tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409432869035063001.post2409010527333009074..comments2008-11-23T10:58:49.610-05:00Comments on The Ruins of Trenton: More fiscal woes for T-TownGreg Foresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832948159087085111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409432869035063001.post-9589169005286305182008-04-28T08:49:00.000-04:002008-04-28T08:49:00.000-04:00This should come as no surprise to anyone who has ...This should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching the way the current administration has operated these past several years.<BR/><BR/>Wasteful spending, self-promotion and exhorbitant fees paid for professional services to outside (and most often non-local) providers have drained the city's resources. <BR/><BR/>Campaign contributors (can you say "Torricelli?") get buildings for a buck, sizeable chunks of Urban Enterprise Zone funds, and virtually steal land from other interested parties with the help of City Hall. Yet long-time local businesses are forced to shutter and/or relocate.<BR/><BR/>Where are the big ticket, big time, highly touted development projects like Trenton Town Center, Performa, or the residential units slated to go in around the Hughes Justice Complex?<BR/><BR/>Where are the services for our tax dollars? The streets are a mess...and not just with litter.<BR/><BR/>Our parks are overgrown, understaffed and ripe with human and animal waste.<BR/><BR/>At times walking through Trenton is like walking through a third world city. <BR/><BR/>No wonder our Police Director doesn't want to follow the law and live here!<BR/><BR/>Yeah...Trenton is broke and broken. And there are more than just "circumstances" to blame.<BR/><BR/>There is an ethically bankrupt administration at the heart of our city's current low point.Old Mill Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325710488598264250noreply@blogger.com