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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Bernice: Budget process gears up; Disorder at Council meeting.. Jackie: Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party..


[PLEAINFIELD TODAY]
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 --

Dem Primary:  "Judge rules on freeholder line; Green claims victory, Mapp to appeal"
Baseball:  "Roselle at Plainfield"

Election Fraud:  "County wants state to monitor Parsippany elections after mail-in irregularities"
Elizabeth:  "Bollwege slaps BOE over budget"
Hospitals --
Lincoln Burial Re-enactment:  "Flag the connections to NJ"
Linden:  "City shuts down illegal radio station" -- Courier | Ledger |
Media:  "Former Ledger reporter sues Newark businessman, claims he stole magazine idea"
Newark --
PSEG:  "BPU gives nod to PSEG's $95M energy-efficiency initiative"
Port Authority:  "Eight properties the PA hopes to turn into billions in cash"
Rahway:  "Mayor triples own salary after cutting predecessor's"
Redevelopment:  "Vineland council takes over as redeveloper of project after mayor's veto"
Rutgers --
Somerville:  "Reward increased to $15,000 in hit-and-run death of firefighter"
South Plainfield:  "FBI looking for man who robbed Wells Fargo bank"

Christie for President --
Hillary --
Sen. Menendez --
Pres. Obama:  "Poll: Jerseyans approve of Obama on Cuba, Iran"
Exxon Settlement --
Israel:  "How Israel hid its secret nuclear weapons program"
NJ Pensions --
PARCC Tests:  "NJ releases figures on opt-out rates" -- NJSpot | Record |
Politics:  "In New Brunswick, Sweeney says Christie has failed on economy" -- NJSpot | PolNJ |

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Budget process gears up; Disorder at Council meeting.

[OLDDOC]   on the Sick Leave ordinance.

[Mayor MAPP]  Green taking advantage and creating a distraction.

[Councilor STORCH] on what good government should look like.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Dem LGBT Caucus needs to call out homophobic comments by pols.

[DAVID] notes Hub Stine sports complex discussion tonight.

[JACKIE]  Survivor/Worlds Apart blog party.

[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] catches an empty train.

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] notes Mayor to be honored tonight at Rotary dinner.

[NOEL at PALS]  continues with the 3rd Team All-Efficiency for 2014-15.

[PLAINFIELD LATINO] has moved to a new Web address.

[DOTTIE G SEZ] reposts a Blue Jersey story on Jerry Green's bizarre attack.