Tom Broderick

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

🚨The Denver City Council voted 9-3 to abolish minimum parking requirements citywide for all uses. This means more room for homes, small businesses, and people—not empty asphalt. A major step toward a more affordable, sustainable, and people-focused city.

📍Denver, CO

Right and the argument is that they’ll move to NYC, Westchester, or MA which…all tax them more heavily?

(I didn’t include RI because they’re not moving to Rhode Island. Sorry to the Ocean State).

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

Older article but famously there are no wealthy people in Connecticut so I guess it wouldn’t work here
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All Hail the Humble Speed Hump These simple, cheap traffic-calming devices are both effective and wildly popular with (most) residents. Here’s why more cities are going all-in on speed humps.

Let us pay tribute to the speed hump, an unsung hero of street safety.

These prosaic protrusions of pavement can work wonders -- and at minimal cost.

My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵

At his press conference today Gov. Lamont, when asked who needed to come on board for him to sign a housing bill, said "Democratic First Selectmen" and the fact that in his book Democratic Mayors don't count tells you everything you need to know about who he thinks matters in this State.

But seriously he’s the American dream: grew up in Greenwich with a dad in finance, got into finance himself, and now lives in Riverside hoarding opportunity and blocking any homes from being built in his—or other—communities

Connecticut state senator, a Republican, is the latest to test the waters for higher office Fazio won a special election in 2021 and has risen to top spots on two high-profile legislative committees.

Fazio stepping up to finally give voice to the state’s most underrepresented group: NIMBY finance bro’s from Fairfield County
www.ctinsider.com/election/art...

Wife’s feedback: “Could you choose a photo that’s less crazy looking next time?!”

No, sorry, I’m a lunatic for civic engagement

what ferritor needed was moral education — and the limits and boundaries that come with it. he needed to learn that he had obligations beyond his own interests & personal advancement. he needed to learn that he had duties to other people. his parents fostered his brilliance at the expense of a soul.

Thanks!!! 🙏

New iconic photo in the fight for housing just dropped

Thank you, that means a lot! 🙏

Really appreciate it!!! 🙏

Yes!!!

Officially sworn in tonight as a Trumbull Town Councilor (filling in until December 2025—unless I win my race and keep going).

It’s cheesy and earnest, but there’s something moving about swearing to uphold the United States Constitution and town charter.

Civics and the public good matter!

I teach 8th grade and that absolutely happened, but I wonder if literally any generation of kids got LLMs we’d see the same thing, with or without Covid?

Trump's homelessness order unites Lamont, housing advocates Lamont, legislators and housing advocates share a disdain of Trump’s order pushing cities to combat homelessness with involuntary commitments.

It’s time we go into special session: re-pass5002; fully fund the cold weather response system at $5 million for FY ‘26; and come up with a plan to decriminalize the homeless (with the input of law enforcement) fully in Connecticut.

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Due to the totally unreasonable ignoring of Greater Connecticut in this and all similar threads 😜 I shall throw my hat in the ring

1 like = 1 passenger transit project idea

Apparently the CT version is pretty unusual? More informed people have told me it’s an odd situation…

As @urbandispatch.bsky.social and I have chatted about offline, you end up with a pretty bad combo: P&Z’s make decisions that have massive budget impacts, but don’t have to deal with the budget at all, while most town councils set budgets but have no land use authority. Terrible incentives…

Most Connecticut towns vest almost all their land use authority in P&Z Commissions, with town councils have virtually none of that authority. The closest Trumbull Town Council gets is its role in our Plan of Conservation and Development, a 10 year *non-binding* vision document.

We’ll see how the housing part plays; after all, Town Council doesn’t have an official hand in land use decisions, and I thought about taking it out.

But I think it’s important to articulate that vision and if you lose, you lose—better to run authentically and have it out there!

Wrote up my candidate “why are you running” and went with:

“My vision for Trumbull is that of a ‘connected community,’ a place where everyone belongs, where children can walk or bike safely across town, and where there’s a mix of housing options for every stage of life.”

That about summarizes it!

Greenwich “taking the lead” on TOD with this $1.5 million .18 acre, 80 year old home less than a mile from Cos Cob station

I guess I understand why a small set of home owners want to hoard access to GCT and the millions the public spends on trains—unclear why the rest of us should let them!

Btw this is the site that the P&Z said was too dense for 80 homes, but maybe 57 will be the arbitrary, right number? 🫠🫠🫠

Shelton developer has a new Todd Road proposal for a 57-unit apartment building The Planning and Zoning Commission earlier this year denied a previous plan for an 86-unit apartment building at the site.

3rd times the charm? Hopefully there’s tons of slow, grinding process and arbitrary public input!

www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

Grim to think about a future of endless AI slop and scams, but that seems to be the way we’re going