On Monday, Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne executed and filed a State of Emergency and three Executive Orders in relation to New York City’s recent moves to relocate asylum seekers to Hudson Valley counties without proper coordination with local municipalities. Now, every county surrounding Putnam is home to asylum seekers from New York City’s upstate relocation program. The executive orders direct hotels, motels and those with temporary residency permits not to accept asylum seekers from New York City, essentially transforming them into homeless shelters. The third executive order defines Putnam County not a “sanctuary county” but declares itself a “rule of law” county.
The Danbury Public Library is holding an interactive session today to teach you how to make the internet work for you. You’ll leave with an understanding of how to safety plan with and around technology. An officer from the Danbury Police Department will educate parents about Internet safety, while staff from the Center for Empowerment and Education work with teens. It’s free and it begins this afternoon at 5.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is conducting a pilot removal of sterile grass carp in Candlewood Lake in response to the lack of vegetation in the water there. The fish removal will be used to assess the various removal methods available and to evaluate the response of the vegetation. It will also give researchers a chance to gather data on the fish. The method used will be gill nets and electrofishing. Only grass carp will be removed, and the target number is no more than 200 fish over the course of three days beginning today. It may mean temporary restriction of movement into and out of the coves during the work, although efforts will be made to accommodate boaters that need to pass.
We have the results of the BROOKFIELD REFERENDUM…. The School Operating Budget was voted down, 844 to 809. The non binding advisory on the School Operating budget showed 818 people think it is too high; 527 believe it is adequate; and 284 said it was too low. As for the town operating budget, it passed, 878 to 776. The non binding
advisory showed that 752 people thought it was too high; 736 felt it was adequate; and 138 people thought it was too low. The referendum on Capital Investments passed with 958 YES votes and 680 NO votes. The NEXT BUDGET REFERENDUM will be on Tuesday, May 30th from 6AM to 8PM