All in all a $500 fine for city employee bon vivante Danny “P for party” Pizarro’s jubilant Trumbull-home birthday soirée of drinking, eating, dancing, chanting and twerking isn’t all bad in the larger picture of COVID regulations.
State’s Attorney Joseph Corradino announced after an investigation no other fines or action will be taken against Pizarro or guests that violate Governor Ned Lamont’s restrictions covering mass gatherings during a health emergency.
In January Trumbull police broke up the party of more than 100 just before midnight based on a “traffic hazard.” They said Pizarro was cooperative. He quickly paid a $500 fine.
“The infraction ticket issued under the executive order was paid, thus creating an issue of ‘double jeopardy’ with respect to further proceedings against the host,” Corradino explained in a statement, according to the Connecticut Post. State’s Attorney: No action over massive Trumbull birthday party.
Translation, according to State Senator Dennis Bradley, Pizarro’s attorney, “You can’t give somebody a fine, have that person pay the fine and then say, ‘On top of that, now we’re going to investigate you for the same thing we already decided to fine you on.'”
Hey, within a few months as things loosen up maybe Danny will throw a proper party. Get on the invite list.
This is good news for restaurants,wedding venues etc…If you wanna have events with more people than the restrictions suggest,all you have to do is pay the $500….It will be worth the fine for most venues..The precedent is set now..
BINGO!!!!! State’s Attorney Joseph Corradino has legally open the door more and bigger Danny “P party” Pizarro’s type of superspreader events, in fact the State can make by issuing permit for $500 ahead of tme
I’m not going to say this was a given from the get go……
Oh the hell with it, was I am. The fix was in. Now the governor is screwed again because of Ganim’s misbehaving. The fix was in. And no fines for the attendees.
Once again is not what you know but who you know in the city of corruption.
I hate to agree with you Bob, but……… smells fishy….
We’re all shocked that nothing happened to him, right? Lol lol lol.
LOL…..
Mango Z Sports bar got fined $10,000 for having 25 people in their bar,and Joe was thrilled…Maybe Mango Z Sports Bar should have invited Danny that night..
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/bridgeport-sports-bar-fined-for-violating-covid-gathering-size-restrictions/2394453/
When Mango Z got fined in Dec,Joe gave this statement..” Ganim said. “This establishment has proven that its flagrant violations have put our entire community at risk and now will be held accountable.”…..But when news of his buddy’s birthday party came out,he didn’t comment,and when directly asked about on WICC,Joe glossed over it,and didn’t want to talk about it…..This is how it is in Bridgeport…
It sure is “how it is!” I don’t know if Mango paid or is appealing but either way they should use this as fuel to either get their fine back, reduced, or the case thrown out.
Cheers!!!!
MangoZ is in Bridgeport
JoeG doesn’t give a shit about putting Trumbull at risk.
You’re comparing Apples with Mangos–a double-homicide took place at Mango. Where’s your first selectman? Since when is a DTC member the voice of Trumbull?
@JoelGonzalez
I speak for me, not the town and don’t pretend otherwise.
This was a police matter. Unlike Bridgeport, our chief executive doesn’t rig the selection process for a chief of police.
Jealous???
It’s kind of like absentee ballots.
Who knows better than Joe, Mario and Wanda what the public really wants.
So in a nutshell,according to Joe, if a restaurant has more than the suggested # of people in it, it “ puts the entire community at risk”, but if a friend of his has a huge party in which council persons,employees of the city, and friends etc attend, that is ok, leave it alone.
Don’t forget the Health Director of New Haven who came to drop off a gift who was the former Health Director of Bridgeport. By the way, Bridgeport has NO Health Director to help with the COVID-19 testing and now with the vaccination. Thanks Joe, do your dam Joe that you were elected to do.
@Ron Mackey
Don’t forget that lying Maritza Bond first said she stopped by to drop off a gift, and then Ted Cruz like, she changed her BS story and says she was never there.
Marshall, I didn’t know that Maritza Bond had changed her story about not beig at the parry, I do know that you waas getting a lot heat in New Haven about being in the media becaue of that party.
We have Tammy Papa.
If she can run the Lighthouse Program, what’s so difficult getting a couple of shots in the arm???
And besides, she can subcontract that out like the Lighthouse does with our kids.
Bridgeport is far behind in getting blacks and Hispanics vaccined because there’s no Health Director, there’s no outreach to these communities, what about those who can’t drive or thye only way they get somewhere is by public transportion, and those who can’t get an appointment because they don’t have a computer to get online. Remember it was blacks and Hispanics who keep putting Joe Ganim into office but where is he when it’s life and death with getting the vaccine, the HELL with Joe Ganim.
Ganim rules!
Weekends sometime provide time for curious reflections?
Possibly, for instance: Connecting the dots……..that make Only In Bridgeport of interest to many:
**AJPerez, a nice guy, friendly to all, and former DRIVER for Mayor Ganim in his first term.
**Dan Pizzaro, nice guy, smiles all the time, hosts big party for self and former DRIVER for Mayor Ganim in his second term.
Do two stories share connective tissue?
Is there a pattern here? Are you strong enough to carry wine or merely store or drink it? Do you have a lot of time on your hands waiting for deals to come together? Would you answer a classified ad for a “driver for a politically active Mayor of the largest City in the state”? Time will tell.
*** Bunch of adults letting off some covit-19 steam from the pandemic, that know the russian roulette consequences concerning this virus. But as the alcohol continued flowing more & more mask kept coming off. Time was given to see if the party would of led to a covid spike from those that attended & or family members but nothing serious was reported that we know of. So with that & knowing the right people sometimes also helps, the out-come was a $500. fine; with no blood letting needed just because there where some city workers & a few local politicians in attendance! Enough said, its over & maybe a big lesson was learned. ***
Mojo, I’m not sure that it’s over, because we don’t know if Trumbull got the names of those attending Danny Boys birthday party and did contact tracing.
Sacred Cow. LOL
A party that size,in that confined space,back in the begining of January when the covid #’s where through the roof,there had to be some spreading that night.But no one will ever find out.This incident is over now…
*** Its over & being old stone throwers that live in glass houses with nothing more than if’s, could of’s, & not knowing, amounts to nothing more than,”its a done deal” for now. Till the next covid party violations comes along, then Lennie writes about it, its “bottoms up”, no? ***