Construction disruption

It's one of those great mysteries of life.

Just like infuriatingly long lines at the DMV, why does the state seem to create maximum disruption for everyone affected by a road construction project, or in the case of Hanover Street right now, a state office building project.

This morning's Trentonian brings you the story of Anita Zilberg and her husband Alex Lebedinsky, the owners of Lemar Sound and Video.

Business has plummeted thanks to the state construction project near their shop, and they've even had to lay off employees because of it.

The construction project has taken away the shop's parking, and its customers. So it was kind of a final straw for the couple the other day when they received a parking ticket near their store for occupying a space regularly used by contractors.

But what can they do after reaching the final straw?

We've got hundreds of state government politicians ready to issue a press release 10 times a day congratulating themselves or pontificating about this or that topic, but no one in state government bureaucracy who is ready, willing and able to fix the little problems people have from being trampled on by the state.

So other than sue the state of New Jersey (yeah, right), their option is to go to the newspaper and hope that outrage builds among every reader who's suffered a similar fate.

Construction disruption

It's one of those great mysteries of life.

Just like infuriatingly long lines at the DMV, why does the state seem to create maximum disruption for everyone affected by a road construction project, or in the case of Hanover Street right now, a state office building project.

This morning's Trentonian brings you the story of Anita Zilberg and her husband Alex Lebedinsky, the owners of Lemar Sound and Video.

Business has plummeted thanks to the state construction project near their shop, and they've even had to lay off employees because of it.

The construction project has taken away the shop's parking, and its customers. So it was kind of a final straw for the couple the other day when they received a parking ticket near their store for occupying a space regularly used by contractors.

But what can they do after reaching the final straw?

We've got hundreds of state government politicians ready to issue a press release 10 times a day congratulating themselves or pontificating about this or that topic, but no one in state government bureaucracy who is ready, willing and able to fix the little problems people have from being trampled on by the state.

So other than sue the state of New Jersey (yeah, right), their option is to go to the newspaper and hope that outrage builds among every reader who's suffered a similar fate.