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PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "First, violate the Sunshine Law?"
Plain Talker: "Developers Gear Up" and "Ban On Pedophiles Mulled"
Council: "Plainfield council picks new president in Monday meeting"
Council - Blanco Replacement: "Council to select newest member"
Policing: "Oakland, Cal. Fights Crime With Talk" -- This is the 'Operation CeaseFire' program coming to Plainfield
Commuting: "Hybrid trains may mean nonstop trips to NYC"
Housing Authority (2nd item): "Housing agency begins building new offices"
Library: "Library giving books to children as bonus"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Real Estate: "Practice hides the real deal on homes for sale in Jersey" -- Missing from Sun SL. Many thanks to the writer for supplying the link. Story refers to a practice of canceling and relisting houses to disguise price changes and how long it's been on the market. Is this cheating? You tell me. -- Dan
..... - Illegal Immigrants: "'They Must Leave,' Mayor of Hazleton Says After Signing Tough New Law"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bedminster: "Prosecutor chides Bedminster committee over possible Sunshine violations"
Franklin Twp.: "Man charged in drive-by killing of teen; Thought gang-related"
New Providence: "Mayor declines to seek a third term"
Rahway: "Riding for autism"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker Staff: "Stefan Pryor: Newark's new point man on development"
Budget: "Booker's budget: 8% Tax hike is likely"
Sharpe's Credit Cards - SL: "2 probes launched into James' spending"
..... - NYT: "Investigators Seek Records of Ex-Mayor’s Credit Cards"
..... - CN: "James' spending records subpoenaed"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Kean Jr. on ethics: He has it, Menendez lacks it"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
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Drug Prices: "A new tool to search for cheapest medicine"
Funeral Protests: "Funeral protests illegal under new state law" -- Aimed at Topeka, KS group?
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
Iraq - Analysis, TomDispatch: "7 Facts You Might Not Know about the Iraq War"
..... - WP: "Bush defends his stand, acknowledges difficulties"
.......... - Transcript: "Transcript of News Conference, 8/21/2006" -- Ah, but you really had to HEAR it!Lebanon - Daily Mail: "Blair 'feels betrayed by Bush on Lebanon'" -- Bush record 'crap,' man of 'low intellect'...
Public Records - WP: "Once public Cold War data target of blackout" -- Why?
Rove Indictment? - Truthout: "Indictment Still Sealed, Fitzgerald Still Busy" -- It's like John LeCarrè
..... - SL: "Document: Bush aide, reporter met at key time in CIA leak case"
Vietnam War Crimes Remembered - LAT: "Lasting Pain, Minimal Punishment"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, Joe Rosenthal, xxx)
Obituary: "Joe Rosenthal, 94, Photographer at Iwo Jima, Dies"
..... - Jerseyans Remember: "Iwo Jima flag photo still evokes raw emotion in N.J."
(Illustration, NY Times, Click on image to enlarge)
Campaigning: "Swiping at Industry From Atop the Stump"
American History: "American history's untold chapters" -- Surprise! The English weren't first.
Media Lessons for Pols: "Political Trailblazer Is Quick to a Microphone"
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.*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "TW3 - Aug 14 - 20: Digest of past week's Plainfield news"
Plain Talker: "City Council Wants Pedophile-Free Zones"
Midtown Direct from Plainfield?: "NJ Transit studying hybrid trains"
Letter: Herb Kaufman: "Bush closes door on open access"
YWCA: "YWCA set to open child learning center" -- Well, at least they got the gender right online!
Speaking Out, CN (Sun): "Incorporate conservation into our daily lives" -- Heather Brown and Katherine Watt are members of the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield. Brown chairs the Green Sanctuary Committee and Watt the Social Justice Committee. (Missed this yesterday -- Dan).
