PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY:
.......... - "Mayor-elect Robinson-Briggs joins youngsters in Holiday Tree lighting, Santa's visit"
Here is a link to the last several days of CLIPPINGS
PHS / Westfield Thanksgiving Day game: "Courier News pictures are online"
Former Wardlaw headmaster house is on the market [not online]:
.......... The Courier features the 'Field House' on the cover of today's Real Estate section. Located in the
.......... 1000-block of Field Avenue, the house sits directly across from the rear of the duCret School.
.......... Asking price is $769,900. For sale by owner, Michael Bocknack, (908) 720-4928.
TRI-COUNTY_________________________________________________________________________________
Edison: "Stephensville Parkway residents mobilize to save boulevard trees Duke Energy wants to cut down"
Perth Amboy: "City's use of eminent domain hinders hospital's parking plan "
Rahway, Linden: "Rahway and Linden size up impact of Merck cuts"
Union County police and firefighters raise Katrina aid: "Officers help peers cope with Katrina"
Publisher of weekly papers also heads Dem PAC: "James Devine of Devine Media facing claims of conflict of interest"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
There is a long, well-researched article on who is benefiting from Newark's housing boom on the front page
of today's Ledger. But not online--go figure! A clique of insiders are making out big time with discounted land
prices, no-bid contracts, variances to cram houses on small lots, tax abatements and more. Will post later if
it comes online. --Dan
Corzine - Transition: "'Dr. No' returns to ailing capital; Corzine's aide Leone to set mood at Statehouse"
Corzine's Senate seat: "South Jersey Hispanic leaders back Andrews for Senate seat"
............... - An overview of State Sen. Nia Gill as a possibility is here
For Political Junkies - The Auditor: "Sunday, December 04, 2005"
Ethics in Government: "N.J. found deficient in monitoring for ethics violations"
Political Campaigns - OpEd, Ledger: "Are negative campaigns so bad?"
Chemical Plant Security - Courier: "US Senate aims to regulate chemical plant security"
............... - Editorial, Ledger: "Enforce chemical security"
Lame Duck Legislature: "Drug-free school zones, changes in public contracts law, bounty hunters on legislative agenda"
Pensions: "In Task Force Report, a Challenge"
Schools Construction Corp.: "To seafood seller, SCC's treatment is just a raw deal"
Abbott Schools: "Parenting program helps parents get most from school for their kids"
NJ Income Tax turns 30 - OpEd, Ledger: "Like it hate it, the income tax is a 'good' tax"
NJ Lottery: "The high price of a dream; Those who can least afford it play the most"
Fairfield - Bureaucratic fa-la-la: "Homeowner gets code citation for using snowplow in holiday lawn decorations"
Newark: "Clergy join police on the beat in Newark"
Merck - Vioxx trial: "Prominent cardiologist says Merck tried to 'trash' his and others' questions about Vioxx "
Corruption in South Jersey: Part 1 of 4 - Asbury Park Press: "Greed, go-go girls and graft"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Plamegate - NY Times [hassle-free link]: "Fitzgerald targets Rove in more talks with journalists"
.......... - Cunningham Affair - OpEd, Washington Post: "Business As Usual: Corrupt"
.......... - CIA's secret prisons - BBC News: "US civil rights group to sue CIA"
............... - CIA flights - Agence France Presse: "US on defensive as reports of 'secret torture flights' pile up"
............... - Rice visiting Europe: "Rice To Address Secret Prison Issue in Europe"
............... - England's Blair involved? - Independent [UK]: "Blair faces allegations of complicity in torture"
............... - CIA held innocent German 5 months - Washington Post: "Wrongful Imprisonment: Anatomy of a CIA Mistake"
.......... - Abramoff Affair - NY Times [hassle-free link]: "Abramoff probe now includes his getting jobs for others at PR firms"
............... - The Nation: "The Abramoff Effect"
.......... - Iraq reconstruction contracts - Boston Globe: "Reservist faces graft charges on Iraq reconstruction contracts"
Iraq:
.......... - Bush 'Strategy' - Editorial, Minneapolis Star-Trib: "Bush creates illusion of progress in Iraq"
.......... - Lt. Gen. William Odom [USA, Ret.] - NiemanWatchdog: "Want stability in the Middle East? Get out of Iraq!"
.................... Gen. Odom served as the Army's Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence during the Reagan years;
.................... he is a Senior Fellow with the conservative Hudson Institute and a professor at Yale.
.......... - US Cities voice opposition to war - Detroit Free Press: "Resolutions part of trend, experts say"
.................... Dozens of cities have adopted resolutions, citing deaths and the financial costs. Chicago estimates
.................... it could pay 31,000 teachers for a year on its share of the costs.
.......... - Paid 'news' in Iraqi papers - Asia Times: "The bottom line: The Iraqi press is neither free, nor even Iraqi"
.......... - Fallujah - Independent journalist Dahr Jamail reports from Iraq: "“Pacified” Fallujah"
.......... - 'Peacemaker Teams' - A Mennonite-inspired ecumenical movement : "Profiles of the kidnapped team members"
.......... - 'Coalition of the willing' - Seattle PI: "Coalition eroding; 'vibrations of unease in US clearly have impact elsewhere'"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Real Estate:
.......... - Mortgage 'referral fee' scams: "The heat is on mortgage referral schemes"
.......... - 'Nontraditional' mortgages: "Lax lending rules put homes, owners at risk"
.......... - Price softening: "San Diego's price woes may presage U.S. dip"
Clothing donations - Getting them to people, not rag merchants: "Some ways to make meaningful clothing donations"
Elections - Vote-buying: 'Set a thief to catch a thief': "FBI Plants Fake Candidate in W.Va. Race"
Gay couples - Legal issues [NJ mentioned]: "Gay Couples Face Uncertain Legal Landscape"
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Federal response: "Documents Governor released show Katrina's political storm, White House ineptitude"
.......... - Recovery: "Amid Katrina ruins, mortgage payments loom"
