Fairfield council extends its condemnation of prejudice, hate, violence
FAIRFIELD Two weeks after denouncing the recent hate and violence directed at Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritages, the City Council on Tuesday broadened its condemnation of prejudice and discrimination “against all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, background, gender or sexual orientation.”
The council members took the opportunity to remark on the importance of the Derek Chauvin murder convictions Tuesday in Minnesota.
Chauvin is the former police officer who is responsible for the death of George Floyd by kneeling on Floyd’s neck. Chauvin is white. Floyd was Black.
FAIRFIELD The City Council has started over in its evaluation of which retail cannabis companies should get city permits.
But instead of choosing two firms, the council agreed Tuesday to issue permits to as many as four.
While Councilman Scott Tonnesen said he supported issuing up to six permits,
In 1943, the woman named Madge Knight lived a fairly content life in Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England, where she lived with her retired architect husband, and her sister and her sister’s husband, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Moore, who had a room at their home. In November of that year, Mr. Knight took a trip to London with Madge’s sister and the two returned on the afternoon of the 18
th. According to the Moores, that evening the Knights got into a huge argument, which was rare for them and was suspected to be caused by jealousy over the trip to London mixed with the heavy drinking Marge had been doing that evening. The fight was so bad that the Moores allegedly left the premises for a while until it cooled down, coming back at around 10 pm. This seemingly normal turn of events would soon spiral out of control, and be only be the beginning of a strange mystery and eerie unsolved death that has eluded all understanding to this day.
The Banishing in terms of how it looks at history. I’m curious about how the film came about. What was your process for developing those central themes of religious suppression and fascism?
I read a script, probably about three years ago, which was written as more of a kind of
Woman in Black, bigger budget movie, with a lot more traditional jump scares and so on and so forth. And as we developed it, I was very keen on the idea that it was set in 1936 and I thought it was important that we talk about the rise of fascism. There’s obviously many parallels between that period and what’s happening now, and I just wanted to dig into that, really. And that was completely not in the original, any of the sense of a gathering storm. It all kind of grew from there, really – the idea of a vicar’s wife who is looked down upon simply because she has a past. I always look at that period, certainly in this country, as being like America in the 50s. And then when you talk about this w
Fairfield council to raise idea of pay hike for themselves
FAIRFIELD The City Council will discuss the possibility Tuesday of a pay raise for themselves – the first in 32 years.
“City Council member salaries have not increased since 1988 when the current $500 per month salary was adopted,” a staff report to the council states. “In addition, the mayor’s salary has not increased since 1988 with the current $600 per month.”
The council is given three options to consider.
• Increase salary from $500 per month to $600 per month based on population. The option follows state code.
• Increase salary from $500 per month to $600 per month, with a 5% annual increase for each calendar year dating back to 1989. This increase would equate to $1,300 per month.