I hadn't been to the cranberry bogs in South Toms River for a few weeks, so I was glad to see that the park's administration (the bogs are part of Double Trouble Park which in turn is part of Brendan Byrne Forest) had put up a barrier to keep unauthorized vehicles out. It looked pretty solid to me, the concrete post sunk deep into the ground. I thought you'd need a bulldozer to damage it.
Two hours later I was disheartened, disgusted, to see the barrier already pushed aside, the warning sign ripped off, and fresh tire tracks going up the hill. The rules don't apply in the Age of Trump. I know it's a stretch and it has been ever thus, but to me, this is the objective correlative of the state we're in and I don't mean New Jersey.
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