School board chair Gladys Cooper said after she asked members to say the Pledge of Allegiance, a voice came over the Zoom call and made a racist remark toward Black people. A pornographic video then came on the screen.
“It was a cowardly act,” said Cooper, the only Black board member.
The meeting was stopped and later resumed on a different stream, which was posted on YouTube on Thursday.
The superintendent and mayor are investigating, Cooper said.
To say that Cooper didn't hold back her emotions regarding the unfortuante incident would be an understatment (warning: explicit language).
In today's edition of CT GOP hypocrites, State Rep. John Frey takes deceitfulness to a new level.
State Rep. John Frey on Monday afternoon said the legislature should break up Eversource, contending that the state’s biggest utility has grown too big to effectively manage large scale response and restoration efforts.
“Here we are, seven days after the power went out, and thousands of residents in my town, Ridgefield, have yet to see their service restored,” said Frey, a Republican who serves the 111th District. “Thousands of others throughout Connecticut are in the same boat, and it seems the story from every community has been the same throughout this ordeal—Eversource has failed to communicate properly with local officials, keeping municipal public works crews sidelined too long while the company scrambled, and failed, to get inspection and restoration teams deployed in an orderly fashion.”
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"While this action could be viewed as retaliatory, it is not. Eversource has become a multi-state conglomerate. In addition to providing electric service to 149 Connecticut towns, it also owns the natural gas provider and recently acquired the Aquarian Water Utility. The focus appears to have shifted from the days of the former CT Light and Power. It’s proven that it’s gotten too big to deliver reliable service.”
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“There’s little doubt that the complexities of the energy industry combined with regulatory bureaucracy, and even the sheer footprint of the company’s Connecticut customer base, would pose challenges to breaking it up,” Frey said. “But it’s not impossible, and I think my colleagues and I need to have that conversation in Hartford because even the average guy who will be sitting at home in the dark tonight can see that Eversource is so big that its right hand has no idea what its left is doing.”
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR UTILITY CUSTOMERS.
To disclose the salaries of certain executives of public utility holding companies, to limit the ratepayer funds used to compensate such executives, to credit certain utility customers for food losses during prolonged service outages and to require certain utility companies to waive late fees and credit customers during prolonged service outages.
John Frey-Nay Vote
It's outlandish for John Frey to express outrage when he sided with the utility company AND AGAINST accountability when he had a change to make a difference on behalf of his constiuents.
Congrats State Rep Frey, you're my first choice for hypocrite of the day.
Last Saturday, I attended the the rally to demand education justice at the Danbury Green; the event was organized by proponents of the Danbury Prospect Charter School.
At the rally, Danbury Prospect Charter School spokesperson Pimentel Lucas responded to criticism and personal attacks he's received from Danbury Democrats who vehemently oppose the creation of the charter school in the city...here's a small portion of his remarks.
I will have a full write-up on the event posted later.
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
06.03.22 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Career Academy ‘a great deal for Danbury"
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.
