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, authoritarians.
CT’s a beautiful place: let’s share it.
Pro: homes, safe streets, utility regulation, hiking, local beer
Anti: parking mandates, snob zoning, authoritarians.
CT’s a beautiful place: let’s share it.
Violating suburban man rules and…leaving the leaves for the winter
The suburban obsession with leaf pickup is truly insane. Mow your leaves or keep them for insects and critters over the winter!
The suburban obsession with leaf pickup is truly insane. Mow your leaves or keep them for insects and critters over the winter!
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Violating suburban man rules and…leaving the leaves for the winter
The suburban obsession with leaf pickup is truly insane. Mow your leaves or keep them for insects and critters over the winter!
The suburban obsession with leaf pickup is truly insane. Mow your leaves or keep them for insects and critters over the winter!
“UN style centralized planning” lmao these people are insane conspiracy theory lunatics
Deep down the chud-hole
Deep down the chud-hole
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“UN style centralized planning” lmao these people are insane conspiracy theory lunatics
Deep down the chud-hole
Deep down the chud-hole
The NIMBY-Newsmax chud alliance continues with some more 🥊-off disgusting comments.
I don’t want to shock you, but it turns out she’s lying! Not sure turning to the ever-crazier people will help their cause.
I don’t want to shock you, but it turns out she’s lying! Not sure turning to the ever-crazier people will help their cause.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The NIMBY-Newsmax chud alliance continues with some more 🥊-off disgusting comments.
I don’t want to shock you, but it turns out she’s lying! Not sure turning to the ever-crazier people will help their cause.
I don’t want to shock you, but it turns out she’s lying! Not sure turning to the ever-crazier people will help their cause.
It’s really kind of wild how many people—including how many suburban democrats—equate “I can see patches of green grass and shrubbery” with “environmentally friendly.”
Not sure how to break them of that mindset, but it seems pretty important!
Not sure how to break them of that mindset, but it seems pretty important!
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s really kind of wild how many people—including how many suburban democrats—equate “I can see patches of green grass and shrubbery” with “environmentally friendly.”
Not sure how to break them of that mindset, but it seems pretty important!
Not sure how to break them of that mindset, but it seems pretty important!
The NIMBY-chuds at 169 strong posting unhinged, insane shit
The idea that allowing more homes for people to build lives in is akin to suicide is so totally f**cked and horrifying
These people should not be taken seriously by a single political actor in the state
The idea that allowing more homes for people to build lives in is akin to suicide is so totally f**cked and horrifying
These people should not be taken seriously by a single political actor in the state
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The NIMBY-chuds at 169 strong posting unhinged, insane shit
The idea that allowing more homes for people to build lives in is akin to suicide is so totally f**cked and horrifying
These people should not be taken seriously by a single political actor in the state
The idea that allowing more homes for people to build lives in is akin to suicide is so totally f**cked and horrifying
These people should not be taken seriously by a single political actor in the state
Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
In the wake of 8002 being being passed by the CT House/Senate, I’d love to see the legislature move to legalize “missing middle” homes like the ones in this post.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In the wake of 8002 being being passed by the CT House/Senate, I’d love to see the legislature move to legalize “missing middle” homes like the ones in this post.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
The synergy with 8002’s parking reform provisions would be dynamite for infill housing.
Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Just a totally thriving region with only 566 homes available for sale under $600k
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
The American Dream 🇺🇸 is truly dead in Fairfield County, but we can revive it if we try
Apparently parking reform will both reduce parking but also add an arbitrary number of cars?? And something something pedestrian safety?
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Apparently parking reform will both reduce parking but also add an arbitrary number of cars?? And something something pedestrian safety?
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
It’s a shame that our opponents are both totally bad faith and dumb as rocks!
Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pretty good stand-in for what’s gone wrong with public policy.
Instead we have clean energy NIMBYs across the state doing their best to block whatever they can.
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Instead we have clean energy NIMBYs across the state doing their best to block whatever they can.
