Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Stay Tuned...
In case you haven't noticed, Listen Up Danbury! is currently on a brake from blogging about the good and the bad of Danbury news. We plan to return in 2008 with new bloggers expressing new opinions about what is happening in Danbury. We'd like to apologize to our loyal visitors for our break and hope you will join us again later in the year.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Mayor Boughton and all the candidates who won last night. Things have been a little crazy over the last two years but with Lynn Taborsak gone hopefully the Council and Mayor can all work together and continue making our city a place we want to live in.
In closing we pulled this from the News Times' comments section of, "Boughton cruises" and we couldn't have said it any better:
"You can't run a novice and expect anything but defeat. You can't rely on ill-informed blogs to do your campaigning for you. Real issues win the day for Boughton and his team. Fabricated issues meant certain defeat for the democrats who desperately need better leadership." - Justice served
In closing we pulled this from the News Times' comments section of, "Boughton cruises" and we couldn't have said it any better:
"You can't run a novice and expect anything but defeat. You can't rely on ill-informed blogs to do your campaigning for you. Real issues win the day for Boughton and his team. Fabricated issues meant certain defeat for the democrats who desperately need better leadership." - Justice served
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is
News Times October 9, 2007
Official under fire for e-mails
NAACP chapter president says Danbury Common Council member circulated racist messages
http://www.newstimes.com/localnews/ci_7125957
What kind of a Reverend doesn’t forgive? What kind of a Reverend uses a person’s request for forgiveness against them so that he can get his 15 minutes of fame? What kind of a Reverend casts the first stone? Pauline Basso was wrong, but she will be forgiven because she asked for it. What will a Reverend with ulterior motives get when his judgment day comes?
Official under fire for e-mails
NAACP chapter president says Danbury Common Council member circulated racist messages
http://www.newstimes.com/localnews/ci_7125957
What kind of a Reverend doesn’t forgive? What kind of a Reverend uses a person’s request for forgiveness against them so that he can get his 15 minutes of fame? What kind of a Reverend casts the first stone? Pauline Basso was wrong, but she will be forgiven because she asked for it. What will a Reverend with ulterior motives get when his judgment day comes?
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Did You Watch?
GREAT Common Council meeting tonight, I'm glad the city is taking another step to deal with our illegal immigration problem, we can't wait for the federal government to try to figure something out!
I also have to say I strongly agree with many comments made regarding the cultural monuments being discussed for outside of City Hall. There is not enough room for all the monuments and some groups will inevitably be left out. Lets find a better place for these monuments or lets think of something better to commemorate the diversity of cultures we have in our community.
For more information on the proposed monuments see the News Times story here:
http://www.newstimes.com/news/story.php?id=1186572068
I also have to say I strongly agree with many comments made regarding the cultural monuments being discussed for outside of City Hall. There is not enough room for all the monuments and some groups will inevitably be left out. Lets find a better place for these monuments or lets think of something better to commemorate the diversity of cultures we have in our community.
For more information on the proposed monuments see the News Times story here:
http://www.newstimes.com/news/story.php?id=1186572068
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Misinformed opinions are a waste of our time!
Well its been over a month since our last post and we aren't going to act like we went on vaca again. To be honest we've been busy and there hasn't been much to add our opinions to, until now.
There is nothing I can't stand more then reading letters to the Editor of the News Times that clearly are full of incorrect assumptions and accusations.
Why not raise flags of other countries? This letter is complaining about a Brazilian flag now flying over the city along with an American flag. WRONG! If this person spent the time it took to write the letter to actually educate herself on what is really going on then she would realize that she is complaining about something that doesn't exist. I have been fortunate enough to be invited to several flag raising ceremonies by friends including the Indian, Lebanese and Portuguese ceremonies all of which were very nice and their flag only flew for the remainder of that day with the American flag.
Danbury is more than downtown This letter accused city officials of focusing their efforts to only our downtown. Either this guy lives in a bubble or he is playing stupid in order to get his letter in the paper to publicly bash the city for something it isn't doing. I have witnessed first hand how revitalization is happening throughout the city. My kids have enjoyed a new park all summer, that is not downtown, and the city's UNIT team has helped me more then once with my neighbors. The fact is if this guy asked for help he would get it and if he paid attention he would see a lot of good change in our city. Improvements and change take time, speak up and be a little more patient.
There is nothing I can't stand more then reading letters to the Editor of the News Times that clearly are full of incorrect assumptions and accusations.
Why not raise flags of other countries? This letter is complaining about a Brazilian flag now flying over the city along with an American flag. WRONG! If this person spent the time it took to write the letter to actually educate herself on what is really going on then she would realize that she is complaining about something that doesn't exist. I have been fortunate enough to be invited to several flag raising ceremonies by friends including the Indian, Lebanese and Portuguese ceremonies all of which were very nice and their flag only flew for the remainder of that day with the American flag.
