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01/06/2006 - Friday
Two days worth of Ledger clips today -- NJ's 'newspaper of record,' with a milllion circulation
couldn't get it up yesterday -- again!
CLIPPINGS is also online here - where you can track down new and old postings and stories
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
PLAINFIELD TODAY: Took the night off to roast Sally Beckwith -- details later. -- Dan
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Plain Talker: "Nobody Checked The Charter"
Administration - Ledger: "New mayor begins assembling her team"
Schools [next to last item] - Courier: "School board to fill vacancy"
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Clark: "Clark mayor touts growth, transformation of township"
Edison: "Another decision by Choi draws flak; Interim manager criticized in Edison"
New Providence: "Police chief sworn in as administrator"
Roselle: "Post-game brawl in Rahway shuts spectators out of tonight's game"
Roselle Park: "Council gets back to business"
Summit: "Rail fight resumes as 3 take Council seats"
Union: "Mayor has hopes for future; 'Clearly we have work to do,' he says"
Union County: "Former county manager Ann Barran dies"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Corzine Transition: "Corzine fills 2 more key posts - DEP, Public Advocate"
Abramoff money: See NJ story under 'Nation/World' below
Body Parts scandal: "Patients kept in the dark on cadaver parts, doctors not required to tell"
'Christmas Tree' grants: "Democrats spread end-of-year cheer by doling out gifts"
.......... - "Details: $50 million in 'ornaments' added to budget branches"
Death Penalty: "Execution suspension advances; panel would study death penalty"
Legislative Ethics - Editorial, Ledger: "Restore gift restrictions"
Lynch Investigation: "Feds demand records from nine towns"
........... Make that ten towns -- Plainfield records were subpoenaed, too . . .
Newark: "Corzine election workers: We got stiffed by Assemblywoman Williams"
New Laws:
.......... - Charities: "Charities lose sex-lawsuit shield"
.......... - Indoor Smoking: "Bill heads to Assembly floor, then Codey"
.......... - Lame Duck methods: "For final bills, the bum's rush or royal treatment"
Road repairs: "Cash crisis puts road fixes on hold for months"
UMDNJ - Ledger: "Monitor spreading wide net at UMDNJ; issues long list of records wanted"
.................... - "'Senatorial courtesy' blocks bid for reform"
.................... - "May lose more trustees as disclosure filings flood ethics panel"
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
.......... - Abramoff Affair:
.................... - Analysis - Washington Post: "Jack in the Box"
.............................. - "Throughout a City, Lessons of the Fall"
.................... - Ledger: "Jersey lawmaker Ferguson gives Abramoff cash back"
.............................. After he said he wasn't going to. Yeah, right . . . until the heat goes up.
.............................. - OpEd: John Farmer: "Dishonest Abramoff talks, GOP trembles"
.................... - Courier: "NJ pols seek distance from disgraced lobbyist's money"
.................... - Newsweek: "Ties That Bind? White House distances itself from Abramoff"
.................... - Houston Chronicle: "Lobbyist ties could cost DeLay; aides say links make him a liability"
.......... - Congressional Corruption: "Parsing the Polls: The Public's Take on Corruption"
.......... - Domestic spying:
.................... - NY Times: "Dem says Administration's spy briefings violated law by limiting to 'Gang of 8'"
.................... - Truthout: "NSA Destroyed Evidence of Domestic Spying"
.................... - Washington Post: "FISA Court seeking answers; Judges were unaware of eavesdropping"
Padilla - Christian Science Monitor: "Supreme Court OKs transfer of Padilla; But . . ."
.......... - Washington Post: "Justices Order Padilla Terror Case Moved to Civilian Court"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Blogworld: "Newark ex-blogger covering courts moves his mouse to Wonkette"
Death Penalty - PBS' 'Now': "The Death Penalty"
Hip-Hop: "'Shake it out for Jesus': Churches co-opt hip-hop"
Radio: "Howard Stern's move to space leaves vacuum below"
TV: "'Book of Daniel' - faith-based 'Desperate Housewives' airs tonight, Ch 4, 9 - 11"
............ I suspect this one is going to be a hit. But breaking the pilot on a Friday. . .?
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