Bernice: Council majority supports county park upgrade.. Olddoc: Back to Oz.. Jackie: BB18 live feeds into Tuesday..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Plainfield Council supports Cedar Brook Park changes despite murkiness"

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 --

Bank Robbery:  "Plainfield man wanted to be arrested so he could get drug treatment" -- Courier | Ledger | TAP | 101.5 |
School Custodians:  "Think twice about privatizing custodians" -- OpEd, NJ Spotlight; rumors have circulated in Plainfield for years.

Elizabeth:  "Cop sues city, police department over promotion denial" -- Same games as practiced under Robinson-Briggs here.
Fraud:  "Dental supply company exec indicted in $1M fraud scheme"
Immigrants:  "Why immigrants love NJ, and why NJ loves them back"
Newark:  "Snoop Dogg takes to YouTube to deliver a message for all in city"
Olympics --

• "Union Catholic gym erupts watching classmate Sydney McLaughlin at Olympics"
• "Dunellen's McLaughlin qualifies in the 400-meter hurdles"
• "Hernandez takes silver on beam, Porter, McLaughlin advance"

Real Estate:  "Hedge fund billionaire: Real estate market is getting 'bubblicious'"
Trenton --

• "City splits on taking curfew-violating teens to churches"
• "Charter school celebrates 10th year, buys own building"

2016 Presidential Race --

• "Trump calls for 'extreme' immigration vetting" -- Ledger | Record | NYTimes | Politico | RNS |
• "Fact-checking Trump's foreign policy address"
• "Why Trump's immigration ideas won't work"
• "Pollsters: Trump approaching zero hour"
• "Giuliani jab at Obama backfires; he forgets when 9/11 happened"
• "GOP urges Trump to broaden outreach to Black voters" -- Is the pot criticizing the kettle?
• "Trump campaign and Manafort try to move beyond Ukraine report"

Cybersecurity:  "DNC having all systems restructured"
MVC:  "Another week, another computer outage at troubled MVC"
NJ Finances:  "NJ avoids credit downgrading despite pension, road woes" -- Ledger | Politico |
Obamacare:  "Aetna pulling out of most Obamacare markets"
Policing:  "POP wants more transparency for police-related shootings"
School Testing:  "Study: Liberal white moms driving opt-out movement"
SCOTUS:  "North Carolina asks SCOTUS to reinstate voter ID law"
Transportation Funding:  "Construction workers protest stalemate in funding"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]   Council majority supports county park upgrade.

[OLDDOC]   Back to Oz.  (8/14/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  Community pride is our responsibility. (8/09/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  on supporting our youth. (7/26/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Summer movie series closes Thursday at PHS with 'Daddy's Home'. (8/148/16)

[DAVID]  Plainfielder launches Book Club Madu. (8/03/16)

[JACKIE]  BB18 live feeds into Monday. (8/15/16).

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Support our Youth Cadets graduation Friday. (8/03/2016)

[NOEL at PALS]  Local talent to take over the ship of Plainfield football. (8/12/16).

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