Since the Green / Moriarty / Sweeney proposal has helped ignite the state budget debate, all State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration. -- Dan
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: June 23, 2006" --New kids on the block... UCIA dustup... Unraveling the Green/Moriarty/Sweeney mystery?... More Council questions...
Plain Talker: With problems with her landline phone, Bernice has been hamstrung getting posts up. Here are three good ones. Hopefully, she is getting right with the telecom gods today --Dan
..... - Council's UCIA Resolution: "UCIA Deal Approved"
..... - $55K for Concert: "July 4 Concert Rejected"
..... - PCTV-74: "Comcast Offers Station Advice"
Council & UCIA Resolution:
..... - Letter: Victoria Griswold: "Council reckless in approving plan"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Development plan for city approved too hastily"
Jerry Green & PHS Athletic Director: "Lawmaker wants investigation: How was teaching license restored"
..... - So, with the budget and the 'Green team' proposal on everyone's mind, the topic gets switched... I love the smell of napalm in the morning!
_____________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Logjam on budget remains unbroken; Assembly cool to Codey compromise"
..... - CN: "Corzine stands by sales tax hike"
..... - NYT: "Not a Threat, Just a Possibility, Corzine Says About a Shutdown"
..... - Record: "Other role touted for sales tax increase" -- Saving the sales tax increase as a chip in the property tax discussion in this summer's special legislative session?
..... - AP: "Corzine continues to dismiss alternatives to sales tax boost"
..... - Sales Tax: "Making the State Sales Tax Pull its Weight" -- a report by NJ Policy Perspective
.......... - I posted this link yesterday, but didn't have a chance to go through it until later [it's not a quickie!]. This is an important, thorough and thoughtful review of how sales taxes are put to work state-by-state and category-by-category across the country. It's an eye-opener. While a couple of things they propose might be taxed made my blood boil, you will be surprised by some of the things that are NOT currently taxed in New Jersey. Overall, a valuable contribution to the current debate about resolving the perpetual budget crisis. -- Dan
_____________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime Fighting: "Mississippi Mayor Declares Emergency Over Crime"
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Eminent domain limits approved by Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - CN: "House OKs new eminent domain rules"
..... - Eminent Domain - NYT: "Trenton: New Rules for Property Seizure"
..... - Eminent Domain - AP: "Eminent Domain reform measure advances in Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Long Branch residents lose eminent domain battle"
..... - Eminent Domain - APP: "Long Branch wins eminent domain suit"
..... - Development: "Despite citizen pleas, Hoboken approves redevelopment zone"
..... - Library Records Privacy: "Hasbrouch Heights library chief draws cops' ire"
..... - Privacy: "AT&T revises privacy policy, says it owns customer data"
..... - Charlotte's Web Revealed: "Web's origins untangled"
..... - Misconduct: "2 admit roles in the theft of $866K homeless aid"
Events for this week are here
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Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison/Woodbridge: "Permits help settle India Day dispute"
Elizabeth: "A family's cautionary tale from the crypt"
New Providence: "Lessons in helping others"
Roselle Park: "Children's librarian transfer to stand"
Union Twp.: "First black administrator to head school system"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Column: Joan Whitlow: "Lame ducks aren't all they're quacked up to be"
Gang Threat - NYT: "Prison Chiefs Discount Gang Threat to Booker"
Police Director: "Black officers recommend former police director"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Cartoon: Sheneman, Star-Ledger)
Corzine: All State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration.
Menendez/Kean Race:
..... - Ads: "Menendez' 1st TV ad highlights opposition to Iraq war"
..... - Polls: Eagleton-Rutgers: "Menendez holds slight lead in Senate race"
..... - Background: "Kean Sr. supported Menendez in '86; Now calls faith misplaced"
..... - Column: Tom Moran: "This guy is not the Tom Kean we knew"
Amtrak - SL: "Amtrak exec details shutdown"
..... - NYT: "Amtrak Tries to Reassure New Jersey Legislators on 4 Failures"
Episcopalians: "Will the liberal Newark diocese elect a gay bishop?"
