At the last (hopefully in the sense of, "no more")town hall meeting, the Honorable Mayor opened his screed with, "The media give Trenton a bad name..." (Not an exact quote.) Yeah, sure. Blame a free press. And let's look at today's Trenton Times and the front page. First page - above the fold - the best placement. What do we have? Two stories. One about Mercer County efforts to control mosquitos. Very informative - not what one could call negative. Another about public monies going to private religious training schools - is this legal? This is an issue that concerns the entire state. Just below the fold is an article about the resignation of a candidate for Hamilton council. She's been accused of stealing from a client. Nothing to do with Trenton!! Now - here it comes...
Below that is an article about Trentonian, Dan Dodson, and his recent experience with an intruder. Several people have pointed out questions about what happened Sunday evening. Yesterday, I was told, "someone broke into his home and took stuff." Apparently, the intruder never made it beyond the foyer. But it took the police some twenty odd minutes to respond! Now that makes Trenton look bad. If the police had appeared within a few minutes, the story would probably have never even made the paper, certainly not the front page.
I strongly advise everyone involved - dispatcher, officers, victims, administration - to find out exactly what happened and why and issue an HONEST report. Just a suggestion, but since the Honorable Mayor has been ignoring suggestions for nearly three years, I doubt he will jump on this one.
I am very happy to learn the Dodson family is safe and sound.
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