Mayor Mapp: We are 'stronger together'.. Councilor Williams: Plainfield is our city - Public Safety affects us all.. Jackie: BBOTT: Julie visit, not much else..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Dem kickoff, Drake House event, cleanups this weekend"
  

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 --

Magnet School:  "UC Academy for Performing Arts named a National Blue Ribbon School"

Bombing Suspect Rahimi:  "Here's what happens next"
Edison:  "Organizers of Saturday charity concert say Trump is headline speaker"
Fashion:  "Meet Cover Girl's new cover boy"
Trenton:  "Mayor Jackson delivers his second state of the city address"

2016 Presidential Race --

• "Trump blames Clinton for 'outright lies' about his conduct with women" -- Ledger | Record | NYTimes | Bloomberg |
• "NY Times to Trump's lawsuit threat: Bring it" -- NYTimes | Record | Politico | -- The Times' letter is here.
• "Michelle Obama on Trump comments: This is disgraceful" -- NYTimes | Politico |
• "Trump fires up the alt-right"
• "Obama to GOP: You built Trump"
• "Trump blocked campaign checking his background, leaving them blindsided"
• "Trump supporters monitoring polls alarms voting-rights groups"
• "Cut off Trump or GOP will be damaged, big donors say"
• "In final stretch, Clinton strives to avoid any misstep"
• "Clinton answers written questions under penalty of perjury in email suit"
• "Trump expands attacks to include P-Funk's George Clinton"
• "Former Miss Teen USA: I was told Trump doesn't like Black people"
• "Hillary wins projected Muslim vote by landslide in CAIR survey"

Bridgegate --

• "Prosecution rests case" -- ObsNJ | Record |
• "Guv's chief counsel testifies he saw nothing 'nefarious' in Bridgegate"
• "Judge finds probable cause in complaint against Christie over lane closures" -- Record | ObsNJ | WNBC | NJSpot |
• "Courtroom performances frame Baroni's career"

Bail Reform:  "AG lays out new bail rules"
Gas Tax --

• "Dems boast of benefits as they await Christie action"
• "Lt. Gov. Guadagno: I'm against Christie's gas tax increase"

Marijuana:  "NJ legislators to check out Colorado's budding recreational pot law"
NJ Transit --

• "NJT's new boss has daunting tasks in front of him" -- Ledger | Record |
• "NJ Transit tops list of accidents, safety fines"
• "Assembly may grant subpoena power to investigate NJ Transit"

Juvenile Justice:  "Minors get longer sentences in NJ than in NY"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[[BERNICE]   Trigger warning, Trump is talking; Check this, climate deniers.

[OLDDOC]  on Yom Kippur's meaning.  (10/13/16)

[Mayor MAPP]  We are stronger together. (10/12/16)

[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]  Lost in the Wilderness documentary. (10/10/16)

[JACKIE]   BBOTT into Thursday. (10/13/16)

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

[NOEL at PALS]  Bridgewater-Raritan and Westfield lead Mid-State 38. (10/13/16)

**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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