tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325627202377673923.post774075930498066531..comments2012-04-09T10:52:03.068-07:00Comments on Municipal Consolidation: Mercer County: The Trentonian re-imagines the regionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11626595131869686760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325627202377673923.post-73624096677915025002012-04-09T10:52:03.068-07:002012-04-09T10:52:03.068-07:00Why couldn't ewing be joined with Lawrence? Th...Why couldn't ewing be joined with Lawrence? That would be a much better fit. I know ewing has long been the black sheep of Mercer , just behind trenton. But growing up there and living there still , I know that the last thing ewing needs is for Mercer to give up on us completely. Merge trenton with Hamilton and squish allentown with robbinsville. Ewing only has 5 schools and would be no help in that area. Also with our diminished police force we can't add any to that issue either. Think on it.EWINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123887934854013437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325627202377673923.post-73736037000098734822012-04-09T06:41:05.476-07:002012-04-09T06:41:05.476-07:00I am in favor of ANY consolidation effort, BUT ONL...I am in favor of ANY consolidation effort, BUT ONLY if it keeps Trenton firmly in the current boundaries, and preserves Ewing as a separate governmental entity or pushes it to another entity (Lawrence, Hamilton, etc.). Trenton is on the verge of a downward spiral where cuts in services and lack of ability to police crime leads to residents and businesses fleeing, which harms the tax base and leads to further cuts. Trenton's economic and crime problems are too big to just blend in with another township and assume everything will be OK. Rather than the other township pulling Trenton up, Trenton will pull the other down.<br /><br />Did you hear This American Life's profile of Trenton? http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/459/transcript<br /><br /><>Jeff Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742800429172319575noreply@blogger.com