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Friday, March 11, 2016

Bernice: Speakers argue pros, cons of sick leave ordinance.. Councilor Williams: Free lunchtime yoga at the Plainfield Public Library..


[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 --

Schools:  "Kindergarten registration schedule set"
Woodland School:  "Family art Night set for St. Pat's Day"
NJ Transit:  "Talks resume today as clock ticks"
Food Recalls --
Freeholder Pay:  "How much freeholders earn in NJ" -- Union not the top, but up there.

Elizabeth:  "Ex-school employee guilty in free lunch scam"
Governance:  "Kearney residents can now submit questions online during Council meetings"
ID Cards:  "Perth Amboy ID card set to launch"
Jobs:  "Pilot program to bring jobs to food stamp recipients"
Middlesex County:  "County launches rapid Naloxone replacement program for cops"
Jersey City:  "Author Steven King coming to JC"
Newark --
Pid Sick Leave:  "Princeton forms group to consider ordinance"
Pay TV:  "Cable-cutters on increase"
Public Art?:  "Tanning salon owner adjusts mural, town says it's still illegal"
Rutgers:  "Eddie Jordan out as RU basketball coach" -- Courier | Ledger |

2016 Candidates --
Trump & Free Speech -- Doesn't this all sound like 1930s Germany?
Bridgegate --
Paid Sick Leave:  "NJ business groups ramp up opposition to sick leave bill"
Trucker Safety:  "Booker opposes bill that wold bar states from setting truckers' driving, rest hours"

The Cost of Saint-Making:  "Pope Francis tries to clean up the cost of saint-making"

RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Speakers argue pros, cons of sick leave ordinance.

[OLDDOC]  offers second report on Council meeting, plus some good cartoons. (3/09/16)

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

[Councilor STORCH]  Development in Plainfield: Looking into the future. (2/07/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]   Free lunchtime yoga at the Plainfield Public Library. (3/11/16)

[DAVID]  Demanding educational due, resistance starts locally.. (3/07/16)

[JACKIE]  Survivor Kaoh Rong blog party. (3/09/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  celebrates author Octavia Estelle Butler. (2/24/2016)

[NOEL at PALS]  live blogs Yale vs. Columbia. (3/05/16)