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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

16 - Tue - Surveillance cams for downtown... Getting humans on corporate phones... Reception at Swain's today... Vigil for Antwine McAllister...

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Meet the Masters exhibit of Plainfield students' art at Swain Galleries. Reception
this afternoon, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Exhibit on view through Friday.


PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________

Plainfield Today: "Getting a human being on the (corporate) phone"
Plain Talker: "Cameras, Web Site Among Council Items"

Concerned Citizens/Grace Church: "Candlelight vigil to honor Antwine McAllister, slain in Feb."
..... - The vigil is at 6:00 PM today, the church is at East 7th Street and Cleveland Avenue

Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Patronage: "Chicago Patronage Will Be in Spotlight as Prosecution of Aide Begins"
..... - Anti-Immigrant Initiatives: "San Bernardino Rejects Anti-Immigration Legislation"
..... - Real Estate: "Jersey: High prices, rising rates cool down home sales units"
..... - Hillside: "Gunfire outside bar spurs emergency meeting"
..... - Litter Laws: "New Brunswick rewrites litter law to satisfy courts"
..... - John Lynch: "Head of PAC Lynch created will resign"
..... - Women Firefighters: "Fire crews looking to recruit women"
..... - Banks: "As banks saturate communities, some want to restrict their presence"
..... - Showcase in Morristown: "Farmhouse inspires designers in annual benefit"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Bridgewater: "Bridgewater council approves ordinance on organizing police"
Elizabeth: "Elizabeth street gets name to remember"
Hillside: "Gunfire outside bar spurs emergency meeting"
New Brunswick: "New Brunswick rewrites litter law to satisfy courts"
Rape Crisis Center: "Demand grows for crisis team volunteers"
Union/Middlesex: "MADD chapter to salute advocates"


BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________

Booker names his team: "Booker adds variety to transition"

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- "Bo Kemp, Rhodes Scholar"
... - "Hubert Williams, Police Veteran"
... - "Imam Wahy ud-Deen Shareef"
... - "Ralph Izzo, PSE&G President & CEO"
... - "Dr. Yvonne Wesley, Nursing Educator & Consultant"
... - "Mo Butler, Newark Now"
... - "David Blount, Mt. Vernon Baptist CDC"
... - "Maria E. Vizcarrondo, United Way Exec"
... - "Marc H. Morial, Urban League"
... - "Associate Justice James H. Coleman, Jr."


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez - OpEd, SL: Paul Mulshine: "The senator is no rocket scientist"

Budget: "Davy says Education Dept. faces doing more with less"
Court Nominees: "Corzine wants state bar input on court nominees"
Cryan Stalking Case: "Cryan stalking case closing to resolution"
Legislature: "Panel clears bill to help the disabled move out of institutions"
..... - "Funeral protests bill advances to full Assembly"
..... - "Lawmakers mull deer-feeding ban"
..... - "Task force advocates restricted drivers' licenses"
John Lynch: "Head of PAC Lynch created will resign"
Newark Housing Authority: "Newark taps Pittsburgh man to clean housing mess"
Prison Contracts: "Legislators demand an internal probe of prison contracts"
Property Taxes - SL: "Property tax dilemma has panel urging a summer session"
..... - CN: "Special session urged for property tax reform"
Real Estate: "Jersey: High prices, rising rates cool down home sales units"
Supreme Court: "Court allows use of expert testimony on battered women"
Towns:

..... - Newark - Teen Murders: "At Central High, despair follows shootings"
............... - This is the front-page story that was MIA on Sunday
.......... - Editorial, SL: "Saving kids from death"
..... - Orange: "Close vote leaves 1 Orange City Council seat in limbo"
..... - Irvington: "Former Irvington school exec admits theft"
..... - Maplewood: "A grand stage revealed"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



BUSH'S IMMIGRATION SPEECH_______________________________________________________________

While Dubya postures about using the National Guard, the real issue is not about whether
he will do something about the border but that he is putting out the idea of wanting to...
as an attempt to pull himself out of his political nosedive -- DD










(Photos, Associated Press)

Transcript - WP: "President Bush's Address to Nation"
Reportage - SL: "Bush asks nation for 'rational middle ground' on migrants"
..... - NYT: "Bush Calls for Compromise on Immigration"
..... - WP: "On Immigration, Bush Seeks 'Middle Ground'"
Analysis - SL:
..... - NYT: "Behind Bush's Address Lies a Deep History"
.......... - "Bush's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides on Divisive Immigration Issue"
.......... - "Plan Met With Warnings That It Won't Be Enough"
..... - WP: "In Speech, A Balancing Act of Policy And Politics"
Using the National Guard - SL: "Are there enough Guardsmen left for the job?"

..... - WP: "Bringing in Guard Raises Concerns Of Militarization"
Canadian Reaction - WP: "Canadians Fear Fallout From Mexico Rules"
Proposals Compared - NYT: "Proposals for Immigration Reform"
Voluntary Repatriation - SL: "One theory's goal: Voluntary exodus"


NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________


Scandal Central:

..... - Domestic spying:
.......... - WP: "Negroponte Had Denied Domestic Call Monitoring"
..... - Plamegate - ThinkProgress: "Video: Rove Confronted On Lying About Plame Leak"
.......... - Newsweek: "A Fresh Focus on Cheney" and the notes in question

Egypt - WP: "Mubarak's Son Met Secretly With Cheney, Rice, Bush Last Week"
Katherine Harris - St. Pete Times: "Harris shoots, but cameras don't"
Medicare - SL: "Medicare spending study: Less may be better"
News Leaks - ChiTrib: "Secret gov't source tells ABC News: 'Get new cellphones'"
Rove Spin Control - SL: "The beleaguered adviser smiles on"
Tax Cuts - WP: "The Return Of Voodoo Economics"
Supreme Court - SL: "Top court to decide on pollution controls"
White House Staff: "Tony Snow back at White House; Job with more questions than answers"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

Cardinal McCarrick: "McCarrick Retiring as Head of Washington Archdiocese"
..... - Considered a moderate, McCarrick was the Archbishop of Newark for 14 years
Credit Counseling Agencies: "IRS revokes 41 firms' tax-exempt status, will review all"
Teens: "Generation Rx: More teens abuse painkillers"


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