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Friday, June 30, 2006

30 - Fri - The 'burned-over district'... McGreevey moves in... Budget sleepover?... New school set...

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Am off to Western New York for a family reunion for the weekend. Will be posting on Tuesday. Please be sure the budget mess is settled before I get back. Am counting on you all! .....;-) Dan

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: "Off to the 'burned-over district'!"

McGreevey: "Moving day"
New Covenant Christian Academy - CN: "The Plainfield school that inspiration built"
..... - SL: "Academy aims to give Plainfield an option"
Letter: Joan Hervey: "Same-sex couples make good parents"
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Green/Moriarty/Sweeney Proposal & State Budget:
..... - SL: Tom Moran: "Governor deserves a a medal for his mettle"
.......... - Editorial: "Grow up and sign the budget"
.......... - "A gradual shutdown, should budget talks fail"
..... - CN: "Corzine prepares to pull plug on N.J. governmen"
..... - NYT: "Going to Rollaway Mattress in New Jersey Tax Standoff"
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Events for this week are here

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BOOKER TRANSITION________________________________________________________________________

Appointments - NYT: "Booker Names 6 to Top Jobs in Newark"


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________

Menendez/Kean Race: "Kean Campaign Film Against Menendez in Style of Swift Boat Ad"

AG Zulima Farber: "Bergen Prosecutor probing AG's role in traffic stop of her boyfriend"

Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________

Bernard Kerik: "Former NYPD chief Kerik close to plea deal in corruption case"
Supreme Court: "The third branch trips the president"


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________














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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"

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JJ - Jersey Journal [Jersey City]
| LAT - Los Angeles Times | ND - Newsday | NOLA - Times-Picayune |
NPR - National Public Radio
| PNJ - Politics NJ | TNS - The New Standard | TT - Trenton Times |

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