Wake up fellow seniors and smell the hypocrisy! The new senior tax abatement “proposal” that Timothy Herbst sent to the Town Council reeks of desperation. After telling residents for months that there isn’t any money in the budget for our schools or other programs, Herbst suddenly comes up with a plan that would cost the [...]

Councilwoman Mary Beth Thornton today questioned whether First Selectman Tim Herbst’s automobile property tax relief program is legal under state law. “Mr. Herbst’s recent press release is irresponsible,” Thornton said. “It’s irresponsible to suggest that he can give a tax break to all senior citizens in Trumbull when that is simply not true. It gives our citizens [...]

I have never called our First Selectman “Timmy,” not even once, on Trumbull Chat or in any other communication. My differences with the First Selectman and the Trumbull Republican Party are not personally based, no matter what some people think. The root of my differences is based on the fact that I was a very [...]

Trumbull Democratic First Selectman candidate Mary Beth Thornton this week outlined her position on the Bridgeport magnet school, calling First Selectman Tim Herbst’s handling of the project one of the worst mistakes in Trumbull’s history. Herbst earlier this year, allowed the state of Connecticut to carve out a 40-acre swath of the town’s southern border [...]

In the spirit of “people not politics”, I accepted an invitation a few weeks ago to meet and greet residents of the Huntington Apartments at their community center room, along with First Selectman Herbst. This proposed informal event, subsequently found to have been suggested by Republican Town Committee Chairman Jack Testani, was being hosted by [...]

Democratic First Selectman Candidate Mary Beth Thornton outlines a series of principles from which she will govern and calls for a variety of immediate initiatives, including seeking an outside review of the school system’s processes and structure in an effort to generate sustainable savings for the community. Thornton noted that First Selectman Tim Herbst is [...]

Democratic First Selectman Candidate Mary Beth Thornton today called on First Selectman Tim Herbst to publicly disavow remarks about her made in a statement where he unsuccessfully attempted to explain why he was personally sued for defamation. Herbst last week was sued for defamation by a local contractor, Mark IV Construction, for making a series [...]

Last week, Mark IV Construction Company, the primary contractor on the Trumbull sewer project,  filed a defamation lawsuit against Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst. In the three-count lawsuit, the company alleges that Herbst made “grossly misleading” public comments about its work on the town sewer project that has damaged the companies reputation. Herbst fired back claiming the suit was politically [...]

Trumbull Democrats this week called on Republican Town Committee Chairman Jack Testani to substantiate his claims from an opinion piece posted on Trumbull Patch earlier this week. Testani said several things that have no basis in reality. Trumbull residents, during this critical election season, need to know that the Republican leaders of the town, starting [...]

In an article by Vinti Singh in the CT Post September 20, 2011 the headlines read: “Trumbull may introduce all-day kindergarten program.” We can all agree that full-day kindergarten is a priority for our town. Can we fund it long term right now? What will the impact of funding full day kindergarten be on other [...]