Olddoc on 'Bloody Sunday'.. Bernice wonders what Special Council meeting Monday means.. Jackie: The Amazing Race blog party; catches a damselfly..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Joint boards meeting this morning reviews development activity"
• "Stendergate: Linda quits Twitter. Wanna see why?"

CLIPS is your daily roundup of links to blog posts and news about Plainfield or affecting Plainfielders. Begun in 2003 as an email newsletter to Plainfield city council members when I was Plainfield's public information officer, it was later offered to the general public by email and has been available as a blog since 2007. If you have questions, suggestions or tips, email me at plaindan@gmail.com.

NEWS --

See here if you missed Friday's CLIPS, which included a number of stories on the brewing Exxon settlement scandal.

Frontiers:  "One-woman show portraying Harriet Tubman this weekend" -- Column by Jay Jefferson Cooke.
Paid Sick Leave:  "Trenton officials agree to temporarily halt enforcement"
Stendergate --

• "Will Mahr run off the line with candidate backed by Mapp?"
• "Scotch Plains schocker: Stender proxies vote to Kennedy"

Boards/Commissions:  "NJ town to oust members who miss three consecutive meetings"
Crowd Funding:  "NJ man starts watch company, raises $85K on Kickstarter"
Net Neutrality:  "Despite victory, supporters have long fight ahead, says RU prof"
South Plainfield --

• "Middle School evacuated twice for gas odors"
• "Decades-old land deal holding up sale of VFW post"

Trenton:  "Police to work two more patrol hours in new contract"

Christie for President --

• "Christie in Iowa today in GOP cattle call"
• "Christie touts 'partnership' on pensions with Florida GOP"
  

Sen. Bob Menendez --

• "DOJ prepares to level corruption charges" -- CNN | NYTimes | Gannett | Politico | Atlantic |
• "Senator denies wrongdoing" -- Full text of press conference, video here.
• "The Menendez Saga: How it got to this point"
• "Moran on Menendez: Hard to ignore all the history on this one"
• "Menendez matter: Who is Solomon Melgen?"
• "Menendez and CNN: Political retribution?" -- Bibi in the bushes?
• "Who would Christie appoint to succeed Menendez?"
• "Fulop backs up embattled Menendez"
• "Menendez' friendship with donor merits scrutiny" -- Ledger editorial.

2017 Guv Race --

• "How wounded Menendez could impact governor's race"

Exxon Settlement --

• "Christie on settlement: Talk to the AG's office"

Iran:  "Menendez' stance risks war with Iran" -- Ledger editorial.
Lobbying:  "NJ lobbying dropped in 2014 thanks to NJEA inactivity"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] wonders what Special Council meeting Monday means.

[OLDDOC]  on 'Bloody Sunday'.

[Mayor MAPP] advocates for the Fleet Manager position up tonight.

[Councilor STORCH] notes Council became a blame-free zone on Monday (for a while).

[Councilor WILLIAMS] Earned sick days ordinance up tonight.

[DAVID] offers a Throwback Thursday vid: Lt. Ken Reid on Sally Jesse Raphael.

[JACKIE] The Amazing Race blog party.

[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] catches a damselfly.

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] celebrates Mattiwilda Dobbs.

[NOEL at PALS] Plainfield overcomes Christ the King.

[PLAINFIELD LATINO] promotes Rutgers Latinas & Politics conference.

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