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Monday, April 16, 2007

Council tonight.. Candidate Campbell's coyness causes questions.. Codey says 'stay home today'.. Gonzales readying for hot seat..

PLAINFIELD



Plainfield Today: "Candidate Campbell's coyness causes questions"

Plain Talker: "Meetings, School Board election coming up" and "City Restaurant Investigated"
Crescent Times: "Corrections" -- Acknowledging David Graves as a parent with children in the public schools. and "Step It Up, Congress" -- Climate change event at Watchung Reservation.



(Map, NY Times)

Storm - (Breaking) SL: "Codey to NJ: Stay home today" -- DOT's flooding, road closure details here.
..... - NYT: "East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records"

Route 78 Construction Updates: "DOT Construction Updates" -- Delays can run 15-20 minutes during AM rush hour.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING
  • Monday. April 16. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue.

  • Tuesday. April 17. 8 - 9:30 AM. Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast. Featuring Assemblyman Jerry Green, Sheriff Ralph Froehlich, Freeholder Betty Jane Kowalski. Location: Boys & Girls Club, 530 West 7th Street. Sponsor: Robert K. Graham, Re-Max. Info: (908) 753-2296.

  • Wednesday. April 18. 8 PM. City Council Business Meeting. City Council Chambers/Courthouse. Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street.

  • Thursday/Friday. April 19/20. 7:30 PM. Play: Zooman and the Sign. A production by PHS PAC Drama of Pulitzer-winning playwright Charles Fuller's urban drama dissecting the danger of forsaking community. At PHS Auditorium. Tickets: $7/Adult, $4/Student.

  • Friday. April 20. 6 PM, Potluck. 7 PM, Program. Think Globally / Act Locally: Racial Justice & Police Brutality. First Unitarian Society. 724 Park Avenue. Info: 756-0750. FREE.

  • Saturday. April 21. Noon. Cultural Adventure Through The Arts Festival. Sponsor: Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta. At Washington Community School, 427 Darrow Avenue. Info: Danielle Howard, (732) 921-9618. FREE.

  • Saturday. April 21. 2 PM. Play: Zooman and the Sign. A production by PHS PAC Drama of Pulitzer-winning playwright Charles Fuller's urban drama dissecting the danger of forsaking community. At PHS Auditorium. Tickets: $7/Adult, $4/Student.
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CENTRAL JERSEY

Elizabeth: "St. John's Tiffany windows may be sacrificed to serve poor"
Paper Mill Playhouse: "The show inches along as donations funnel in"
Warren Twp.: "Officers simulate public crisis"


STATE

Corzine Accident - SL: "Use of emergency flashers raises questions after crash" -- This is going to be AN IMPORTANT question. PT has experience of being rushed from behind by these entourages with flashers (Turnpike and AC Expressway), steaming along well in excess of the posted speed limit and pushing traffic rightward -- sometimes unexpectedly.
.......... - "Doctors may take Corzine off ventilator"
.......... - "A flood of problems, short- and long-term"
.......... - Tom Moran: "At times like these, critics see the human side"
..... - NYT: "From Visitors, a Glimpse of Corzine’s Private Life"
..... - CN: "Recovering Corzine to undergo more surgery"

Hospital Funding - Editorial, SL: "Why must hospitals lobby?"
School Funding - Editorial, SL: "End delay on school funding"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here.
Margulies' Cartoon is here.


NATION / WORLD

Attorneygate - WP: "Ex-Justice Official's Statements Contradict Gonzales on Firings"
.......... - NYT: "‘Nothing to Hide,’ Attorney General Insists"
Congress & Iraq - WP: "Bush Acknowledges Congress's Right To Weigh In on War"
Tax Resistance - SL: "Increasingly, war tax resisters defy IRS in protest over Iraq"
'War Czar' - WP: John J. Sheehan: "Why I Declined To Serve" -- Sheehan is a retired Marine general.
World Bank - NYT: "Public Rebuke for Wolfowitz, but He Digs In"


OF INTEREST

Student Loans - SL: "Deceptive practices can make loan choices more expensive"
.......... - NYT: "Sallie Mae, Mired in Controversy, Is Under Siege"

Miss Manners: Check out the nation's doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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Posted by Dan at 10:44 AM