Olddoc: Obamacare lives.. Bernice: Bilingual Day Care transition plan launched.. Councilor Williams: Toon anticipates Pride Sunday.. Jackie: Big Brother 17: Live feeds into the wee hours..

---

[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Council OKs Bilingual Day Care transition"

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 --

PAHS:  "Longtime shelter resident needs a loving home"

Edison:  "Kumbaya noises emanate from Edison Dems"
Piscataway:  "Timberwolces select Karl-Anthony Towns No. 1 overall in NBA draft"
Port Authority:  "$1 lease for parking lot in North Jersey renegotiated for $875K" -- Christie buddy Samson tried a fast one.
Rutgers --

• "New $30,000 logo is 'distinctly Rutgers'"
• "NJ Senate passes $25M bill for RU athletic facilities"
• "Christie critic not renominated to RU board"

Christie for President --

• "WNYC's Katz breaks news of Christie's announcement"
• "How a call to Livingston HS principal opened door for big announcement"
• "Timeline of Christie's bungled campaign announcement rollout"
• "First stop after Christie's announcement: New Hampshire"
• "Bookmakers: Christie starts campaign with odds stacked against him"
• "Christie: Absolutely no decision on presidential run"
• "Christie in 7th place in NH poll, with 5 percent"
• "Christie criticizes Obamacare ruling; says law should be replaced"

Gay-to-Straight Therapy:  "Group committed consumer fraud, NJ jury says"
Guns:  "Bill backed by Gabby Giffords lands on Christie's desk"
Legislative Services Commission:  "Meeting devolves into shouting match as Gill questions openness"
Medical Examiners:  "Is NJ's fractures system ripe for change?"
NJ Budget --

• "Legislature sneds $35.3B budget with tax increases to Christie"
• "Legislature sends Christie bill requiring quarterly pension contributions"
• "Christie promises veto of Dem tax increases; mum on pension cuts"

NJ Senate:  "Senate comes within one vote overriding Christie veto" -- Would be first ever.
Obamacare --

• "Justices give Obama law 6-3 victory"
• "Obama's healthcare legacy sealed"
• "What pols, experts are saying about Obamacare ruling" -- NJSpot | Ledger |
• "Ruling may just have killed state-based exchanges"

Outmigration:  "Why are white people leaving NJ?"
Residency Requirement:  "Police, fire could be required to live in towns for five years"
Donald Trump:  "Univision drops Miss USA show after Trump's remarks on Mexicans"
Voting Laws:  "Despite Gill's objections, Assembly passes 'Democracy Act'"
Women's Health:  "Lawmakers advance bil restoring $7.5M for women's health -- again"
Yachts:  "Luxury boat tax sales limit sails through Legislature"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE] Bilingual Day Care transition plan launched.

[OLDDOC]  Obamacare lives.

[Mayor MAPP]  posts his weekly  newsletter. (6/21/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  notes FOSh proposal heard at Historic Preservation Commission. (6/24/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Toon anticipates Pride Sunday. (6/25/15)

[DAVID]  posts Plainfield graduation pix. (6/22/15)

[JACKIE]  Big Brother 17: Live feeds into the wee hours. (6/25/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  on Dog Days: Keep pets inside. (6/23/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  on Bilingual Day Care. (6/24/15)

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  Vietnamese restaurant in South Plainfield to close -- the same family who ran La Viet on Front Street.

---