Olddoc: More on the sick days ordinance.. Bernice: CBAC nominees named; Demolition investigation to be launched.. Jackie: The Amazing Race blog party..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Dick Gregory at PHS 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 stops drawing for places in dispute over Green, Mapp candidates"
HIV Case:  "Ex-Plainfield cop who didn't reveal his HIV status sentenced to 364 days"
Paid Sick Leave:  "Plainfield may become latest town to require paid sick leave"

Asbury Park:  "Documentary on Lakewood Tent City gets new premiere at film festival"
Contested Primary Elections:  "Saddle River GOP braces for contested primary" -- So they're not unheard of.
Council Pay:  "Ewing may have to revisit plan to phase in raises, after citizen complaint"
Dunellen:  "Search under way for man involved in boro bank robbery" -- Courier | Ledger |
Immaculata HS:  "Teacher suspended after anti-gay Facebook post returns to job" -- Courier | Ledger |
Jersey City --

• "Fulop unveils AmeriCorps VISTA project"
• "Embattled councilman says he will not resign"
• "Long-lost pedestal of historic Peter Stuyvesant statue turns up in Secaucus"

Newark:  "Wells Fargo gives $25K grant to fund youth jobs program"
Policing:  "Cops wnt to bar chief from looking at their cellphone bills"
Roselle:  "Ex-mayor sentenced to 90 days in hit-and-run crash"
Trenton:  "Street art goes mainstream with community-supported project"

Christie for President --

• "Christie comes in 7th in NH poll"
• "For Christie, NJ press conferences now a rarity"
• "Manhattan DA probing award of contract to Christie friend Jerry Jones"
• "Ex-prosecutor who claimed Christie had allies' dropped continues to pursue records"

Sen. Booker --

• "Booker facing pressure from both sides on Iran sanctions vote"

Hillary --

• "Clinton to announce White House run on Sunday" -- Politico | NYTimes |
• "Hillary skeptics fear 'an unstoppable train'"
• "Bloomberg falls for fake Nancy Reagan endorsement of Hillary"

Bridgegate --

• "Degnan: Everything I've read suggests there was no traffic study"
• "Fort Lee legal tab tops $225K in GWB closure investigations"

Charter Schools:  "OpEd: Moratorium on expansion holds kids hostage to mediocrity"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  CBAC nominees named; Demolition investigation to be launched.

[OLDDOC]  More on Sick Days ordinance.

[Mayor MAPP] posts his weekly email newsletter.

[Councilor STORCH] on the North Avenue demoliition.

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

[DAVID] Plainfield, Piscal and school self-governance on Black Agenda Radio.

[JACKIE]  The Amazing Race blog party.

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger] notes the Rotary Club's Wine Tasting which will honor Mayor Mapp.

[NOEL at PALS] offers 2014-15 Plainfield sports all-efficiency review.

[PLAINFIELD LATINO] suggests Latino business owners are at risk of being demolished.

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

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