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Saturday, August 05, 2006

05 - Sat - Dems favor Gibson... Signs of the times... Block Association clinic today... House tour coming...

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Plainfield Today: "Signs of the Times - A Plainfield Album"
Plain Talker: "Dems Favor Gibson For Vacancy" and "Block Associations Get Support"

Block Associations: "Block Association clinic and kickoff set for today" -- the National Night Out weeklong celebration concludes today
Citywide House Tour: "Queen City readies for tour of historic districts"
Crime: "Woman found guilty in Front Street knife attack"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Cheney-Specter bill sets nation back"

Events for this week are here

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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________

Elizabeth: "Judge orders new vote in Elizabeth" -- large number of Republicans who voted illegally in Dem primary swayed judge's opinion.


NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Property Tax Reform:

'Fairness' - SL: "Lawmakers to tackle constitution's 'fairness clause'"
Alternatives to Property Taxes - CN: "Income, sales taxes may be key to reform"
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Budget: "Wall Street positive on Corzine budget"
Cable/Phone Competition - SL: "New law lets Verizon vie for TV service"
..... - NYT: "NJ to Let Phone Companies Become Pay Television Providers"
..... - CN: "Corzine approves Verizon's bid for statewide cable TV"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "BPU snubs energy firms' merger offer"
..... - NYT: "In New Jersey, Board Rejects Utilities’ Plan for a Merger"
..... - Bergen Record: "N.J. won't sign off on $17.8B utility sale"
..... - APP: "BPU wary of merger's aftershocks"
Ramapough Nation - Bergen Record: "Calming tribal tension"
..... - CN: "New state panel to listen to American Indians' concerns"
Towns: Trenton: "Finance Department under investigation by prosecutor's office"


Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here



NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________














(Editorial cartoon by Toles, Washington Post)

2006 Elections - WP: "GOP Candidates Claim Degrees Of Separation From President"
Connecticut Race - NYT: "Lieberman Reduces Effort to Get Out Vote"
Cuba - WP: "U.S. Anti-Castro Cubans Have New Allies on Island"
..... - Reuters: "Rice urges Cubans rid island of communism"
Middle East - NYT: "Risks Escalate as Israel Fights a Ground War"
Pension Reform - SL: "Pension overhaul's winners and losers" -- and the details.


OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________

















(Sunday Afternoon, 1984. Artist: Bear)

Exhibit: "Graffiti arrives at an elevated station: Taggers on show at Brooklyn Museum" -- and Museum link.

Episcopal Church, Diocese of Newark: "For Diocese, Picking Bishop Means Facing Diocesan Rift"

Geekender: "Quick Online Tips" -- Just what it says it is, a site of quick online tips for everything Web...check it out.

Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.

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DISASTERS AND AID OPPORTUNITIES_________________________________________________________

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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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