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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Bernice: Municipal ID card gets initial approval; Sample BOE ballot online.. Olddoc on the meeting he missed..


[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 --

Boys Basketball:  "Union Catholic gets past Plainfield"
Product Recall:  "Disney recalls defective baby clothes sold at its theme parks"

ATM Skimmers:  "Two Romanian men busted with skimmers in Union County"
Edison:  "Town outraged by judge's order to give 'lingerie cop' his gun and badge back"
Elizabeth:  "Mayor to police recruits: People are watching"
Essex County:  "Quovella Spruill will be first Black woman to lead county police operations"
Fanwood:  "$50K lottery ticket sold in Fanwood"
Home Care Fraud:  "Union County man admits role in $7M Medicare fraud"
Johnson & Johnson:  "J&J cutting 3,600 jobs in medical devices"
Kean U.:  "Black ministers take Kean protest to Sen. Lesniak's office"
KKK:  "KKK flyers distributed in Red Bank on MLK Day"
North Plainfield:  "Crime,  QOL issues brought up at Council"
Rahway:  "In battle over sports field, opponents learn lesson of fighting city hall"

Christie for President --
2016 Candidates --
Gov.Christie -- In town for a few minutes, Christie tackled over 100 bills.
Big Business:  "Amid campaign criticisms, US CEOs worried about declining trust in business"
Casinos:  "Poll: 50% of NJ residents oppose North Jersey casinos"
Down The Shore:  "New law clarifies who has authority over beach access"
SCOTUS:  "Top court divided on former Paterson cop's First Amendment case"
Sewer Systems:  "NJ's billion dollar price tag for sewage needs"
Terrorism:  "Report: Homegrown terrorists biggest threat to NJ"

Obituary:  "Marie Garibaldi, first woman on NJ Supreme Court"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Municipal ID card gets initial approval; Sample BOE ballot online.

[OLDDOC]  On the meeting he missed. (1/20/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  announces the annual MLK potluck and food drive. (1/04/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  on the conduct of Council meetings. (1/08/16) -- He's the new Council President.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Youth Summit Saturday at duCret. (1/12/16)

[DAVID]  Council to vote on BOE elections. (1/10/16)

[JACKIE]   week in review notes she now gets off work before dark. (1/17/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  On World AIDS Day, rethink HIV. (12/27/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]   on Plainfield ID Card proposal. (1/19/16)

[NOEL at PALS]  Plainfield native Justin Seas tries to make history for Yale. (1/18/16).