Bernice: Meetings in motion; on her household's disruption, silly cat.. Jackie: BBOTT: Nominations, power of veto..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Council: Williams struggles with Taylor over control of meeting"

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 --

Drake House:  "Drake House to be featured on '4 Centuries in a Weekend" tour"
ATM Fees:  "Why are ATM fees so high?"

Hoboken Train Wreck --

• "Video, data recorders pulled from NJT wreckage" -- Ledger |
• "Official: Train was speeding"

Middlesex County:  "County under fire from state for refusing to do property revals"
Retail:  "Sears among 7 top retailers near bankruptcy"

Bombing Suspect --

• "Rahami is conscious, source says"

2016 Presidential Race --

• "VP debate: Kaine attacks, Pence fights back" -- Record | NYTimes | Bloomberg | Politico |
• "Politico's Wrong-o-meter" | "Fact-checking the VP debate"
• "Christie calls Trump genius for plan to burn down White House and collect insurance"
• "New anti-Trump artwork greets motorists in JC"

2017 Guv Race --

• "Murphy poised for big North Jersey endorsements"
• "Source: Baraka to back Murphy"
• "Ciatarelli: I'm about building bridges" -- PoliticoNJ | Ledger | ObsNJ | Courier | NJSpot |

Bridgegate --

• "Wildstein doubles down on claims Christie lied"
• "Wildstein recounts reviewing cover story with Christie spokesman"
• "Wildstein: Christie, Cuomo discussed issuing report to explain away lane closures" -- Record | NYTimes | PoliticoNJ |
• "Wildstein: Christie, Cuomo signed off on Baroni testimony"
• "Bridgegate Trial: Week 3"

Christie:  "State pays $1.5M to settle former Hunterdon prosecutor's suit against Christie" -- NJSpot | PoliticoNJ |
Gas Tax --

• "The first rule of raising taxes: Don't raise taxes"
• "Opponents call 23-centa tax deal 'insane' and 'appalling'"
• "Mercer legislators take a stand before the vote"

Physician-assisted Suicide:  "'Aid in dying' bill up for debate again"
Sany Aid:  "Federal audit finds NJ failed to control Sandy funds"
School Funding--

• "Christie dares Dems: Put funding overhaul on ballot"
• "Christie's plan gets mixed reviews at Wayne town hall" -- PoliticoNJ | Record |

Teacher Salaries:  "Salaries moving up after several years in the doldrums"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[[BERNICE]   Meetings in motion; on her household's disruption, silly cat.

[OLDDOC]  Olddoc replies to anonymous commenter; Toon sums up issues with presidential candidates.  (10/03/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  pictures civic-minded residents at 'Clean the Queen' cleanup. (10/03/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  salutes volunteer community cleanup efforts. (9/26/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Plainfield is our city - Public Safety affects us all. (10/03/16)

[DAVID]  reports on a short vacation in the Yucatan. (8/21/16)

[JACKIE]   BBOTT: Nominations, power of veto. (10/04/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  on Rec Division's Halloween activities for October. (9/28/2016)

[NOEL at PALS]  Ridge takes advantage of Plainfield's miscues. (10/02/16)

**NOTE: As of Monday, 8/15/16, PolicitckerNJ has become part of the NY Observer's website. (Both are owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner). I have always used the abbreviation 'PolNJ' to point to articles from the site. Things have gotten complicated in the meantime, since Politico, the award-winning national news site, has begun to branch out with a NJ version -- PoliticoNJ. To avoid confusion, I will henceforth refer to PolitickerNJ with the abbreviation "ObsNJ'..  Hope that's not all too confusing. -- Dan

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