Taborsak's letter gave details into the merit of the suit and called upon Boughton to provided details in regards to the city's admittance of wrongdoing that played a factor into the case being settled. All of the points in Taborsak's letter were reported numerous times on this site and can be found in the court records.
Here's the letter in full as published on this site back in Jume.
There is good news for the residents of Danbury! The city is now accepting applications for the position of entry level firefighter! Applications will be accepted until June 23rd. Let’s hope this round of hiring strictly follows civil service rules and let’s make sure our “part-time” Mayor understands how a merit eligibility list works. It requires selections to be made on the sole basis of ability as demonstrated by the examination. We don’t want another lawsuit or another $450,000 settlement coming out of city coffers. That money could have been used to save five or six teaching positions in this year’s school budget.
However, mistakes were made and they cannot be explained away as simple administrative errors. There were eight rounds of hiring using the old list and in every single round the city made the same mistake over and over. In every round the Mayor selected less qualified candidates over better qualified candidates and the City Council went along and approved them. It’s outrageous that one of the less qualified candidates was engaged to Acting-Chief Philip Curran’s daughter and that a second less qualified candidate was the son of Michael Finn, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission These particular selections give an appearance of bias or favoritism.
I don’t think the Mayor would make the same mistake eight times in a row. One time is a mistake. Eight times is purposeful and willful. He must think that he can get away with anything.
I think it is embarrassing that a Ridgefield attorney had to go into court for a Writ of Mandamus to make the City follow its own rules. Add to that $450,000 settlement another $180,000 that our municipal risk insurance paid to defend us for making the same mistake over and over.
If you missed this letter to the editor in the News-Times it's because the newspaper refused to publish it.
Last week, Taborsak took to the airwaves to provide the public details regarding the case, express her frustration with the paper's refusal to examine the city's admitted wrongdoing in the case, and comment on the rejection of her letter to the editor.
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Boughton refuses to provide details regarding city's admittance of wrongdoing in firefighter lawsuit settlement
COURT DOCUMENTS: Read the allegations of wrongdoing by Boughton by plaintiffs
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