Bernice backgrounds PMUA nominations.. Maria: BOE needs to take responsibility on certifications.. Olddoc: Disturbing bills in legislature.. Mapp: 3 posts on League convention.. ke'stans surveys school culture, need for change.. Jackie posts her weekend pix..

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "Final say in Muhlenberg postal station closure is tomorrow"
  
• "Hidden Plainfield: The Power of Quarticos. Quarticos?"
  

Pay-to-Play:  "Time for action on pay-to-play" -- Courier OpEd by Heather Taylor of Citizens Campaign, who drafted ordinances Council passed this past Monday.
Union County Vo-Tech:  "Vo-Tech students names National Merit semi-finalists"
Wardlaw-Hartridge:  "Fourth-graders learn about NJ trivia"

Elizabeth:  "High school marching band wins national championship"
Johnson & Johnson:  "Cracks in the J&J Empire: Four investigative articles"
Rahway:  "City Council moves to slash mayor's salary" -- By 68%.

NOTE: Some Sunday news and opinion items are posted late by the Ledger to its site; these will appear in Monday's CLIPS.

The Auditor:  "State workers won't get Thanksgiving Friday off any more...more"
Paul Mulshine:  "On 'gotcha journalism' and pols' whinefests"

Campaign Donations:  "NJ congressman spent $9K in campaign funds on donor's wedding"
Disability Pensions:  "NJ disability pensions facing legislative action"
Legislature:  "Tax credits, train station parking among items on legislative agenda this week"
Taxes --
Tom Moran:  "NJ lets wealthy execs live in PA, at big cost in tax receipts to NJ"
Ledger, Editorial:  "Christie attempts to justify tax cuts for the rich"
Gannett, OpEd: "State's wealthiest not paying fair share"

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

• "Is school lunch fraud happening statewide?"

Adoption:  "Adoptees dserve to know 'Chapter 1'"
'Black Friday':  "Why Black Friday is now Black Thursday"
'Occupy Wall Street' --

• "Memo to bankers shows how seriously powerful interests take OWS"
• "Occupy demonstrations emerge at universities nationwide"

Tourette Syndrome:  "Tourette's patients educate doctors at St. Peter's"
Wisconsin Recall:  "As Gov's poll numbers tank, GOP moves to 'rig' recall" -- Recall site here; talk about well-organized!

RECENT POSTS: Bernice backgrounds the PMUA nominations up Monday.  Olddoc notes items on Council agenda, and disturbing bills in Legislature pointed out by Mapp. Maria says it's time for the Board of Ed to stop pretending not to know about needed certifications. Councilor Mapp, at Mapping It Out, filed 3 days of reports on this past week's League convention in A.C. Ke'stans, at Through The Lens, surveys SAT cheating, high school sports culture, unaccountable elected officials and declares the need for change; plus OWS pix. At Jackie's TV Blog, her weekend pix are up, including a chatty squirrel.

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| 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 |
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