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Monday, July 27, 2015

Bernice notes school board candidate filings due today.. Olddoc posts a catch-up note.. Jackie spots an NYC green cab in Plainfield, plus two BB17 posts..


[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 --

Commuting:  "NJ Transit pre-emptively announces Monday delays on Sunday"

Tax Abatements:  "Abated Jersey City properties would pay $80M more in normal taxes, report says"
Edison:  "End police impunity in Edison" -- Editorial, Ledger.
Foreclosures:  "Zombie foreclosures and what one NJ county is doing about it"
Roselle Park:  "9-hour standoff ends with self-inflicted gunshot wound"
Shoplifting:  "Judge bans NJ woman for life from every Walmart in US"

Christie for President--
Christie Appointments: "Christie has made habit of appointing high school friends"
Fiat Chrysler --
Jihad:  "Inside the NJ case that snared five friends"
NJ Pensions:  "Pension fund trustees seek billions in damages from state" -- You go, Bennett!

Obituary:  "Bobbi Kristina Brown dead at 22" -- NYTimes | Ledger |


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  notes school board candidate filings due today.

[OLDDOC]  posts a catch-up note. (7/26/15)

[Mayor MAPP]  announces July 4 parade, concert in the park. (7/01/15)

[Councilor STORCH]  notes traffic safety is on Council agenda. (7/6/15)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  adds the Sandra Bland case to reasons for Saturday's march against police violence. (7/4/15)

[DAVID]   25 reasons to be in Saturday's Million People's March, 7/11-7/19. (7/23/15)

[JACKIE]  spots an NYC green cab in Plainfield, plus two BB17 posts. (7/27/15)

[JACKIE'S PHOTO BLOG] catches an empty train.

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  notes free summer outdoor movies scheduled. (7/2/15)

[PLAINFIELD LATINO]  Diane Toliver responds to Dan's post. (7/10/15)

[NOEL at PALS]  on Day 1 of the 19th Gee Gee Brown Tournament this weekend. (7/25/15)

[DOTTIE G SEZ]  Steven Colbert weighs in on the SCOTUS ruling. (6/27/15)