Mapp posts 2012 Legislative Agenda.. Bernice, Olddoc on Mapp's reorg remarks.. Maria on taping of BOE meetings, airing on PCTV, and District's responses on school reconfiguration..

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PLAINFIELD TODAY:

• "Assemblyman Green endorses opposition to Authority 'golden parachutes'"
  

Fire Division:  "Plainfield Fire Division among four sharing $1M federal grant"
Letter, Courier:  "Fight payouts to former PMUA execs" -- Kimberley Beverley, Plainfield.
Robbery, Stabbing:  "Plainfield man indicted in brutal North Plainfield attack"
Police Blotter:  "Plainfield police blotter, January 4"
Obituaries --

• "Joan Carter Evelyn, Washington School teacher, active AKA" -- Viewing Friday, service Saturday.
• "Yolanda Russell Van Fleet" -- Visitation, service Saturday.

Chatham:  "Chatham installs first openly gay, black GOP mayor" -- Trifecta believed nation's first.
Linden:  "Hopes for development, though unrest between Mayor, council continues"
North Plainfield:  "Reward offered in attempted video store robbery"
Middlesex County:  "Ex-sheriff Spicuzzo's bribery trial likely by summer"
Paterson:  "Paterson could lose state aid after officials run up $14K tab in A.C." -- PatersonPress | Ledger |
Trenton:  "Mayor Mack asks for raises for top officials"

2012 Presidential Race:  "Ewing resident named to head Obama's NJ campaign" -- Ledger | PolNJ |
Board of Ed Background Checks:  "350 must resign for failing to complete checks" -- Ledger | NJSpot |
Legislature:  "Legislators scramble to pass 100 bills as session comes to close"
Sick Pay Reform:  "Christie lambastes 6-figure payouts in visit to Dem family" -- Not just any family, a former Middlesex County Freeholder.

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

• "Christie claim about Newark students' graduation rate earns 'Pants On Fire' rating"

Organ Sharing:  "For organ-sharing program manager, turning 30 is more than just a number"
Solar Energy:  "Solar megawatts continue to climb, amid concerns about health of sector" -- From NJSpotlight.
Tea Party:  "House Tea Partiers strike it rich"
RECENT POSTS: Bernice urges reading of Mapp's 2012 agenda, details bug siege due to cold weather.  Olddoc notes Mapp's reorg remarks, plus thoughts on birds in winter. Maria answers questions about taping BOE meetings, PCTV schedule of same, and District's responses on reconfiguration. Councilor Mapp, at Mapping It Out, posts his 2012 legislative agenda delivered on election as Council President.

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