Comments for Mark Boughton

Comment on God bless this mess.. by David Pia

David Pia — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:59:49 +0000

Please correct the spelling of Mayor Boughton’s name in my response

Comment on God bless this mess.. by Bill Evans

Bill Evans — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:59:23 +0000

This is why we need more leaders and less politicians in government! Leaders make tough decsions today so that tougher decsions do not have to be made later. The longer these people kick the can down the road, the worse the situation will get, and more painful the solutions will need be. When the primary desire of a politician is to stay in office or move up the ladder, it is time to vote them out regardless of party!

Comment on God bless this mess.. by George

George — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:44 +0000

It is not a mess, it is a strategy. Speaker Donovan is just biding his time, waiting for the state’s financial hole to grow so large that only one solution remains: raise taxes and, especially, implement a graduated income tax so the ‘rich will finally pay their fair share.’

Comment on God bless this mess.. by Giuseppe

Giuseppe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:17 +0000

Well said. If the legislature were serious about its constitutional obligation to balance the budget, it would be meeting around the clock to find savings. With barely four months left in the current fiscal year, it is clear the legislative supermajority intends to Do Nothing about the deficit.

Comment on On websites and such.. by maria

maria — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:19:02 +0000

Mark,
So glad to hear your running for governor
yes you do have my vote and I am a republican

Comment on Happy Holidays… by Rita Spinner

Rita Spinner — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:43:20 +0000

You’re the best, Mark! Danbury is a brighter place because you run it.

Comment on Connecticut on the brink.. by partiZan_hak

partiZan_hak — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:43:34 +0000

Be wary of politicians that try to turn an economic crisis into an opportunity to advance their ideological agenda.

Comment on Happy Thanksgiving! by Marc

Marc — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:11:08 +0000

I am thankful for strong leadership from a guy I consider to be a great mayor! Keep up the good fight Mayor Mark!

Comment on Not in New York.. by David A. Stevenson GRI

David A. Stevenson GRI — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:53:21 +0000

In all this talk about “Islamo-Fascist-Terrorists”, have people forgotten about Timothy McVeigh ?

Based on his fundamentalist Christian beliefs, isn’t it more than fair to refer to McVeigh as a “Christian Terrorist” for killing 500 people – mostly children – in Oklahoma City ?

I know Mark Boughton is even-handed. No doubt he and I are in agreement on this.

Comment on Not in New York.. by Marc

Marc — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:02:25 +0000

I am a huge fan of Mayor Mark, however I have to differ with him on this subject. We have a rule of law and as an American, I have complete faith in our system of justice. Our system is multi-faceted and is architected to not just punish the guilty but to also flesh out facts and create a history and understanding of the crime. There are so many assumptions around 9/11. Frankly the trial doesn’t need to be a circus; however it does need to happen.

By the way, we are kind of playing loose in this country with the definition of “war crimes”. Because “war” is an often debated state and because Al Qaeda is a movement and an organization, not a country, we can get into some nebulous territory.

I would submit Mr. Mayor that New Yorkers are pretty tough people, people that like facts and knowledge.

I would also submit that by calling us into a state of war with an entity like Al Qaeda, you are giving legitimacy to their role in the world of international politics, which is something we should absolutely not do. I would also submit that a trial will help our police and justice system further extract facts and truth from the bowels of this heinous crime. Something we need to further prevent the perpetrators colleagues from proceeding with further plans. Police work is not an end to itself, it is part of the justice process.

Regardless of whether the crimes were created as an act of war or as an act created to throw our country into chaos, I want to know all of the facts and our justice system is a strong fulcrum to extract truth from those that would see it fail and falter.

On a side note, I spent a great deal of time in Israel when I was much younger. One of the key things Israelis are very good at is getting and extracting information out of terrorists. We actually have a pretty strong practice in the FBI for doing something very similar (Scott Piro in the FBI was Saddam’s interrogator, the guy is amazing). Again, law enforcement and our system of justice really does work. Military trials and torture is the stuff of banana republics. Especially in Danbury, we have more class than that.