Danbury Republican racist email scandal: Two years later

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It's been two years since the unearthing of a series of racist and highly offensive anti-immigrant emails that involved then Common Council Majority Leader Pauline Basso, seventh ward Common Council member Mary Teicholtz, and Planning Commissioner Joel Urice rocked the community.

Over the coming days, I'm going to do a series of posts which will examine everything regarding this dark episode in the history of Danbury, including whether or not the xenophobic attitude outlined in the series of emails still exist at City Hall today, and what the major players in the scandal are doing now.

For now, here's a look back on how Danbury's dirty dark secret unfolded on the networks...