Danbury is more than downtown This letter accused city officials of focusing their efforts to only our downtown. Either this guy lives in a bubble or he is playing stupid in order to get his letter in the paper to publicly bash the city for something it isn't doing. I have witnessed first hand how revitalization is happening throughout the city. My kids have enjoyed a new park all summer, that is not downtown, and the city's UNIT team has helped me more then once with my neighbors. The fact is if this guy asked for help he would get it and if he paid attention he would see a lot of good change in our city. Improvements and change take time, speak up and be a little more patient.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Wait....This is a City Right?
I read something in the paper last week that really got me going and then reading a letter to the editor today made me decide to write this post. First off, since when is it ok for the News Times to do a feel good story on someone growing a cornfield in their front yard in the middle of our downtown ?
(Aug. 14 -News Times- Letter to the Editor -"Danbury's witch hunt against Guinea fowl")
Second, how is this story getting positive comments? My only conclusion is that these people don't realize this cornfield is in a front yard, and that they have not driven by the darn thing regularly to see how out of place it is and how it devalues the homes around it.
So what set me off on a poor lady's front yard cornfield? Well the fact that people think they can do whatever they want with their property without any consideration for their neighbors and the people who have to drive by it on a daily basis. Examples include cars parked in front yards, people loitering infront of homes, laundry hung on bushes and fences and in this case a cornfield adjacent to a main road!
What else set me off? The fool who wrote a letter to the editor complaining about city officials forcing him to legalize his shed and get rid of his guinea fowl.
(Aug. 4 - News Times - Local section - "Garden of Eatin")
Are you kidding me? How can you bash city officials for doing their job? How can you expect the Zoning Board of Appeals to say its ok for you to have chickens running around on your property and its ok for you to have built an entire structure on your property without following the proper procedures? How can you say this was a waste of time and tax dollars? I know I don't want chickens or goats or horses and cows running around next door to me and I know that they belong on a farm. I also know that if the city let one person do it then everyone would want to do what they want and if they did then we'd have cornfields and chicken coops popping up all over our CITY...I emphasize the word city because that is what we are and chickens and corn don't belong in a city's downtown! Come on people, learn to assimilate and respect your neighbors!
(Aug. 14 -News Times- Letter to the Editor -"Danbury's witch hunt against Guinea fowl")
Second, how is this story getting positive comments? My only conclusion is that these people don't realize this cornfield is in a front yard, and that they have not driven by the darn thing regularly to see how out of place it is and how it devalues the homes around it.
So what set me off on a poor lady's front yard cornfield? Well the fact that people think they can do whatever they want with their property without any consideration for their neighbors and the people who have to drive by it on a daily basis. Examples include cars parked in front yards, people loitering infront of homes, laundry hung on bushes and fences and in this case a cornfield adjacent to a main road!
What else set me off? The fool who wrote a letter to the editor complaining about city officials forcing him to legalize his shed and get rid of his guinea fowl.
(Aug. 4 - News Times - Local section - "Garden of Eatin")
Are you kidding me? How can you bash city officials for doing their job? How can you expect the Zoning Board of Appeals to say its ok for you to have chickens running around on your property and its ok for you to have built an entire structure on your property without following the proper procedures? How can you say this was a waste of time and tax dollars? I know I don't want chickens or goats or horses and cows running around next door to me and I know that they belong on a farm. I also know that if the city let one person do it then everyone would want to do what they want and if they did then we'd have cornfields and chicken coops popping up all over our CITY...I emphasize the word city because that is what we are and chickens and corn don't belong in a city's downtown! Come on people, learn to assimilate and respect your neighbors!
Friday, August 3, 2007
Our Condolences
Local politics have started back up in the last couple of weeks but its really too early to guess on winners and I honestly haven't heard or read anything revolutionary. Helena is still talking in circles about nothing, bringing up issues that aren't even issues and not providing any solutions to what she says is wrong, and the Mayor is going about his job with major groundbreakings and improvements in recent weeks, by the way a new elementary school and police headquarters are a major step forward, great job Mayor Boughton and City Hall!
On another note, the reason I am posting is to openly express our deepest condolences, on behalf of everyone at Listen Up Danbury!, to all those affected by the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. I was watching news coverage of the disaster and came across the story of a young boy who helped save a bus full of children on the bridge (the details are in the link below). I hope in addition to this young man getting the recognition that he deserves that he also receives help from those who can afford it with his future. Celebrities give away money all the time for different causes and there is something about this boy that makes him seem deserving of a bright future, especially now that he is a hero.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/us/03bus.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
On another note, the reason I am posting is to openly express our deepest condolences, on behalf of everyone at Listen Up Danbury!, to all those affected by the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. I was watching news coverage of the disaster and came across the story of a young boy who helped save a bus full of children on the bridge (the details are in the link below). I hope in addition to this young man getting the recognition that he deserves that he also receives help from those who can afford it with his future. Celebrities give away money all the time for different causes and there is something about this boy that makes him seem deserving of a bright future, especially now that he is a hero.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/us/03bus.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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