Legislature:
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Eminent domain limits approved by Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - CN: "House OKs new eminent domain rules"
..... - UMDNJ Board: "Senate okays effort to retool board of trustees at UMDNJ"
..... - Mental Health: "Senate passes psychiatric treatment bill"
..... - Anti-Corruption Legislation: "Trenton waters down political corruption bill"
Obituary: "Charles Smith, the soul of Kool & the Gang"
PSE&G: "Justice Dept. clears Exelon-PSEG union"
Rail Waste Sites: "Rail waste site ordered shut down"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Branch Brook gets first of 2,000 new cherry trees"
..... - Camden: "Accused of wrongdoing, Camden school chief agrees to leave"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying - Reuters: "AT&T revises privacy policy, says it owns customer data"
2008 Elections - WP: "Leadership PACs and the Early Line on 2008"
Iraq - SL: John Farmer: "GOP's stay-the-course strategy looks shaky"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices side with workers in retaliation cases"
Voting Rights Act Renewal - WP: "GOP Rebellion Stops Voting Rights Act"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Marbles: "New king and queen of marbles crowned"
Library Records Privacy: "Hasbrouch Heights library chief draws cops' ire"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: June 23, 2006" --New kids on the block... UCIA dustup... Unraveling the Green/Moriarty/Sweeney mystery?... More Council questions...
Plain Talker: With problems with her landline phone, Bernice has been hamstrung getting posts up. Here are three good ones. Hopefully, she is getting right with the telecom gods today --Dan
..... - Council's UCIA Resolution: "UCIA Deal Approved"
..... - $55K for Concert: "July 4 Concert Rejected"
..... - PCTV-74: "Comcast Offers Station Advice"
Council & UCIA Resolution:
..... - Letter: Victoria Griswold: "Council reckless in approving plan"
..... - Editorial, CN: "Development plan for city approved too hastily"
Jerry Green & PHS Athletic Director: "Lawmaker wants investigation: How was teaching license restored"
..... - So, with the budget and the 'Green team' proposal on everyone's mind, the topic gets switched... I love the smell of napalm in the morning!
_____________________
Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: "Logjam on budget remains unbroken; Assembly cool to Codey compromise"
..... - CN: "Corzine stands by sales tax hike"
..... - NYT: "Not a Threat, Just a Possibility, Corzine Says About a Shutdown"
..... - Record: "Other role touted for sales tax increase" -- Saving the sales tax increase as a chip in the property tax discussion in this summer's special legislative session?
..... - AP: "Corzine continues to dismiss alternatives to sales tax boost"
..... - Sales Tax: "Making the State Sales Tax Pull its Weight" -- a report by NJ Policy Perspective
.......... - I posted this link yesterday, but didn't have a chance to go through it until later [it's not a quickie!]. This is an important, thorough and thoughtful review of how sales taxes are put to work state-by-state and category-by-category across the country. It's an eye-opener. While a couple of things they propose might be taxed made my blood boil, you will be surprised by some of the things that are NOT currently taxed in New Jersey. Overall, a valuable contribution to the current debate about resolving the perpetual budget crisis. -- Dan
_____________________
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Crime Fighting: "Mississippi Mayor Declares Emergency Over Crime"
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Eminent domain limits approved by Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - CN: "House OKs new eminent domain rules"
..... - Eminent Domain - NYT: "Trenton: New Rules for Property Seizure"
..... - Eminent Domain - AP: "Eminent Domain reform measure advances in Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Long Branch residents lose eminent domain battle"
..... - Eminent Domain - APP: "Long Branch wins eminent domain suit"
..... - Development: "Despite citizen pleas, Hoboken approves redevelopment zone"
..... - Library Records Privacy: "Hasbrouch Heights library chief draws cops' ire"
..... - Privacy: "AT&T revises privacy policy, says it owns customer data"
..... - Charlotte's Web Revealed: "Web's origins untangled"
..... - Misconduct: "2 admit roles in the theft of $866K homeless aid"
Events for this week are here
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Edison/Woodbridge: "Permits help settle India Day dispute"
Elizabeth: "A family's cautionary tale from the crypt"
New Providence: "Lessons in helping others"
Roselle Park: "Children's librarian transfer to stand"
Union Twp.: "First black administrator to head school system"
BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________
Column: Joan Whitlow: "Lame ducks aren't all they're quacked up to be"
Gang Threat - NYT: "Prison Chiefs Discount Gang Threat to Booker"
Police Director: "Black officers recommend former police director"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
(Cartoon: Sheneman, Star-Ledger)
Corzine: All State Budget stories will be posted in the Plainfield section for the duration.
