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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Olddoc on Mapp nominations; Green's ballot challenge.. Bernice on the North Ave demolition engineer's report; City's reserve for unpaid sick days.. Councilor Storch on what good government should look like.. Noel posts honorable mentions.. Plainfield Latino has moved to a new Web address.. Jackie sees signs of Spring, finally..


[PLAINFIELD 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 --

HIV Case:  "Plainfield captain who had sex without revealing HIV jailed"
Shooting: "Man injured in Plainfield shooting"
Jay Jefferson Cooke:  "Plainfield should secede from Union County"
Asm Jon Bramnick:  "The Auditor: Assemblyman O'Bramnick?"

Asbury Park:  "Music in Film Festival continues with Metallica, Jaco and Tent City"
Craft Beweries:  "Craft brewers hope for tax relief"
Jersey City:  "JC not the 'new Brooklyn' new deputy mayor says"
Mortgages:  "Simplifying mortgage disclosure forms"
Princeton --
SWATting Hoaxes:  "Another apparent SWAT hoax in Florence"
Temple U.:  "Report: Bill Cosby won't speak at commencement"

Christie for President --
Hillary --
Medical Marijuana:  "Lawyers afraid to defend dispensary"
NJ Pensions:  "Panel devising nitty-gritty of Christie pension proposal"
Politics:  "The strange tale of the first woman to run for president"

Ebola:  "Empty clinics in Liberia seen as evidence of US missteps"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  on the North Ave demolition engineer's report; City's reserve for unpaid sick days.

[OLDDOC]  on Mapp nominations; Green's ballot challenge.

[Mayor MAPP] posts his weekly email newsletter.

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

[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]  sees signs of Spring, finally.

[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 honorable mentions.

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

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