Olddoc proposes 'Plainfield Visionairs'.. Maria: Woodland principal wants money she is owed.. Bernice: Dollar Store disappears.. One of Williams' LGBT heroes.. Rucker: Where are 'supposed Progressives'?.. Renata celebrates graduates.. PSN: Thunder sweep series.. Jackie updates knee, TV.. Has Dr E=MC2 disappeared?..

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "Open House at new Red Cross Chapter"
  

Today's post includes catch-up items from the Lost Weekend, where my belt-and-suspenders computer strategy failed. -- Dan
Asm Jerry Green:  "Building and Construction Trades Council endorses 22nd District team"
Board of Ed:  "Fire closes Board of Ed offices Friday AM"
Car Burglaries:  "Plainfield police probe string of car burglaries"
Munchmobile:  "PAAAS students join in hunt for super subs" -- Students Tamecia Pettiford, Isreal Acosta, and teacher Joan Cansdale.
Theft of Services:  "Woman tried to skip out on$123 cab fare from NYC to Plainfield"

Community Food Bank:  "As fuel prices and needy population rises, Hillside food bank continues to help"
Goya Foods:  "Goya celebrates 75th anniversary"
India Day Parade:  "Battle over India Day Parade permits heading to court"
Middlesex County:  "Edison Wetlands group looks to protect wetlands"
Newark:  "Cautious optimism as Booker prepares to submit budget"
Pay-to-Play:  "Ridgefield set to pass tougher law"
Union County:  "Some county workers to receive lifetime medical benefits under new law" -- The Ledger only finds it news after CountyWatchers does (see here and video here).

Benefits Reform --

• Bill:  "Pension bill heads back to Senate on way to Christie's desk"
• Braun:  "Public workers aren't the enemy -- or the solution -- in budget battle"
• Christie:  "In exclusive interview, calls it his 'biggest victory'" -- Ledger | WNYC |
  
• Unions:  "Dems support of bill has unions threatening payback at ballot box"

Budget:  "Battle over budget nears" -- NJSpotlight | Gannett | "Dems' budget details"
Charter Schools:  "Package of four charter schools bills to come before Assembly"
Environment:  "Once best friends, two environmental leaders now on the outs"
Police Informants:  "ACLU: Police misuse, abuse police informants"
Public Employee Unions:  "Unions promise to pursue challenge"
Schools:  "State down 4,700 teachers, 600 administrators last year"
Taxes:  "Mythbusting: Numbers show NJ is not the most taxed state"
Traffic Cams:  "Red light cams are cash cows across NJ" -- In Linden, anyway.

Politifax Truth-o-Meter: True, False, or other...? (The national factfinding service debuts in the Ledger)

• "Are Chris Christie's poll ratings going up?"
• "Are residents fleeing NJ because of taxes?"
  

Gay Marriage --

• Making a Deal:  "The road to gay marriage in New York"
• Backers:  "The financiers who helped back NY's gay marriage campaign"
• National:  "Beyond NY, momentum but challenges"
• New Jersey:  "NJ advocates hopeful" | "Christie: Not while I'm governor"

RECENT POSTS: Bernice has been busy: Street fair, downtown pix, gardening, dollar store disappearance.  Olddoc critiques the Transit Village concept, proposes 'Plainfield Visionairs' and details a 'cat-erlude'. Maria: notes Woodland School's principal is owed money from 2009; Administration won't discuss. What is that stringed instrument superhero Bayard Rustin is playing in Councilor Williams' blog post? At Standing In The Gap, Renata celebrates graduates, plus a Sunday fish-fry fundraiser that you missed if you were waiting on CLIPS. Tony Rucker, at QC Progressive, asks where Plainfield's supposed Progressives are? PSN finds Thunder win 3-game New Britain series but Lions lose to Predators. Jackie, at her TV Blog, updates us on the knee and TV (pix will come when she is more mobile). Has Dr. E = MC2 disappeared? My link seems not to be working.

| BERNICE: PLAINTALKER II | MARIA'S BLOG | DOC'S POTPOURRI | PIV FOR PLAINFIELD |
  COUNCILORS: | McWILLIAMS | MAPP | STORCH | WILLIAMS |
| JERRY GREEN'S PAGE | DAMERON: SPEAKING MY MIND | RUCKER: QC PROGRESSIVE |
| NAT: DUMBED DOWN AMERICA | REBECCA: BATHROBE BLOGGER |
| SCHUMAN: POLITICS OF PLAINFIELD |
KE' STANS: THROUGH THE LENS | RENATA: STANDING IN THE GAP
| PLAINFIELD SPORTS NEWS | JACKIE: THE (TV) SHOW MUST GO ON | DOTTIE G SEZ |
| VASHON: A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE | MILANI: PEPTalk | DR. E=MC² | SCHOOL NEWS |
| CABLE TV ADVISORY BOARD | CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE |

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