St. Bart's, former priest sued over sex abuse.. Plainfield students attend International Women's Day event.. Plainfield schools to get $8.6M aid increase..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Besides the layoff ordinance, a couple of oddities about Monday's Plainfield City Council agenda"
• "Mapp proposal on layoff powers ignites firestorm, puts Council on the spot"
• "Joint land use boards meeting will treat public to weed, brew pubs, Air BnB and more"

PLAINFIELD

• PHS: Plainfield students attend International Women's Day event at SDA. Read more here.
• Plainfield Public Schools: State proposes $8.6M increase in aid. Read more here.
• Union County: Freeholders mulling 2% tax hike. Read more here.
• Week in Review: Plainfield week in review: Wawa delayed, Layoff ordinance advances, more. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

• Linden --
• Scutari bill targeting Armstead advances. Read more here.
• Mayor's $1K-a-plate funder is out of town, and you're not invited. Read more here.
• Neptune: Dem mayor narrowly wins committee vote to run. Read more here. -- Committee does not automatically give incumbents the line in Neptune.
• North Plainfield: Woman arrested for prostitution at massage parlor. -- Courier | Patch |
• Pet therapy: Visiting cats bring joy to seniors. Read more here.
• Piscataway: Students say blackface social media posts were 'inside joke'. Read more here.
• Sexual Harassment:  Long Branch Housing Authority employees say they were harassed by chief of staff. Read more here.
• Scotch Plains: Sex abuse suit names former St. Bart's priest. Read more here. -- Ledger | Courier |

STATE/NATIONAL

• 2020 Elections --
• Booker comes in 6th in Iowa. Read more here.
• Booker endorsed by a South Carolina Dem county chair. Read more here.
• Joe Biden could have one disadvantage: Money. Read more here.
• NJ's newly elected Congress members, targeted by GOP, are getting big help. -- Ledger | NJGlobe |
• NJ Budget: Murphy: We can't keep going to the corporate well. Read more here.
• SDA Matter:  Letter: Schools Development Agency head made false statements. Read more here.
• Sex Abuse Bill: Inside the battle between Catholic leaders and lawmakers. Read more here.

TRUMP WORLD

• Access:  Chinese massage parlor owner has been selling access to Trump. Read more here.

RECENT BLOG POSTS

• [OLDDOC]  Olddoc sounds a sour note on Council and posts some good toons. (03/05/19)
• [Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
• [Councilor STORCH]  Councilor Storch offers his take on the Woodland School plan and open house. (1/27/19)
• [Freeholder WILLIAMS]  Freeholder Williams wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
• [SEAN McKENNA]  Back after a 4 month break, Sean comments on Council. (4/05/19)
• [JACKIE]  Survivor 38: Edge of Extinction, episode 3 blog party. (0/06/19)
• [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Rebecca wishes Happy Holidays to all. (12/27/18)
• [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Baier leads Summit over Plainfield. (02/18/19)
• [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl posts a 2nd Groundhog video . (03/07/19)
• [DAN at Laona Boy] Dan recalls boyhood Halloweens of the 1950s. (10/30/18)

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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.

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