Bernice: Motor Manager a no-go, case pressed on city website; A downtown surprise; Mantises on the prowl.. Mayor Mapp reminds all of Saturday's BBQ and food drive.. Councilor Williams notes toiletries and feminine products welcome as donations at BBQ.. Jackie: Live BB17 feeds into Thursday.. David details Plainfield connection to Straight Outta Compton movie..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "PACHA Ecuador celebration, SID Summer Concert tonight"
• "Council dealing from the bottom of the deck?"
  
• "Medevac yes, shooting no"
  

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 --

Plainfield Country Club:  "PGA Barclays tour returns bringing local spending and road closures"
Perseid Meteor Showers:  "Thursday night will be great for viewing meteors"

Camden:  "Parking attendant accused of stealing funds"
Elizabeth:  "Lesniaak and Board of Ed square off over mail-in ballots"
Hudson Rail Tunnel:  "Federal loan could get new tunnel built"
Jersey City --

• "Puerto Rican Day parade and festival set for this weekend"
• "Fulop, Loews nonprofit tussle over $500K grant"

Newark --

• "Baraka: Ending 'One Newark' is only answer to school issues"
• "Leaders look to build support for new Million Man March"

RU Vets Hotline:  "NJ officials praise bipartisan effort to fund hotline"
Teaneck:  "Oil train evacuation plan laid out"
Trailside Nature Center:  "Benedictine monk talks to master gardeners about herbs"
Trenton --

• "14-year-old was unarmed when shot 7 times by police, lawyer says"
• "Five unanswered questions in shooting of 14-year-old"

Christie for President --

• "Poll: Majority of NJ says Christie should resign"
• "Trump leads Iowa in CNN poll, Christie 10th"
• "Christie signs anti-tax pledge"
• "Christie uses tax pledge he once spurned to take a swing at Bush"
• "Christie hammers Bush on Iraq war, anti-tax pledge"

2016 Candidates --

• "Rand Paul borrows Christie 2015 'Telling It Like It Is' slogan"
• "Fiorina emerges from pack after Trump remarks"

Gov. Christie --

• "Christie signs mail-in ballot reform bill"
• "Christie vetoes transgender bill, says it went 'beyond the pale'"

President Jimmy Carter:  "Former president says he has cancer"
Advance Placement Exams:  "NJ gets $500K for AP exams for low-income kids"
Iran Deal:  "In effort to sway debate, big money donors are heard"
Mobile 9/11 Memorial:  "Mobile memorial makes its first stop in tri-state area"
Voting Rights:  "Obama calls for defense of voting rights in letter to Times" -- See letter here.


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Motor Manager a no-go, case pressed on city website; A downtown surprise; Mantises on the prowl..

[[OLDDOC]  offers a Council quickie; notes local rabbi marching from Selma to DC. (8/10/15)

[Mayor MAPP]   reminds all of the 8th Annual Community BBQ. (8/13/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  on yard waste enforcement. (8/2/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  notes toiletries and feminine products welcome as donations at BBQ. (8/13/15)

[DAVID]   details a Plainfield connection to Straight Outta Compton, being released today. (8/13/15)

[JACKIE] Big Brother 17 live feeds into Thursday. (8/13/15)

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

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  on W.E.B. DuBois. (8/6/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]   notes PACHA's celebration of Ecuadorian Independence. (8/4/15)

[NOEL at PALS]  on Day 3 of the 19th Gee Gee Brown Tournament. (8/1/15)

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  Steven Colbert weighs in on the SCOTUS ruling. (6/27/15)

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