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01/01/2006 - Sunday - Happy New Year!
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: "The great swearing-in mystery - solved?"
...........Reposting the swearing-in link from yesterday as there were problems reaching it.
Sharon Robinson-Briggs will be sworn in as Plainfield's first woman mayor at 3 PM
today in the City Hall rotunda. The Council reorganizes at 5 PM at the Courthouse.
2005: Towns in Review - Plainfield [1st section]: "Towns set the stage for the new year"
Editorial, Courier: "New faces and fresh promise in Plainfield"
Kwanzaa: "Plainfield event celebrates culture of Kwanzaa"
Mayor Robinson-Briggs - Letter to Editor, Ledger: Alex Toliver: "Harboring high hopes for Plainfield mayor"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "Mayoral choice's support still strong"
Edison: "Choi's actions ruffle feathers even before he is sworn in"
Elizabeth: "It's full STEAM ahead at new Elizabeth magnet school"
Fanwood: "With $100,000 grant, Fanwood on track to display caboose at historic station"
Highland Park: "$400,000 missing in borough's tax deposit"
Linden: "Surge leaves 500 Linden residents without power"
Warren: "Contest being held for new Warren slogan, logo"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
2006 in Trenton: "Let the Games Begin: Its Corzine, Codey and Roberts. Hold on."
Corzine - Finances: "Budget will bind Corzine, aide says; sees need for sacrifice and reform"
For Political Junkies - The Auditor: The Auditor is on break this week
Politics NJ: "2005: The Best, the Worst; The Winners, the Losers; and more"
2006 - 11 Jerseyans Look Ahead: "Ambitious New Jerseyans chart their course for 2006"
Body Parts - NJ: "Probe of body parts for sale raises specter of diseased transplants"
............... - National: "When corpses become mere commodities"
Corruption Busters: "Battered bureau says its cases are significant, even if not high-profile"
............ Open Book Quiz: What two laws did legislators repeal when they were used to prosecute
............ corrupt officials? [See page 2 of story] Were you even aware of them or their repeal?
Eminent Domain: "Condo proposal stalls over Bloomfield's redevelopment plan"
FBI Forensics Lab: "New tech lab arms cops with new sidekicks"
Laws: "New laws take effect today; among other things, your identity is safer"
............ . . . plus Primary Day moves in 2008; new lobbyist rules; new pay-to-play rules, and more
Lynch Investigation: "In New Jersey, Party Bosses Meld Politics and Business"
............ . . . the Times makes a connection between Corzine and the bosses . . .
Schools Construction Corp.: "Work beginning again on Newark's new Central High"
UMDNJ: "UMDNJ monitor Herb Stern a veteran crime fighter"
Verizon vs. Comcast: "Totally Wired"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Bush - Village Voice: "The Bush Family Coup: Son revisits the sins of the father on America"
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff / DeLay - Washington Post: "The DeLay-Abramoff shady money trail"
................. Nonprofit linked to DeLay was secretly funded mostly by Abramoff clients . . .
................. and a complete list of Washington Post links on Abramoff is here
.................... - NY Times: "Lobbyist, Prosecutors Said Close to Deal"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "Ashcroft Deputy Resisted Parts of Spy Program"
.............................. - "Criminal Inquiry Opens Into Spying Leak"
.................... - Washington Post: "Justice Dept. Investigating Leak of NSA Wiretapping"
.......... - Torture [UK]: "Ex-Envoy: British Used Intel After Torture"
................. The ambassador's website, with the torture memos is here
Detainee Padilla: "Padilla Lawyers Urge Supreme Court to Block Transfer"
Illegal Immigrants: "Bill criminalizing Illegal-Immigrant Aid Draws Fire"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Anti-Muslim Threats: "Threats force Muslim youth retreat to meet at secret location"
Biofuels: "His Car Smelling Like French Fries, Willie Nelson Sells Biodiesel"
Comics: "A Dilbert for 'mall rats': Retail clerk exacts his revenge"
Credit Cards: "Those with rewards are worth a look"
............ With 70% of their income coming from interest charges, the trick is to get you to use
............ your card more often -- hence giving you back a little money is a good thing . . .
Exhibition: "Monuments for the U.S.A."
Hookahs?: "Hookah Bars Finding a Place in America"
Radio: "With Howard Stern gone, it's a new day at K-Rock"
Supreme Court Humor?: "Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says..."
............ And the laughs chart is here
TV: "The Book of Daniel," a new NBC series gets a b-i-g review from Matt Zoller Seitz
today -- alas not online -- so you'll miss the tidbits about this faith-based cousin of
'Desperate Housewives,' starring a pill-popping Episcopal priest whose wife has a
noontime martini habit, whose daughter is a pot merchant, and . . . who wants to spoil
it all? Premieres Friday, Jan. 6, Ch 4, 9 - 11 PM, 2 back-to-back episodes.
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
New Orleans: "Auld Lang Syne in the Big Easy; New Year, New Hope in New Orleans"
Gulf Coast: "FEMA Payouts Called 'Huge Waste of Money'"
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