{"id":61441,"date":"2020-09-06T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/connecticut-city-will-accept-john-olivers-donation-on-1-condition\/"},"modified":"2020-09-06T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T18:55:00","slug":"connecticut-city-will-accept-john-olivers-donation-on-1-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/connecticut-city-will-accept-john-olivers-donation-on-1-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"#Connecticut city will accept John Oliver\u2019s donation on 1 condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Connecticut city will accept John Oliver\u2019s donation on 1 condition<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 6, 2020 |<\/span> 2:55pm |<\/span> Updated September 6, 2020 | 2:56pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n DANBURY, Conn.\u00a0 \u2014 A Connecticut city won\u2019t waste an opportunity to get a sizeable donation from comedia<\/a>n John Oliver about a weeks-long joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area.<\/p>\n

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said on WTNH-TV that he would accept Oliver\u2019s challenge to name the city\u2019s sewage plant after him following Oliver\u2019s offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.<\/p>\n

But Boughton said there was one stipulation to the facility\u2019s renaming. \u201cWe do have one very specific condition. You must come here to Danbury and be physically present when we cut the ribbon,\u201d he said in a Facebook video posted Sunday.<\/p>\n

The announcement was the latest volley in a war of words between the host of HBO\u2019s \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u201d and Boughton after Oliver first bashed Danbury on an Aug. 16 during a segment on racial disparities in jury selection that was actually focused on other areas of Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury?\u201d Oliver said. He finished his rant with a taunt: \u201cIf you\u2019re from there, you have a standing invite to come get a thrashing from John Oliver \u2014 children included.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boughton followed up with an Aug. 22 Facebook post that showed the mayor in front of the city\u2019s sewage plant. \u201cWe are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,\u201d the Republican mayor said. \u201cWhy? Because it\u2019s full of crap just like you, John.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver raised the stakes on his Aug. 30 show by offering to donate $55,000 to Danbury-area charities if officials followed through on naming the plant after him.<\/p>\n

The comedian played a video of Boughton saying the offer was a joke and said, \u201cWait, so you\u2019re not doing it?\u201d Oliver said he hadn\u2019t known that he wanted his name on the sewage plant \u201cbut now that you floated it as an option, it is all that I want.\u201d<\/p>\n

A message seeking comment on Boughton\u2019s demand that Oliver attend the ribbon-cutting was sent to Oliver\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n

It was unclear why Oliver first singled out Danbury, a city of about 80,000 in Fairfield County that was once a hatmaking center.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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