We are proud to endorse Mary Beth Thornton for First Selectman of Trumbull and Rosemary Seaman for the two year seat on the Board of Education. We believe that Mary Beth Thornton is the right person to lead Trumbull forward. Mary Beth has a track record of protecting the quality of our fine public schools. [...]
I’m running for the office of First Selectman because I believe our current leadership has taken us down the wrong path. There is a penchant for attacking and ostracizing—for not acknowledging differences in perspective and working to find common ground. The current leadership is not representative of the Trumbull I know and love and have [...]
Shelters & Warming Stations For those that are without power and heat, the Town of Trumbull has opened a shelter for residents at the Trumbull Senior Center on Priscilla Place. If you are in need of sheltering call Trumbull Social Services at 203-452-5199. Please note the Trumbull Senior Center and Nutritional Programs will be closed Tuesday, November [...]
It is disheartening that the FS is so confused regarding the cost of full-day kindergarten. The cover sheet of the August 3rd, 2010 report from the Full/Extended Day Kindergarten Committee chaired by Dr. Gary Cialfi (available here, page 8): gives a net cost of $296,000, and that figure is reiterated in the Conclusion of the report [...]
The following letter is a response to and a clarification of an October 8th article in the Connecticut Post. An abbreviated version of this letter was printed in the October 27th edition of the Connecticut Post and posted on the CTPost.com website on October 26th. To the Editor, I am writing to inform readers of a disturbing [...]
An October 8th article by Connecticut Post staff writer Vinti Singh details “a clear pattern of Herbst’s aggressive leadership style”. ”Some residents have asserted that if they say anything negative about Republican First Selectman Tim Herbst, they can expect him, or his mother, to try to use fear and intimidation to silence them.” Following interviews [...]
Democratic First Selectman candidate Mary Beth Thornton’s position on charter revision—that the current process is fatally flawed and should be voted down, could not have been made clearer than it was on Monday, when a forum on the topic was sponsored by the League of Women Voters. In the forum, three Republican supporters of the [...]
Democratic First Selectman candidate Mary Beth Thornton and her team believe that appropriate and sustained economic development is a vital objective for Trumbull. The Democratic team seeks to forge a new era of growth through smart and sensitive development, building on the decisions that visionary Trumbull leaders made in decades past. Our economic development policy [...]
A week ago, First Selectman Tim Herbst told the media that he has the support of many Democrats in town. He called his Democratic supporters “Dave Wilson Democrats.” It’s obvious why Herbst would want to associate himself with Wilson: He served for 10 years and is one of the most popular first selectmen in Trumbull [...]
The following is a statement released by former five-term Trumbull First Selectman Dave Wilson on October 18th, 2011: First Selectman Tim Herbst has claimed that he is widely supported by Democrats in town. He called his Democratic supporters “Dave Wilson Democrats.” I want to make it clear: I am supporting Mary Beth Thornton, whom I [...]
