UPDATE: Question of Hatch Act violation raised...see second PT post
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Jerry & Sharon's 'Stand by your man' mailer" and 10:45 AM update: "Was mailer a Hatch Act violation?"
Plain Talker: "The Lineup"
Gay Marriage - SL: "N.J. poll: Don't call gay unions 'marriage'"
Martin Luther King, Jr. - SL: "U.S. to honor King's memory with National Mall monument"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Pensions - NYT: "Once Safe, Public Pensions Are Now Facing Cuts"
..... - Overcrowding?: "Fire leaves boy dead, 4 'critical'" -- no batteries in smoke alarm.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
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. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Rahway - SL: "Jewel of a book glittered quietly in library's files"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "In lieu of any real message, negative becomes the norm"
..... - SL: "Big names add spark to heated Senate duel"
..... - SL: "Both parties mobilize volunteers to get out the vote"
..... - SL: "Candidates flock to senior housing"
..... - NYT: "Tight Senate Race Gets an Infusion of Resources"
UMDNJ - NYT: "University Reviews Hiring Practices"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Legislature - CN: "Lawmakers feel heat of property tax deadline"
School District mergers - CN: "Educators bash school consolidation solution"
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Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Darryl Cagle, MSNBC
2006 Elections:
..... - WP: "Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses"
..... - ABC News: "RNC Accepts Money From Army Porn Movie Distributor" -- story originally broke here.
..... - NYT: "New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path"
..... - NYT: Frank Rich: "Throw the Truthiness Bums Out"
..... - AP: "Why Do So Few People Vote in the U.S.?"
Anti-Gay Minister Sex Scandal - WP: "Evangelist admits to 'sexual immorality'"
Iraq - SL: "Death by hanging for Saddam" -- But then you knew that from YESTERDAY'S CLIPS, right?
.......... - NJ Muslim Reaction - SL: "Saddam's sentencing hits home in Jersey"
..... - WP: "Bush: U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as Weapon" -- So, after 3½ years of denying it was about oil, Bush now says the war is about oil?
..... - NZ Herald: "Saddam verdict date 'rigged' for Bush"
..... - NYT: "Bush Trumpets Iraq Verdict to Rally Support" -- That would be the verdict he 'didn't' rig?
..... - Millken Institute Review: "Iraq War Will Cost More-than-$2-Trillion"
Rumsfeld & Cheney - NYT: Maureen Dowd: "A Wartime Love Story"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.
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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Jerry & Sharon's 'Stand by your man' mailer" and 10:45 AM update: "Was mailer a Hatch Act violation?"
Plain Talker: "The Lineup"
Gay Marriage - SL: "N.J. poll: Don't call gay unions 'marriage'"
Martin Luther King, Jr. - SL: "U.S. to honor King's memory with National Mall monument"
Not getting your own CLIPPINGS email daily? Got a tip? Click here to send PT an email.
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Public Pensions - NYT: "Once Safe, Public Pensions Are Now Facing Cuts"
..... - Overcrowding?: "Fire leaves boy dead, 4 'critical'" -- no batteries in smoke alarm.
WHAT'S HAPPENING_________________________________________________________________________
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 7: 6 AM - 8 PM. General Election. City Council, Union County Freeholders, US Representative and US Senate.
Wednesday, Nov. 8: 10:30 AM. Mayor's monthly visit to Senior Center. 305 East Front Street.
Monday, Nov. 13: City Council Working Conference CANCELLED. Per legal notice of Mon 11/6/2006 in SL.
Events for this week are here
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Legal Notices: Go here, and click on 'New Search' You can search by County, Newspaper
or keyword [such as 'Plainfield' or 'Sheriff']
. x----------------------------------x
. |....PLAINFIELD EVENTS CALENDAR....|
. |..Click HERE to get listing form..|
. x----------------------------------x
TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Rahway - SL: "Jewel of a book glittered quietly in library's files"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race:
..... - SL: "In lieu of any real message, negative becomes the norm"
..... - SL: "Big names add spark to heated Senate duel"
..... - SL: "Both parties mobilize volunteers to get out the vote"
..... - SL: "Candidates flock to senior housing"
..... - NYT: "Tight Senate Race Gets an Infusion of Resources"
UMDNJ - NYT: "University Reviews Hiring Practices"
____________________
Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Legislature - CN: "Lawmakers feel heat of property tax deadline"
School District mergers - CN: "Educators bash school consolidation solution"
____________________
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Editorial Cartoon: Darryl Cagle, MSNBC
2006 Elections:
..... - WP: "Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses"
..... - ABC News: "RNC Accepts Money From Army Porn Movie Distributor" -- story originally broke here.
..... - NYT: "New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path"
..... - NYT: Frank Rich: "Throw the Truthiness Bums Out"
..... - AP: "Why Do So Few People Vote in the U.S.?"
Anti-Gay Minister Sex Scandal - WP: "Evangelist admits to 'sexual immorality'"
Iraq - SL: "Death by hanging for Saddam" -- But then you knew that from YESTERDAY'S CLIPS, right?
.......... - NJ Muslim Reaction - SL: "Saddam's sentencing hits home in Jersey"
..... - WP: "Bush: U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as Weapon" -- So, after 3½ years of denying it was about oil, Bush now says the war is about oil?
..... - NZ Herald: "Saddam verdict date 'rigged' for Bush"
..... - NYT: "Bush Trumpets Iraq Verdict to Rally Support" -- That would be the verdict he 'didn't' rig?
..... - Millken Institute Review: "Iraq War Will Cost More-than-$2-Trillion"
Rumsfeld & Cheney - NYT: Maureen Dowd: "A Wartime Love Story"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Miss Manners: Check out the witty doyenne of conduct here in the Washington Post.
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 | TNS - The New Standard | 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. Plainfield 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.
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