Bernice: Job plea, Clark apology emerge at reorg.. Olddoc skips Council, posts interesting pic of a Stradivarius..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Bad manners fail to ruffle Plainfield Council reorg"

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 --

Council Reorganization:  "Plainfield Council reorganizes"
Clark Mannequin Incident --

• "State Civil Rights Section notifed of black puppet incident" -- A mannequin is not a puppet. Sheez.
• "Clark mom says 'hanged' pupper was LeBron James school project"
• "Investigation into alleged racist puppet at Clark school continues"

Urban Mayors:  "Mapp, Baraka, other talk strategy in Trump era with Booker" -- Ledger | ObsNJ | NJSpot |
Obituary:  "Beatrice Gloria Davis, longtime Housing Authority employee"

Delbarton School:  "School won't appeal $171K jusgment in for track coash's suit"
Insurance Fraud:  "Ex union prez, insurance broker charged in scheme to defraud Horizon of $6.6M"
Jersey Gardens Mall:  "Mall to open alternative school for at-risk students"
Newark:  "New class of 64 police officers bolsters department to over 1,000"
NJ Transit --

• "NJT faces new lawsuit, fresh scrutiny over racial discrimination"
• "Unions sue state to overturn barring engineers with suspended licenses from operating trains"

Trump Administration --

• "5 things to know about Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser"

2017 Guv Race --

• "Booker and Menendez endorse Murphy"
• "Murphy vows to defy 'unconstitutional' orders from Trump if elected governor"

Gov. Christie --

• "Christie signs bill to add 20 judges as part of bail overhaul"
• "Christie signs bill limiting gun access for domestic violence offenders"

School Funding:  "Sweeney pushed to keep his school funding plan alive"
Teachers:  "NJ ranked best state to be a teacher"
Women's March on NJ:  "NJ women's march set for day after Trump inauguration"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  snaps pic of new cat on Block 832.

[OLDDOC]  Olddoc proposes a shift in his blogging. (1/04/17)

[Mayor MAPP]  9th Annual MLK Potluck and Food Drive.

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

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  on Thursday's Town Hall. (1/03/17)

[DAVID]  On violence and building in Plainfield. (12/24/16)

[JACKIE]    Jackie's back! Week in review features snow pix. (1/08/17)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  thanks Plainfield voters. (11/15/2016)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Plainfield wins over Union at the buzzer. (1/08/17).

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**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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