With that signature, the governor began starving towns and schools of revenue. Why would he want to do that? It’s simple: there is too much local government.
Well governor, The Trentonian is here to help.
A team of the newspaper’s editors and reporters met with experts and checked the numbers, and came up with a new Mercer County region. You will see that, among other things, it turns Ewing and Trenton into one small city. More on that later.
The map is something of a thought experiment; we are hoping it will make people think.
And, frankly, residents better start thinking. As The Trentonian’s Joan Galler reports elsewhere in today’s newspaper, there is momentum in the state for consolidation. The governor has pointed to the Princetons as a successful model.
You can laugh or scoff, but there’s evidence that some of you are already thinking about this issue.