HatCityBLOG Flashback: History of Danbury Democrats' opposition to tax giveaways for residential developers edition (take 6)

In a continuation of Danbury Democrats’ flip-flop on their long and well-documented history of opposing tax giveaways for residential developers, here’s yet another oldie but goodie from the HatCityBLOG archives.

In 2017, as a co-host of a local access show in the area, I interviewed the then-Danbury Democratic mayoral candidate Al Almeida. I specifically asked him to provide his thoughts and vision for downtown Danbury and the impact tax incentives to BRT for residential development had revitalization efforts on Main Street.

Almedia joined the chorus of Democratic mayoral candidates and town committees during the Boughton administration who profoundly opposed providing tax giveaways for residential developers, while residential homeowners and working families are forced to endure higher property taxes.