Quick action will support Rosado’s fast food success
Coffee klatches pop up as social gatherings for informal conversation at which good brew gets served.
Understanding that concept should help produce a definition for weed or marijuana klatches. However, in this instance, eight teenagers getting tuned up for classes at Trenton Central High School seemed counterproductive to learning.
(Wait a second as some irate parent or do-gooder politician shouts discrimination with a verbal warning to ‘Stop picking on Junior!’)
Even worse, this earlymorning weed-smoking occurred behind a wall of fir trees literally yards away from the McDonald’s restaurant on Chambers St. and Hamilton Ave.
The pungent marijuana aroma conjured ideas about future fast food endeavors. I mean, since legalized marijuana will supposedly end all social ills and clear up nana’s glaucoma, perhaps McDonald’s should reconsider the requirements for a Happy Meal.
It’s been about five years since Rosa and Fred Rosado, who once owned two small businesses in Trenton, Center Travel and Cleveland Deli, sold six Philadelphia-area McDonald’s and came back home to open one, spectacularly clean business across the street from Trenton High.
The haters predicted massive traffic jams, fights, and McDonald’s being a hangout for truants. The doomsayers wagered the Rosados would fold and give up on their dream.
Yeah, right. Of course, those predictions, derived from people who did not know Fred and Rosa, knew nothing about their strong commitment to family and community.
If every business owner understood their responsibility to community then some streets could experience almost immediate and positive change.
The Rosados, who employ 100, have supported local initiatives that support the construction of communities.
Case in point. In July, Dave Curtiss, who is black and a world-caliber swimming star, visited the city’s Hetzel Pool, just to show young African American and Latino children that they can learn to swim, even excel.
For the record, the City did support this endeavor although no government leaders attended. Good idea but not one of their brain productions. This young man from Yardley, Pa. missed being an Olympian by tenths of a second.
The Curtiss event needed a treat for people at the pool. We asked the Rosados for cookies.
“We’ll have 100 cookies
for you by noon,” the Rosados promised.
No need to list the reciprocations made between the Rosados and me. And, let’s be clear, we disagree on some issues but personal rarely deters us from our mission to work together frequently for the greater good.
Back to the early-morning marijuana smokers. Would love to know what occurs when they enter Trenton High smelling like skunk.
It’s probably not worth the (hassle) or outside pay grades to engage students about this pre-school behavior.
If government leaders understood they need to protect strongholds then those eight boys smoking marijuana would be ousted before the first match sparked. This behavior should not be tolerated, especially near reputable businesses, neighborhoods, and schools.
Finally, the Rosados have lost some key people in their family during the past couple of years, matriarchs and patriarchs who set the foundation for selfrespect and success.
When one considers the precarious nature of life, then words of appreciation should occur daily.
Thanks to the Rosados for their contributions to the City of Trenton. Hard to imagine our community without your contributions and presence.