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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Train kills man near Plainfield station.. Plainfield man gets 17 years for armed robbery spree.. Jackie: Big Brother 20 live feeds Wednesday Brouhaha.. Rebecca: Rhythm Review Dance Concert Thursday at City Hall Plaza..


[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 --

Crime:  "Plainfield man sentenced to 17 years for armed crime spree" -- TAPinto | Ledger |
Train Fatality:  "NJ Transit train strikes, kills man near Plainfield station"

CD11:  "Dem Mikie Sherill wins GOP councilman's endorsement"
Essex County:  "County to yank $3.8M from Wells Fargo over 'aggressive foreclosures'"
Mailbox Library:   "Town forces family to take down mailbox library"
Mountainside:  "Dem challengers hit incumbents over Dildogate settlements"
Newark:  "Newark cements $2B tax package for Amazon"
NJ Policy Perspective:  "MacInnes leaving NJPP"
Trenton:  "Attorney who filed munchkin lawsuit against mayor tried to run for Council" -- But doesn't live in Trenton.

2018 Senate Race --
Sen. Booker:  "Booker takes aim at bail-bond backers"
Court Reform:  "Local officials profit off your traffic ticket"
Guns:  "Here's why NJ's new gun law has therapists worried"
Marijuana:  "Lawmakers seek to establish marijuana banking protocols"
Public Employee Unions:  "Court sides with unions and legislators against Christie job-banding rule"
Right-to-work Laws:  "Unions score big win in Missouri vote"
Transparency:  "NJ scales back how often it reports on performance"


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[ OLDDOC]  Olddoc ponders 'free' college education and universal health care.  (08/05/18)

[Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Adrian Mapp's 10th Annual Community Barbecue August 19.  (07/28/17)

[Councilor STORCH]  Gordon Fuller, a true public servant in Plainfield, will be missed. (07/28/18)

[Freeholder WILLIAMS]  Summer events this week in Plainfield and elsewhere. (8/06/18)

[SEAN McKENNA]  Sean on Zoning Board consideration of HOPES expansion at old Armory. (7/31/18)

[JACKIE]  Big Brother 20 live feeds Wednesday Brouhaha. (8/08/2018)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  This year's Summer Concerts begin Thursday at City Hall Plaza. (8/06/18)

[NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  on 2018 PHS Hall of Fame inductions. (07/16/18)

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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