In yet another spot on editorial, the Register Citizen correctly highlights the hypocrisy of Danbury's most dishonest mayor...
Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton has chosen “People Over Politics” as the slogan for his 2014 campaign for Connecticut governor, but on two critical issues, he’s not living up to that promise.
“I don’t really see it having the impact that the pundits think it’s going to have,” was all Boughton could muster when he asked him about it at the time. “Rowland is popular in the 5th District. I don’t know about the rest of the state, but in the 5th District, he remains popular.”
Hartford Courant columnist and DailyRuctions.com blogger Kevin Rennie wondered at the time what really was at play with the endorsement, considering the Rowland taint on her candidacy and Boughton’s past disdain for Wilson-Foley, whom he narrowly defeated in a 2010 Republican primary for lieutenant governor.
Our guess is that Boughton got in bed with Wilson-Foley and her husband Brian for the same reason that Rowland did - because they’re millionaires with a significant ability to raise money for his future gubernatorial campaign.
Boughton joined fellow mayors last January in backing an aggressive gun control agenda formulated by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. He also praised New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push for legislation in New York that limited high capacity magazines and required background checks.
But after right-wing anti-gun control candidate Martha Dean entered the race for governor, and gun enthusiasts posted photos showing themselves with $100 bills, pledging to donate to Boughton’s campaign if he would leave the organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns, he did just that earlier this week.
“People over politics,” or “principles over politics,” would indeed be a great rallying cry for a candidate for governor in 2014. But so far, Mark Boughton seems mainly concerned about finding cash to fund his campaign and maneuvering through a Republican primary in which right-wing activists will beat on candidates who don’t pander to gun makers.
As more people learn about the REAL Mark Boughton, you can expect more editorials that will expose Danbury's "Big Poppa" for the dishonest fraud that he is.
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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.
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.
