C L I P S: Storch, Bernice and Olddoc preview Monday's agenda.. Bernice: Think through Lampkin House proposal.. Rebecca on Plainfield's prohibition of phrenology.. ke'stans posts an online petition.. Jackie's pix and comparison of Plainfield, Westfield and Scotch Plains..

PLAINFIELD TODAY:

Auto Insurance: "Ingle: Christie's proposed changes overdue" -- Dealing with nation's highest insurance rates.
Port Authority Fare, Toll Raises: "Govs Christie, Cuomo will not accept Port Authority increases"
Public Records: "Rockaway resident sues after officials refuse to release closed meeting minutes"
State Worker Benefits: "Health benefits committee proceeding slowly"

Student Competitions --

Hospitals: "Unions want NJ to oversee operations at Meadowlands hospital"

John Farmer, Jr.: "Political dysfunction, factionalization threaten our republic"
Paul Mulshine: "Torricelli and the US credit downgrade..."
Gov. Christie: "Dems: Christie is on apology tour owing to their barbs"
Consolidation: "Town clusters must be the future of NJ" -- OpEd, Courier, by Courage To Connect NJ.
Legislature: "Bill offers pretrial intervention for misdemeanors"
Privatization: "Sussex, Cumberland counties may join trend in selling county nursing homes"
Taxes: "Tax the rich, they won't leave" -- Editorial, Ledger.
Tea Party: "The deadly sins of the Tea Party" -- Editorial, Gannett.
Verizon: "Thousands of NJ Verizon workers go on strike"

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

"Does illegal immigration cost NJ taxpayers more than $3B per year?"

Business: "Perth Amboy's Fink's department store moving entirely to the Web" -- Famed curtain center.
Domestic Violence: "Battered South Asian women struggle with cultural, legal obstacles"
Economics of Eating: "Eating healthy is an expensive proposition" -- Jay Jefferson Cooke, Courier.
Improving NJ: "Ten things NJ can learn from other states" -- Including pumping our own gas.
Real Estate: "In sales, courtesy goes a long way"

RECENT POSTS: Bernice notes special Council meeting Monday to rush ordinance, urges Lampkin House proposal be thought through. Olddoc highlights Monday's Council agenda. Maria: is vegging out in August. Councilor Storch, at For Good Government, previews some items from Monday's Council meeting(s).
Ke'stans, at Through The Lens, posts an online petition to get members of Congress to recuse themselves from accepting taxpayer-financed benefits. Rebecca, at her Bathrobe Blogger, notes a Plainfield ordinance prohibiting prhenology for pay. At Jackie's TV Blog, regular weekly pix are spiced up by a compare/contrast essay on Plainfield, Westfield and Scotch Plains.

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Storch, Bernice and Olddoc preview Monday's agenda.. Bernice: Think through Lampkin House proposal.. Rebecca on Plainfield's prohibition of phrenology.. ke'stans posts an online petition.. Jackie's pix and comparison of Plainfield, Westfield and Scotch Plains..

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