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Tom Broderick

@trumbullbrod.bsky.social

Educator. Trumbull Town Council D5. CT Parking Reform Co-founder. UConn alum. Personal account. Pro: homes, safe streets, utility regulation, hiking, local beer Anti: parking mandates, snob zoning, gestapo shit CT’s a beautiful place: let’s share it.

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Line of Duty - Wikipedia

There is!!! Best British crime drama out there is about a corruption unit

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08.03.2026 02:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love this!!

07.03.2026 22:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*your home…alas, grammar!

07.03.2026 22:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Historic Westport house to be converted into 13 apartments, with 4 townhomes on property “I’m very pleased that someone has chosen to restore the existing historic building, which has been sitting idle for so long,” said Michael Calise.

You love to see it 👏

An old historic home preserved and turned into 17 new homes.

This should be happening all over Fairfield County!
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 22:16 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My wife hates that I used it because she thinks Tootsie looks cuter in other colors 😂

I went with orange because it’s perfect for hunting season, too!

07.03.2026 19:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Also shoutout to my favorite marker in Trumbull, a plaque to the Beach Family’s beloved dog Corky (they donated the land that is now a beautiful town park and apparently adored this dog)

07.03.2026 19:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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New England “mud season” is such a great time for hikes.

Temps are just getting warm enough to ditch the coat, the snow is melting, seasonal streams are everywhere, zero gnats or mosquitos, moody vibes everywhere.

07.03.2026 19:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

07.03.2026 13:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

$87,000 per car parking space. 💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸

06.03.2026 20:07 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

“Prostrate the Slave Oligarchy, and the door will be wide open for all generous reforms.”

We’re not facing a slave oligarchy (perhaps), but the oligarchy that’s captured our republic is having the same impact.

You have to attack the rot in the system before you try and pass policy!

06.03.2026 23:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation Conscience of a Nation

More 🔥quotes from my reading of Charles Sumner’s biography:

“In vain you see economy in government, improvement of rivers and harbors, or dignity and peace in our foreign relations while this Power holds the national purse and the national sword.”

Lessons for today!
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06.03.2026 23:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Connecticut folks! March 28th will be the next ❌👑 protests.

March against wars and bombing school children. March for the Constitution and Declaration. March for trans rights and the right for all Americans to love and be who they want 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈

March for a better 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

06.03.2026 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My biggest complaint…we really have to make this so much better. Let’s model it on the college football rivalry trophies.

What if we had the “Democracy Oak,” and it was a giant charter oak shaped trophy? What about a wooden nutmeg the size of someone’s head?!

06.03.2026 21:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So Trumbull was awarded the “Democracy cup” yesterday for having the highest 2025 voter turnout in CT.

1. Can’t believe this is a thing that exists, love it
2. I’m trying to convince the town to let all of us elected officials have a day w/it Stanley Cup-style

Where would you take the cup?!

06.03.2026 21:25 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It is with great excitement to announce that the below map is outdated and Connecticut has a Plug In solar proposal this year!!!!

Section 5 of Bill 5340 - Overwhelming support for this bill and concept in the public hearing that was held yesterday❤️☀️🔌

06.03.2026 15:46 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

This project is fabulous, rarely do you see a project understand the magic that is a main street and a town willing to let them lean into it

06.03.2026 15:47 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

A great piece of advice for any elected official or municipal department head: people will complain. Don’t cave to that small, unrepresentative sample!!

There are so many people who want a safe, walkable world. Make the arguments for it. Defend your decisions!

06.03.2026 03:42 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

🙏🙏🙏

06.03.2026 03:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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For anyone planning to hear @jeffspeck.bsky.social discuss a more walkable, bikeable future for Bridgeport next week on March 12, here’s the link/QR to reserve free tix.

A more walkable Bridgeport will make for a more prosperous region. Hope to see you there!

dtcab.com/show/jeff-sp...

04.03.2026 22:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Unfortunately yes!

04.03.2026 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Much better to do an insane one that connects Bridgeport to a series of sparsely populated towns while also destroying more of Bridgeport

04.03.2026 03:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a basketball player with the number 2 on his shirt ALT: a basketball player with the number 2 on his shirt
04.03.2026 03:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This 3D model from her work of what happened to Bridgeport from 1913-2013 haunts me

04.03.2026 03:26 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Uconn master’s student Kristin Floberg (now WestCOG) found that “the number of commercial buildings within a short walk of the train station has fallen nearly 80 percent, the number of residential buildings has fallen 94 percent, while the number of tax exempt buildings has increased 250 percent.”

04.03.2026 03:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Bridge to Long Island? Connecticut lawmakers asked to study 14-mile Sound crossing The idea resurfaced last September when a developer unveiled his vision for a 14-mile span linking Bridgeport to Long Island.

Somehow this plan would manage to jam *even more* highway lanes through downtown Bridgeport.

Sure, we can’t adequately fund GBT buses, but let’s study this insane idea
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

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Actually the whole end is worth noting. And this coming from a Mystic resident.

You really do love to see it!

04.03.2026 03:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Opinion: Let's make modest homes legal again I am weary of the false cry of “local control” as an excuse for making modest homes illegal.

This is a fantastic, cogent argument in favor of SB 151 and lot size reform in CT:

“Why local authorities have made modest homes illegal is beyond my scope here. But I am weary of the false cry of “local control” as an excuse for making modest homes illegal.”

👏👏💪💪

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04.03.2026 03:17 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Back-to-back nights in the Trumbull Town Council Chambers. This time for an *absolutely packed* Board of Education budget presentation.

Fire Marshall is turning dozens away—I had to persuade my way in!

04.03.2026 00:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“My objection is that by doing this I think it helps my cred to seek a third term”

03.03.2026 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lmao

03.03.2026 22:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0