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Monday, December 9, 2019

Dan is back from a week in the hospital.. Plainfield man's gun conviction overturned because of illegal police search.. Scenes from Plainfield's Holiday Tree Lighting.. Plainfield district holds bilingual job fair Dec. 11, with on-the-spot hiring.. Freeholders take action against 'heartless' NYC program which has placed homeless in Plainfield.. Jackie: Survivor: Island of the Idols blog party.. Carl: A Holiday season rabbit in Plainfield..


[PLAINFIELD TODAY] PLAINFIELD
  • Dudley House: Operation Help Hands will help vets at Dudley House. Read more here.
  • Gun Conviction: Plainfield man's gun conviction overturned because of illegal police search. Read more here.
  • Gov. McGreevey: We need to open more prison doors and do more to help those who step out. Read more here.
  • Netherwood Flats: Mixed use project near Netherwood station breaks ground. Read more here.
  • North Avenue: North Avenue development project changes get preliminary approval. Read more here.
  • NYC Homeless Program: Freeholders take action against 'heartless' NYC homeless program. Read more here. -- Some have been placed in Plainfield.
  • Tree Lighting: Scenes from Plainfield's Holiday Tree Lighting. Read more here.
  • School District: Plainfield district holds bilingual job fair Dec. 11, with on-the-spot hiring. Read more here.
OF INTEREST
  • Baby Names: Muhammad breaks into top 10 list. Read more here.
  • Diet: I ate Queen Elizabeth's diet for a week. Ugh. Read more here.
  • Food Alert: 5 in NJ hospitalized from e.coli outbreak tied to Romaine lettuce. Read more here.
  • HIV/AIDS: Preliminary data shows record drop in NJ HIV/AIDS cases. Read more here.
  • Immigration: Surveillance video shows sick 16-year-old dying unattended. Read more here.
  • North Plainfield: Mother of woman killed in Turnpike crash speaks out. Read more here.
  • Parenting: Video games and online chats are haunts for sexual predators. Read more here.
  • Pensacola Navy Base Shooting --
    • Official: Base shooter watched videos before attack. Read more here.
    • Investigation broadens in Navy Base shooting. Read more here.
    • For Trump, instinct after killings is simple: Protect Saudis. Read more here.
STATE/NATIONAL
  • 2020 Prez Race --
    • Finalists: Dems ask: Do we really want an all-white Final Four? Read more here.
    • Booker --
      • Will Booker get bounced from the next Dem debate? Read more here.
      • Booker rebukes Bloomberg for calling him 'well-spoken'. Read more here.
      • Booker's critical test?: languishing campaign plots a rebound. Read more here.
    • Buttigieg: Warren calls on Buttigieg to open up fundraisers to press. Read more here.
    • Trump: Why do so many people believe Trump will win? Read more here.
    • Warren: Pushed by Buttigieg, Warren reveals she made $1.9M since 1986. Read more here.
  • Freelancer Bill: Freelancers say bill will still cost them work. Read more here.
  • Guns --
    • FBI never completes hundreds of thousands of background checks. Read more here.
    • Mulshine: Gun-rights case before SCOTUS could affect NJ law. Read more here.
  • Lobbying: Sweeney wants to unmask those being paid to sway lawmakers. Read more here.
  • NJ Dem Chair: Dem Progressive Caucus endorses Currie. Read more here.
  • Policing: Major new plan to reform oversight and accountability of NJ law enforcement. Read more here.
  • SCOTUS: Justices to hear case on state judicial appointment. Read more here. -- NJ would be impacted.
  • Tax Incentives --
  • Hearing Ouster --
    • Sue Altman, George Norcross, and the 'whodunit' over the hearing ouster. Read more here.
    • Senate Dems vow to subpoena AG's report on Altman ouster from hearing. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
  • House: House Dems refresh Nixon-era impeachment report for Trump. Read more here.
  • Legal Scholars: Letter from legal scholars to Congress on impeachment. Read more here. -
  • Trump --
TRUMP WORLD
  • Giuliani: Trump: Giuliani wants to go before Congress about Ukraine trip. Read more here.
  • Undocumented Employees: How two housekeepers took on Trump. Read more here.
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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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