Tonight the Danbury Democratic Town Committee will hold their first monthly meeting since one of their members, Martha Rhodes faced heavy criticism and calls for her resignation after posting inflammatory commentary regarding Congressional candidate Jahana Hayes that many considered to be racist.
This is a critical moment for a town committee that still faces criticism over their support for former chairman and mayor Gene Eriquez after his arrest on spousal abuse charges. Unlike their ill-advised decision to stand behind the disgraced mayor, based on Rhodes NON-apology she made after her "apology" she made to the Newstimes, for the good of the party, the committee should do the right thing and ask one of their own to step down.
The meeting, which will take place at 7:30 PM at 161 Main Street, is open to the public...and open commentary is allowed at the start of the event.
In honor of my desire for Rhodes to spare the Danbury DTC further ridicule, here's a re-posting I originally wrote on August 7th.
This is rich.
After staying silent in face of the firestorm around her, on the same day that the Newstimes started an inquiry regarding her offensive and racist commentary regarding Jahana Hayes, Danbury Democratic Town Committee member Martha Rhodes posted the following message before temporarily deactivating her Facebook account.
Unreal...
In apologizing “if my personal commented in any way offended" anyone, Rhodes shows that she didn’t learn a thing from denigrating a person of color.
I felt excluded by her because I’m white and she repeatedly harped on how government should look like her while veiling her own racism with allusions to diversity and fairness in her final remarks.
To add salt to the wound, in response to a comment of support for her, Rhodes shows her true colors in calling her critics as people with "clouded lenses" and appears to takes umbrage over the entire dust-up.
By deflecting blame to her critics and not honestly accepting full ownership for her remarks, Rhodes shows that she learned nothing from her actions and is unfit to hold a position of the town committee.
Rhodes needs to resign...and she needs to resign now.
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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.