Menendez/Kean Race:
..... - Ads: "Menendez' 1st TV ad highlights opposition to Iraq war"
..... - Polls: Eagleton-Rutgers: "Menendez holds slight lead in Senate race"
..... - Background: "Kean Sr. supported Menendez in '86; Now calls faith misplaced"
..... - Column: Tom Moran: "This guy is not the Tom Kean we knew"
Amtrak - SL: "Amtrak exec details shutdown"
..... - NYT: "Amtrak Tries to Reassure New Jersey Legislators on 4 Failures"
Episcopalians: "Will the liberal Newark diocese elect a gay bishop?"
Legislature:
..... - Eminent Domain - SL: "Eminent domain limits approved by Assembly"
..... - Eminent Domain - CN: "House OKs new eminent domain rules"
..... - UMDNJ Board: "Senate okays effort to retool board of trustees at UMDNJ"
..... - Mental Health: "Senate passes psychiatric treatment bill"
..... - Anti-Corruption Legislation: "Trenton waters down political corruption bill"
Obituary: "Charles Smith, the soul of Kool & the Gang"
PSE&G: "Justice Dept. clears Exelon-PSEG union"
Rail Waste Sites: "Rail waste site ordered shut down"
Towns:
..... - Newark: "Branch Brook gets first of 2,000 new cherry trees"
..... - Camden: "Accused of wrongdoing, Camden school chief agrees to leave"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Scandal Central:
..... - Domestic spying - Reuters: "AT&T revises privacy policy, says it owns customer data"
2008 Elections - WP: "Leadership PACs and the Early Line on 2008"
Iraq - SL: John Farmer: "GOP's stay-the-course strategy looks shaky"
Supreme Court - SL: "Justices side with workers in retaliation cases"
Voting Rights Act Renewal - WP: "GOP Rebellion Stops Voting Rights Act"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
Marbles: "New king and queen of marbles crowned"
Library Records Privacy: "Hasbrouch Heights library chief draws cops' ire"
BOOK REVIEW LINKS: NY Times | Wash Post | Ledger | NY Rev Bks | London Rev Bks |
SPORTS LINKS: PHS | Courier | Ledger | NY Times | NY Post | Daily News | El Diario | Hoy |
DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________
Relief and Aid Contacts:
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism: http://www.uscj.org/
Islamic Relief: http://www.irw.org/
Other Area Contacts: "Indonesia Relief Contacts"
PLAINFIELD TODAY: My personal take on Plainfield: news, views, gossip and sightings.
PLAINFIELD EVENTS: The online calendar for Plainfield events, performances, and meetings.
ABBREVIATIONS AND LINKS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED NEWS SOURCES
CN - Courier News | SL - Star-Ledger | NYT - New York Times | WP - Washington Post |
AFP - Agence France Presse | AP - Associated Press | APP - Asbury Park Press | BR - Bergen Record |
CSM - Christian Science Monitor | CP - Courier Post [Cherry Hill] | HNT - Home News [New Brunswick] |
JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City] | LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio | PNJ - Politics NJ | TT - Trenton Times |
(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
Plainfiield Today and Clippings have no affiliation whatsoever with the originator of these articles nor are
Plainfield Today or Clippings endorsed or sponsored by the originator.)
Some publications, such as the NY Times and the Ledger, remove their articles from free access after a
period of time (for the Times it is one week, for the Ledger two). This means the link may become broken
or may lead you to a pay-for-access page. If you are a 'clipper,' save the interesting stories to your hard drive
the day you read them, that way you will always have access to them.
*
