Primary campaign blogs are all up.. Maria: Report on need for pension reform.. Bernice: RFPs for video technician, photographer..
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
Art: "For ex -Plainfielder Valerie Larko, Jersey's industrial landscapes are a fertile field"
HIV/AIDS: "Experts warn against complacency as rates decline" -- Plainfield has 10th highest rate in state.
Newark Mayoral Race --
- The Auditor: "Booker's opponents in Newark claim dirty tricks in election"
- Joan Whitlow: "Phony newspapers, bogus banners" -- Whitlow is steamed at both Booker and Minor.
NJEA on Christie: "Keshishian: 'Our governor is a liar'"
Corruption Culture: "Ex-Assemblyman's lawyer argues cash payments common in politics" -- Huh?
License Plates: "NJ begins a new sequence of letters and numbers" -- Will last until 2030 (hopefully).
Sen. Bob Menendez: "Menendez a force to be reckoned with on national stage"
NJN: "NJN may struggle to survive after Christie cuts subsidy"
Usury Laws: "Should states impose tougher laws and lower caps on interest rates?" -- Print edition has a useful timeline from biblical times to the present.
Plainfield observers (click on name to go to post): Bernice notes RFPs issued for video technician and photographer. Olddoc puts up a great JAMA cover (and I saw a show on the Falls' history last night). Maria posts a report on the need for pension reform and a neat flick of a topiary garden. Councilor Burney weighs in on the Queen City Baseball League issue.
PRIMARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN BLOGS
A contested Democratic primary for the Wards 2/3 seat this year has three candidates seeking the party line on the November ballot: incumbent Rashid Burney, New Democrat Rebecca Williams, and former Ward 3 councilor Don Davis. In addition, Jim Pivnichny is an uncontested candidate in the Republican primary. Their online presences are listed below--Don't miss these personal blogs by Plainfielders, each with a point of view: Rebecca Williams' Confessions of a Bathrobe Blogger, takes in the Queen City Baseball League's opening day; Renata Hernandez' PEPTalk: Revisited, her personal blog; Jackie Schnoop's The (TV) Show Must Go On, weeked pix are up -- dont' you just wanna reach out and touch that Poison Ivy?; and Dottie Gutenkauf's Dottie G Sez.
You can only vote in the primary of the party in which you are registered (Democrat or Republican). Registered voters who have not declared a party affiliation may do so on Primary Day at their polling place and vote in the primary of their choice.
- DEMOCRATS
- REPUBLICAN
- JIM PIVNICHNY: (BLOG)
| BERNICE'S PLAINTALKER | MARIA'S BLOG | DOC'S POTPOURRI | PIV FOR PLAINFIELD |
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS| PLAINFIELD TREES | COUNCILOR MAPP | COUNCILOR McWILLIAMS |
| COUNCILOR STORCH | COUNCILOR BURNEY | JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | BO ON THE 22nd |
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS| PLAINFIELD TREES | COUNCILOR MAPP | COUNCILOR McWILLIAMS |
| COUNCILOR STORCH | COUNCILOR BURNEY | JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | BO ON THE 22nd |
WHAT'S HAPPENING
- Today - May 2. 1 - 4 PM. Gallery Talk: Contemporary Women Artists. New Jersey artist and educator (she teaches at du Cret) Joan Arbeiter presents an illustrated talk. The day marks the closing of two exhibitions, one of portraits of currently active women artists, and another of assemblages playfully tracing Arbeiter's coming of age in the 1940s and 50s. The Drake House is at 602 West Front Street, at the foot of Plainfield Avenue. Info: (908) 755-5831 or the Museum's website drakehousemuseum.tripod.com/.
- Tomorrow - May 3. 7:30 PM. City Council Agenda Session. City Hall Library. 515 Watchung Avenue. (Parking and entry at rear of building.) Agenda should be found online at www.plainfield.com/Agendas.htm. Public may speak at end of meeting.
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