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Policy analyst: Trenton’s troubles likely made residents more aware of city’s problems ahead of election

Jenna Pizzi | May 11, 2014

City residents will go to their local polling stations on Tuesday to weigh in on who they want to be the next mayor to succeed Tony Mack, who was convicted on federal corruption charges during his fourth year in office.Ingrid Reed, a local policy analyst retired from the Rutgers Eagleton Institute’s New Jersey Project, said she believes the recent troubles Trenton has faced, including Mack’s conviction, have likely made residents more aware of the city’s problems.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the people on the street can tell you about Trenton’s problems,” Reed said. “My guess is that there will be an increase in the turnout just because the city’s problems are so visible and so many people are concerned.”

Corruption at City Hall, bullets flying on street corners, poverty, drugs, fleeing businesses, crumbling schools, a council stymied by politics and bickering, and, most recently, a power struggle over departmental directors, have added to the falling fortunes of this once-proud industrial center.
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