Mayor Boughton invites John Oliver to Danbury for sewage plant ceremony

The feud between Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and HBO funnyman John Oliver might be coming to a close ”“ provided that Oliver acquiesces to a new demand put forth by Boughton.

Lest we forget, the fracas started on an Aug. 16 episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” with the British-born comic launching into an expletive-heavy rant against Danbury as part of a segment on problems with Connecticut”™s jury selection process.

Boughton responded in a Facebook video by facetiously announcing Oliver”™s name is being attached to a sewage treatment facility, stating “We are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” the mayor said. “Why? Because it”™s full of crap just like you, John.”

Oliver answered Boughton with the promise of donating $55,000 to Danbury-area charities if the sewage plant was named for him, adding that he would pay for a sign bearing the “John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant” name.

Boughton accepted the offer in a Facebook video this weekend, albeit with the caveat that Oliver attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the renamed facility in person.

Still, Boughton was not ready to let bygones be bygones, ribbing Oliver”™s charitable donation pledge as being “a little light for somebody in the 1%” and demanding that the comic go through with his offer.

“Now look, don”™t Oliver this up,” Boughton said. “Should you choose not to take us up on this offer, we certainly have something we’ve named after you ”“ your own personal porta potty, the John Oliver S***house. So, Mr. Oliver, come on up to Danbury and sit on your throne.”

Oliver, who lives in Manhattan, did not publicly respond to the offer to visit Danbury. Not to editorialize, but we suspect we haven”™t heard the end of this story.