Bernice: Paid sick leave ordinance up for vote; Council seeks retreat; Snow smoke?.. Councilor Williams: Letters of interest for Council seats due Feb. 10.. David catches an aerial view of Plainfield..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "State of City Address tonight"

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 --

2013 Murder:  "Plainfield man killed mother with dumbbell, jury rules" -- Courier | Ledger |
High School Graduation Rates:  "See your school's graduation rate" -- NJSpot | Ledger |
PARCC Tests --

• "State goes public with first-year results" -- With charts.
• "Top PARCC scores in Union County"
• "Top Charter School PARCC scores"

Weather:  "East Coast may get storms next week"

Black Culture:  "From 'Shaft' to 'Fat Albert",  duo preserves 70s Black pop culture"
Flemington:  "Consultants recommend BID board be dissolved, replaced"
Liberty State Park:  "Star Wars party set"
South Plainfield:  "Library officially reopens"
Waitressing:  "At 90, NJ waitress has no plans to retire soon"

2016 Candidates --

• "When are the additional Dem debates?"
• "Trump: Cruz stole victory in Iowa" -- Politico | NYTimes |
• "Trump resists staff calls to change course"
• "Vanieri Huttle rushes to Clinton's aid after Christie attack"
• "Christie to Trump: Be accountable for your Iowas loss"
• "Christie charges Rubio with 'drive-by' town halls in NH"
• "Rand Paul and Rick Santorum pull out of race"
• "Republicans woo women with softer tone in NH"

Bridgegate --

• "Defense: Docs from week of shutdown are missing"

Air Traffic Control:  "Should a private corporation be in charge?"
First Amendment:  "Offensive trademarks and the First Amendment"
Islam --

• "Obama pleads for tolerance in first visit to US mosque"
• "Trump on Obama: Maybe he feels comfortable at a mosque"

Marijuana Wax:  "7 things you may not know about this potent drug"
Medical Marijuana:  "Facebook shuts down medical marijuana pages in NJ"
Transportation Trust Fund:  "Depleted fund creates fiscal crisis for towns"
Tyler Clementi Case:  "NJ Supremes ruling casts shadow on Tyler Clementi convictions"
Zika Virus:  "Virus now found in Jamaica, CDC expands travel warning"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Paid sick leave ordinance up for vote; Council seeks retreat; Snow smoke?.

[OLDDOC]  More on Council session; Iowa caucuses impact. (2/02/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  announces the changed State of the City information. (1/20/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  on the annual homeless count in Union County. (1/27/16) -- He's the new Council President.

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Letters of interest for Council seats due Feb. 10. (2/01/16)

[DAVID]  catches an aerial view of Plainfield 2016. (2/04/16)

[JACKIE]   Meeting the cast for Survivor: Kaoh Rong, Part 2. (2/01/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Latino Action Network Conference. (2/02/2016)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  Pastora Tracey Brown invita a registarse para votar. (2/02/16)

[NOEL at PALS]  Stevens lead Plainfield to overtake Montclair. (2/02/16).

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