The Ruins of Trenton

According to Councilman Jim Coston's Web site, the window for accepting applications for the Trenton City Clerk position is already closed, and the position was only advertised from July 20 to July 25 in the newspapers.

Being a very important position within the city government, it seems a more lengthy and prudent search for the appropriate person for the position would have been the better road taken.

Perhaps this action vindicates the wild speculation that the position had already been handed to Cordelia Staton of the Douglas Palmer slate.

Residents will just have to wait and find out if there was really a deal made behind closed doors between the multiple council persons interested in the position and the administration, resulting in the placement of a true Palmer girl into a position of power that controls elections, and is the "secretary" of the corporation of Trenton City.