Belltown VFD Injunction

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According to the State of Connecticut Judicial Website, the court date for the Belltown Volunteer Fire Department Injunction Hearing against the City of Stamford and Stamford Mayor Dannell Malloy for allegedly breaking the town charter has been set for May 13, 2008. Mayor Malloy proposed a $20,000 allotment for fiscal year 2008-2009, about $140,000 short of the current fiscal year's budgetary allotment. According to officials at the BFD, this is not only a strongarm tactic, it is a breach of the charter that mandates the City of Stamford to adequately fund the department so they can keep afloat. The injunction calls for the city to restore adequate funding for the upcoming fiscal year. The case will be heard in Bridgeport court.

I, as a veteran and life member of this proud and traditional organization, really do not want to see them snuffed out. I hope they can get their funding restored so they can continue to serve the residents of my hometown neighborhood as they have done since 1928.

Court Docket FBT-CV-08-4024530-S

For more information:

www.savebelltown.com

www.belltownfire.com