Wawa groundbreaking Wednesday at noon.. Plainfield's Jenn Popper observes a single Iowa caucus.. Cisco training, pedestrian mall hot topics at Council meeting.. Plainfield Symphony launches new initiative with concert at Friends Meetinghouse.. Noel at HS Sports: Union County's Top 10 Publics, 2/3/20..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

• "Former Plainfield mayor Frank (Pete) Blatz dies" -- Service 10 am today, St. Paul's, Westfield.
• "Tax increase for 2020 among items on Council's agenda-setting session Monday"
• "Sanders' Progressive Dems will challenge Mapp slate in June 2020 Primary"

PLAINFIELD

• Board of Ed: BOE members, district staff at NSBA conference in DC. Read more here.
• Business Help: Free 'Writing a Business Plan' workshop. Read more here.
• Council: Cisco training, pedestrian mall hot topics at Council meeting. Read more here. Permitting: Downtown Plainfield Alliance rolls out site to help biz, homeowners. Read more here.
• Plainfield Symphony: PSO launches new initiative with concert at Friends Meetinghouse. Read more here.
• Union County: Elizabeth's Lourdes Leon gets UCDC backing to replace retiring Estrada. Read more here.
• Wawa: Wawa groundbreaking Wednesday at noon. Read more here. -- With palm tree?

OF INTEREST

• Media --
• Limbaugh: Rush Limbaugh reveals cancer diagnosis live on his show. Read more here.
• Museum: NJ's Harriet Tubman Museum to open on Juneteenth. Read more here
• Newark --
• State to close one of four charter schools superintendent wanted shut down. Read more here.
• TAPinto broke WBGO story first, Ledger pokes along. Read more here.
• Piscataway: Teacher fired for profanity-laced meltdown loses license. Read more here.
• Rahway: 3-hour standoff ends after man fires shot. Read more here.
• Retail: Macy's to close 125 stores over next three years. Read more here.
• Voting Machines: Only 1 county in NJ has secure voting machines. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

• Iowa Caucuses --
• Iowa a 'total meltdown'. Read more here.
• Dems lay a big caucus egg. Read more here.
• Buttigieg and Sanders fight for first place. Read more here.
• Plainfield's Jenn Popper observes a single Iowa caucus. Read more here.
• 'We feel really awful' says CEO whose app roiled Iowa caucuses. Read more here.
• The NJ consequences of a Biden meltdown in Iowa. Read more here.
• Dem National Convention --
• Leaders sidelined as Dem Host Committee under investigation. Read more here. -- Both are Murphy pals.
• Murphy administration scandals follow governor to national stage. Read more here.
• Murphy cuts ties with close ally suspended by national officials. Read more here.
• Dark Money: NJ dark money legislation remains up in the air. Read more here.
• Land Use: Proposed certification would require professional training for zoning officials. Read more here.
• Legislature: Holley's stance on vaccines not winning friends in Assembly. Read more here.
• State of the Union --
• Trump scripts his reelection through the SOTU. Read more here.
• The strangest SOTU speech ever. Read more here.
• Speech packed with dramatic moments, planned and unplanned. Read more here.
• Dem Response: Michigan governor hits Trump's economic message. Read more here.
• Trump snubs Pelosi, she tears up copy of his speech. Read more here.

IMPEACHMENT

• Booker: Booker leans on Rodino in impeachment speech. Read more here.
• Censure: Undecided Dem Senator calls for censure of Trump. Read more here.

RECENT BLOG POSTS

• [ OLDDOC]  Olddoc on Holocaust Remembrance Day. (1/27/2020)
• [Mayor MAPP]  Mayor Mapp advises he has discontinued his blog.
• [Councilor STORCH]  Councilor Storch supports Restaurant Week at Shipotle. (08/14/19)
• [Freeholder WILLIAMS]  February features LGBTQ family planning and adoption panel. (1/28/2020)
• [SEAN McKENNA]  Sean thanks the voters. (06/12/19)
• [JACKIE]  Survivor: Island of the Idols blog party. (12/04/19)
• [REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  Why I am running for Freeholder. (11/04/19)
• [NOEL at Jersey HS Sports]  Union County Top 10 Publics, 2/3/20. (2/03/2020)
• [CARL at Plainfield Wildlife] Carl: Courting foxes (part 5). (2/02/2020)
• [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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