After two years of murkiness, the FBI finally stepped in and raided the homes of Mayor Tony Mack, his brother, and one of his associates. Instead of clarifying long standing issues of cronyism and misdirection of funds, the result is a congealed mess of uncertainty for Trenton residents.
Legendary Saratoga Springs is known for mineral rich springs and herbal mud baths that are reported to relax and heal body and soul. If you try mud therapy, where the sticky smelly stuff oozes into every pore, being surrounded by Mother Earth makes you feel pampered and special. Think more mud might work for Trenton?
Consider mud. If you live in the city, you are surrounded by sights and sounds, seeping into every cranny of being, garbage juices and mortar dust...did you know that blood smells like iron and leaves a metal tang on the palate...which decomposes to a sickening sweet fetid note that hangs in your clothes until someone cleans up the mess? Not exactly the herbal version.
After time passes, organic matter becomes melded into mud. Leaves and trees, sand and critter carcasses, layers and layers of all sorts of organic stuff, imbedded with artifacts and fossils, merge on the way to becoming coal.
Trenton has no shortage of mud: marina mud, Delaware flood overflow, alley way gully washes, and of course Trenton-special City Hall Mud. We almost have a patent on that recipe.
Well, the Feds want the recipe.
Think we will ever find out how they are doing in their search?
Even the governor indicated that reasons for these surprise raids are not forecast in advance and even an educated guess, based on speculation, might have less than a 25% chance of getting right.
Instead of clarifying matters, mud therapy under FBI hands is likely to leave us just feeling dirty and worse off than before.
But we are used to that.
Hopefully things will be better and any positive parts of the Mack administration tenure will surface and reassure residents that voting him in to office was not all bad.
We senior citizens remember when this city was vibrant and full of light. Now it behooves us all to see that corners are hosed down, the crap hauled away, and the city is left once again to find its way.
One more thing:
Don't forget. The Mercer County Senior Art Show is underway at Meadow Lakes in West Windsor. The awards reception is August 3 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Artwork not going on to the New Jersey Senior Art Show will be released to artists immediately following the reception. Paintings may not be taken down before the show is over. Call 609-989-6661 for information.
Art rocks!
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