tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post8754203020041729934..comments2023-04-03T07:35:52.219-04:00Comments on ------ Lawn: Back to schoolOld Mill Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00325710488598264250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post-76081074727873600402009-08-15T13:45:54.717-04:002009-08-15T13:45:54.717-04:00Most likely this little tome, no doubt ghost-writt...Most likely this little tome, no doubt ghost-written by paid flack Kent Ashworth, will show up in the Trentonian sooner or later. <br /><br />Mr. Parker was probably out of the office playing golf when the missive came in.Old Mill Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325710488598264250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post-68084152469260462892009-08-15T12:50:24.346-04:002009-08-15T12:50:24.346-04:00Is Dougie having a spat with his boyfriend, Larry ...Is Dougie having a spat with his boyfriend, Larry Parker? I found it odd that he had to resort to writing a letter to (what's left of) The Times.Mistër Cleänhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587115847676191978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post-26731789210446831672009-08-14T13:27:04.735-04:002009-08-14T13:27:04.735-04:00As a post script to the blog entry we'd like t...As a post script to the blog entry we'd like to note two additional items.<br /><br />First, it is ridiculous and almost unthinkable that the venerable "Times" can editorialize in favor of demolishing the TCHS building and at the same time lobby (rightly) for saving the Presbyterian Church in Ewing.<br /><br />Second, in an email blast that went out today, Preservation New Jersey observes that the $150 million cost of the lastest demolish and rebuild plan for TCHS is actually higher than earlier cost estimates. <br /><br />"The previous bid for a rehabilitated Trenton High, with significant additions and designed to accommodate 600 more students than today's proposal, was $20 million less (at then higher prices for labor and materials) than the current proposed cost for demolition and new construction."<br /><br />Something doesn't quite add up, now, does it.Old Mill Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325710488598264250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post-54771626363162679782009-08-14T13:21:33.572-04:002009-08-14T13:21:33.572-04:00This is so true. And it can be said of the way al...This is so true. And it can be said of the way all levels of our government manages and maintains public property...poorly if at all.Old Mill Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325710488598264250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451159.post-64853484689875667942009-08-14T12:29:34.549-04:002009-08-14T12:29:34.549-04:00Palmer should be sued for neglecting the Trenton C...Palmer should be sued for neglecting the Trenton Central High building for 20 years, while he cooked up the "Daylight Twilight", "Medical Arts" and "West" high schools. If he and the school board had devoted that time and money to SIMPLE MAINTENANCE of the Chambers St landmark, we wouldn't be talking demolition now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com