost of $3.8 million dollars.

The grand total of damage from these storms from Jan. 1 2011 until now for both public and private buildings is into the tens of millions of dollars.

Is that important? Absolutely.
Do I think about these costs everyday? Yes.

But, in the long run, we must look at the totality of our lives and ask - does it matter? I’m not so sure..

You see, at the same time that we were managing the storms, roof collapses, floods, policing the city, power outages, cleaning debris from streets, my own father was taking the final journey to his resting place, he was making his peace with God and what lies beyond during that last October snow - he did this while I held his hand, it was a beautiful moment. A life changing moment.

That’s the part of life that matters.

I mention this personal experience to you not because I want to depress you before the holidays, but because I would ask that you take time during this holiday season to reflect on what is important and then reflect on what really matters.

Is it important that you have the next promotion or get the next job? Sure.

Does it matter?

Is it important that you have brush on your lawn from the storm that haven’t been picked up? Absolutely.

Does it matter?

(Let me be clear, we will pick up your brush).

Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in a great city of eternal optimism, with limitless potential, that can overcome any obstacle placed in front of it - and we always do

That’s what matters.

A city made up of a beautiful mosaic of people from all over the world that all get along and work together.

That’s what matters.

We live in a city where people want to do business, where the entrepreneurial flame burns bright for start ups, small and medium sized businesses, our corporate partners every day.

That’s what matters.

We live in a city that cares for the less fortunate, that does more for those in need than most cities in the State of Connecticut.

That’s what matters.

Feel good about our city, our state, our country.

This is the holiday season - live, love, laugh, and celebrate with your friends, your family, your co-workers and your neighbors.

Because that’s what truly matters..

Ladies and Gentlemen, that is the state of our city for 2011.

May God Bless You and May God Bless our Great City..

Danbury named 6th best city in the United States for the Arts? Not so fast...

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Time: 3:25 PM



Even during X-Mas season, our mayor is being dishonest and misleading...I guess he'll get a lump of coal in his stocking.


Okay people. calm down...

All the spin over a report from The Atlantic Cities naming HatCity as the 6th best city in the United States for the Arts is about as misleading as Mayor Boughton outlandish "Danbury Triple A Bond Rating" claim.


I'll let the breakdown of the report from The Atlantic speak for itself.
But which U.S. cities and metros have the most extensive artistic communities?

With the help of my Martin Prosperity Institute colleague Kevin Stolarick, I used data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to rank the leading metros for both their numbers of artists and their concentration relative to their population. We used the data on "artists and related workers," which covers both employed and self-employed visual artists in the United States. There are about 237,000 such artists across the U.S., of which roughly 210,000 are located in cities and metro areas.

The list of the top metros with the largest number of artists largely follows population size, as you would expect. New York comes in first, followed by Los Angeles, with Chicago in third place, San Francisco in fourth and Seattle fifth. Atlanta, greater Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Orange County, California and Dallas, Texas round out the top ten. Even with all the hub-bub of Art Basel, Miami ranks just 28th on this metric.

Now, the important part...

But we wanted to examine which metros have the largest concentration of artists relative to their population. We use a measure called a "location quotient," or LQ, which is basically a ratio that compares a region’s share of artists to the national share of artists. An LQ of one implies that its regional share equals the national average; less than one is less than the national average and greater than one is more than the national average. An LQ of two, for example, means a region has twice the national average of artists.

Based on the location quotient ratio, Danbury ranks six with a LQ rating of 2.460. In other words, Danbury ranks six in terms of the number of artists versus the national average...which is a FAR CRY from Danbury being the 6th best city in the United States for the Arts




That being said, Danbury has a great musical and artistic following. I strongly encourage everyone to bookmark Amanda Bloom's Danbury-based arts, news, and entertainment website "The Mercurial" for everything artistic in Danbury!




SHAMELESS PLUG UPDATE: As a HUGE fan of the music scene in the area, if you're looking for a sample of Danbury's best musical talent, then make sure to attend the legendary Monday night open mic jam at Tuxedo Junction (formerly located at the 1Bar). As a preview of what you can expect on any given Monday night, from a previous open mic jam, here's my video of local area talent Jon Chapman singing Bob Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You."



Coming soon...


Time: 10:17 AM

...an early X-Mas present.



Prepare to be outraged.

Two police crusiers collide downtown early Sunday morning

Monday, December 19, 2011
Time: 3:35 PM


Photo courtesy of Dave Bonan


Dave Bonan sent me this tweet on Sunday morning...


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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.

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2019 (BOUGHTON/SETARO)
Danbury 2019 election results
(VID) 2019 NewsTimes Editorial Board interview with Mark Boughton and Chris Setaro
(VID) 2019 Danbury City-Wide PTO educational forum
(VID) 2019 Danbury Chamber of Commerce mayoral debate
(VID) 2019 convention endorsement speeches from Mark Boughton and Chris Setaro