So the Mirror’s transportation opinion writer is just a big standard anti-bike lane chud? Right, right
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So the Mirror’s transportation opinion writer is just a big standard anti-bike lane chud? Right, right
I don’t usually post about my day job as a social studies teacher, but the Witness Stones project is excellent.
It’s good teaching, good research, good learning for students, and focuses on the people our communities have too long forgotten.
It’s good teaching, good research, good learning for students, and focuses on the people our communities have too long forgotten.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don’t usually post about my day job as a social studies teacher, but the Witness Stones project is excellent.
It’s good teaching, good research, good learning for students, and focuses on the people our communities have too long forgotten.
It’s good teaching, good research, good learning for students, and focuses on the people our communities have too long forgotten.
Proud to have wrapped up our 4th ceremony at the David Scott House in Ridgefield.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Proud to have wrapped up our 4th ceremony at the David Scott House in Ridgefield.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Over the last 4 years, our students have researched and restored the history of 5 individuals enslaved in Ridgefield: Quash, Dinah, Peter, Ann, and Lidia.
Remembering isn’t enough, but it’s something we can do.
Thinking back to my trip to downtown Naugatuck last weekend…the safe streets changes—curb bulb outs, raised crosswalks, and bollards—was incredible.
A better world really is possible.
A better world really is possible.
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thinking back to my trip to downtown Naugatuck last weekend…the safe streets changes—curb bulb outs, raised crosswalks, and bollards—was incredible.
A better world really is possible.
A better world really is possible.
This Betsy McCaughey is also the perfect embodiment of Connecticut NIMBYism and how it’s destroying the American Dream.
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This Betsy McCaughey is also the perfect embodiment of Connecticut NIMBYism and how it’s destroying the American Dream.
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
She grew up in Westport, CT, where her family afforded a home on her dad’s factory janitor and maintenance salary.
That’s literally impossible today, and she’s a huge reason why!
The MAGA-NIMBY chuds over at 169 strong continue with their 🥊-off reaction to the housing bill
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The MAGA-NIMBY chuds over at 169 strong continue with their 🥊-off reaction to the housing bill
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
I’m trying to think of why she chose Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. What could they have in common 🤔
And to my fellow New England Democrats: our single SF-only neighborhoods didn’t inadvertently cause segregation, segregation was the intent. Here is Josiah Woods, the pioneer of zoning in CT, saying the goal was to make West Hartford a suburban town for “real homes.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And to my fellow New England Democrats: our single SF-only neighborhoods didn’t inadvertently cause segregation, segregation was the intent. Here is Josiah Woods, the pioneer of zoning in CT, saying the goal was to make West Hartford a suburban town for “real homes.”
I really want to emphasize: the NIMBY/GOP panic has a (barely-conceded) wildly racist core.
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I really want to emphasize: the NIMBY/GOP panic has a (barely-conceded) wildly racist core.
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
The last time CT passed a major housing bill (sorry 2021), it created 8-30g.
A Trumbull town councilor’s response: “Puerto Ricans could end up living in Trumbull and that property values would drop.”
Again, totally normal stuff
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Again, totally normal stuff
The Connecticut NIMBYs responding totally normally to a parking reform and opt-in TOD bill
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Connecticut NIMBYs responding totally normally to a parking reform and opt-in TOD bill
“Get your government hands off my single family zoning!” Connecticut-edition
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Get your government hands off my single family zoning!” Connecticut-edition
Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bitterly cold and rainy World Day of Remembrance in New Britain. Heartbreaking stories from families who our transportation system has failed, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
We don’t have to continue accept traffic deaths as a normal part of American life.
Connecticut safe streets supporters: a reminder that tomorrow we will honor World Day of Remembrance from 1-2:30pm in Walnut Hill Park, New Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Connecticut safe streets supporters: a reminder that tomorrow we will honor World Day of Remembrance from 1-2:30pm in Walnut Hill Park, New Britain.
Inscription #4: “the deeds of those who died in defense of the government of the people are immortal.”
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Inscription #4: “the deeds of those who died in defense of the government of the people are immortal.”