Trenton High School Rally

It should be interesting, especially if you have to go down Hamilton Avenue tomorrow morning and there is a good turnout for the "Repair the Roof Rally".

There is no question that the Trenton High School building is in need of repair. It is a fading reminder of the architects who designed for this capital city. Our city's legacy of late has not been able to honor and maintain edifices because city resources and residents have been depleted.

This brings us to tomorrow, when many concerned citizens are hoping to create a significant voice, to haul the Governor into line and come up with funding to save Trenton High.

I am of the opinion that this is not on his list of priorities. Save your breath. If funding to keep our firemen and police has been such a hassle and, is still not settled, we have to explore other options to get the job done.

Define the problem.

Is it the whole roof or only a part? Instead of going for the golden goose egg, how about breaking the problen into manageable parts? Instead of panhandling the governor, why not get together and, John Harmon, put your Chamber of Commerce on the job and get some volunteers!

Whoops. Silly me. Volunteer. Seems to be a foreign word. You know what I mean...not for pay, not for profit, just to get the job done.

In the Amish country, if a farmer's barn burns down, there is a barn raising and neighbors get together and build one in a day or weekend. The women feed and keep the workers fueled and they work til they can put a tree on the roof top for good luck.

Why don't you get some of Trenton's very independent and very qualified contractors together and just do this thing? If it works for Habitat for Humanity it should work for Trenton.

Trenton is worth it. Just maybe it could pull this community together.

Go John. Go Eric. Go everyone and lets get this g'dmn thing done.

Sticking your hand out for more funding is not going to fly with this bozo in the Statehouse.

Trenton rocks.