Trumbull First Selectman Herbst: 'I Don't Pull Any Punches'

First Selectman Tim Herbst became the subject of a front page Connecticut Post article recently.

Herbst admitted that he isn’t one to pull punches, but that isn’t something that has stopped Trumbull voters from electing him three times.

His most recent public bout was a spat between him and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch. Herbst accused Finch of being a bully with anger management issues at a Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments meeting when the group was discussing a move away from Bridgeport.

A Finch spokesman fired back and said Herbst’s version was full of half-truths and that behaving like a “tea party radical” wasn’t an effective way to govern.

Finch and Herbst have had confrontations in the past, including the issue of the Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet School.

Locally Herbst hasn’t been one to shy away from voicing his opinion strongly. He pushed for an indemnification agreement and insurance when it came to a painting that stirred up controversy in town. The painting depicted a number of women marching together including Mother Teresa and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.

The painting was vandalized and a suspect is being sought. Some accused Herbst of caving into political pressure from religious groups, something he denied.

Read the full Post report here.