With Election Day less than a month away, there are still many questions regarding long-standing issues in the city that the two candidates for mayor have not addressed in detail.
Over the past two weeks, I sat down with Republican mayoral candidate Dean Esposito and his Democratic counterpart City Councilman Roberto Alves to get their take on general topics of concern in Danbury. I also got the two men to open up about their personal lives and explain why each feels qualified to oversee the affairs of the seventh-largest city in the state.
First up to the deck, the Republican's choice for mayor, Dean Esposito. I will post my interview with the Democratic Party's choice for mayor, Roberto Alves, tomorrow.
NOTE:
1. For the exceptions of added b-roll material, the following interview is in its entirety.
2. There were no restrictions on topics with either candidate.
3. There was no time restriction with Esposito (interview lasted one hour). There was a time restriction of thirty minutes by the Alves campaign.
4. There were PLENTY of topics that we failed to discuss in the interview. Plrease rememebr that this was more of a general interview into their backgrounds and their take on a number of old standing issues that neithe candidate has addressed in detail. I hope to get Alves and Esposito on issues that I was unable to get to in the interview in a future update.
5. My apologizes in advance for the sound quality...curse that the annoying beeping noise in the background :-)
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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.
