Authoritarian Instinct: Herbst Loses His Way With Citizen’s Alert.

Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst reminds us once more that he cannot control his authoritarian instinct. The easily excitable Republican used Trumbull’s Citizen Alert notification program to blast a flyer local Democrats distributed to 1,000 homes in the Fairfield County suburb.

The handout seems like normal political discourse in a free society. Not to the thin-skinned candidate gubernatorial hopeful. He recorded a message decrying criticism of a proposal to sell some town-owned properties by engaging the municipal system that alerts locals to emergencies such as approaching severe weather. The Trumbull Times has the story and a helpful reproduction of the handout opposing Herbst’s proposal. 

The local issue raises the persistent question of Herbst’s ugly personality. Republican donors and delegates who want eight more years of nasty in the state’s top office have found their candidate in Herbst.