Progressive Soup interview with 2009 Danbury Democratic Mayoral candidate

Before proceeding further, it should be noted that the current Mayor of Danbury Connecticut, Mark Boughton, only agreed to one single debate with Democratic Party challenger Gary Goncalves. That debate was sponsored by the Danbury Chamber of Commerce - at a $45. per attendee luncheon event at a local restaurant. The event was covered by the local newspaper - The Danbury News-Times - which has a very solid relationship with the incumbent and cherry-picked moments favorable to the incumbent in reporting the event.

No mention was made of the incumbent's refusal to engage in any debates which would be open to the public for no charge. This stands in stark contrast to the current Mayor's ability to have five opportunities to debate the previous Mayor.

Additionally, the current Mayor declined to be interviewed on Progressive Soup - although he did appear on another public access show hosted by someone who shares Mayor Boughton's vision of the I.C.E. program recently implemented in Danbury.

As you might expect - he faced a barrage of softball questions on that show.

Here is Progressive Soup's interview with Mayoral challenger Gary Goncalves :

http://hatcityblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/local-access-video-progressive-soup.html