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Corzine - OpEd, CN: Bob Ingle: "Corzine has plenty more to clean up"
..... - Immigration - AP: "Riverside's illegal immigrants ordinance sparks protests"
..... - Immigration - Bergen Record: "Riverside: Dueling campaigns"
..... - Police Vehicles: "A Police Car With Plenty of Muscle" -- coming soon to NJ?..... - Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
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NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Pace: "Property tax talks to kick into high gear"
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Government - Secretary of State: "Little-known N.J. office in line for an upgrade" -- Story on Nina Wells below.
Juvenile Justice: "Cop's death prompts look at jail for teens"
Meadowlands: "Hall of Fame would honor the state's most famous" -- and a list of possibles.
Prison Security: "Jails use high-tech screening"
The Wells Family: "The Wellses: She's Secretary of State, he's defending 'Scooter' Libby..."
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - Analysis, NYT: Frank Rich: "Fear Finally Strikes Out"
..... - Analysis, WP: "In Porous Border, GOP Sees An Opening"
2008 Elections - NYT: "McCain Mines Elite of G.O.P. for 2008 Team"
Foreign Policy - OpEd, LAT: Julia Sweig: "Restoring our global standing"
Iraq - WP: "Civil War in Iraq: The Mideast Domino Theory"
Lebanon - NYT: "Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon"
Vietnam War - LAT: "A Tortured Past" -- Documents show troops who reported abuse in Vietnam were discredited even as the military was finding evidence of worse. Is history repeating itself?.
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Sailboating: "A Full-Sail Comeback for Jersey's A-Cats"
Book Review - WP: "'Enough': Is Bill Cosby Right? Help thyself, a black social critic says."
Bush Reads!: "Oval Office Books" -- Stop the presses!Cheating: "Cheating Is an Awful Thing for Other People to Do"
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.*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Signs of the Times - White Fences"
Plain Talker: "Board, Council Cram Schedules"
Bike Rodeo: "Children learn bicycle safety at Plainfield police annual program"
Board of Ed: "School board schedules three meetings this week"
Financial Planning: "Unitarians offer financial planning seminar for all"
Letter: John Caminiti: "Politicians' true nature revealed"
Seniors: "Senior annual barbecue will be held Thursday"
Seniors: "Farmers market vouchers available"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Libraries: "Welcoming the world, Libraries serve immigrant populations"
..... - Rabbits in Suburbia: "Rabbit baby boom: Hungry nibblers feeding on Jersey terrain" -- Had 'em for years..... - Substance abuse education: "Puppets give kids a hand with expressing emotion"..... - Joint Police Task Forces: "Does Prosecutor Insure Local Cops?"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Central Jersey: "Police departments on cusp of change in Central Jersey"
Kenilworth: "Pitch pipes made in Kenilworth are legendary"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
300-year-old Tree: "Future of Tree With a Long Past Is in Doubt"
Sharpe James' Last Trip: "Five days in Rio on Newark's credit card"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
MIA: Tom Moran's piece today on AG candidate Stuart Rabner is not online. Will post if it comes up.
The Auditor - For political junkies: "Sunday, August 20, 2006"
Menendez / Kean Race: "For Menendez, Being an Ally Could Haunt"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Editorial, CN: "Shifting tax burden to business is bad business"
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Attorney General: "Ethical compass points to Rabner as top AG choice"
Canada Geese - Editorial, SL: "Go get the geese"
Cuba: "Cuban Archive project aims for a reckoning of Castro regime"
Down the Shore: "War at the Shore: Bungalows under attack"
..... - Pictorial History: "Island Album: Photographs and Memories of Long Beach Island"
Drugs: "Authorities arrest 2 over fatal heroin mixtures contaminated with fentanyl"
Pay to Play Payoff?: "Home developer hovnanian made quick $3M after selling 44 acres to Cherry Hill"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger: "In Huge Merger of 2 Utilities, ‘Quiet Agency’ Is in Spotlight"
St. Barnabas Healthcare: "Hospitals Grew With Medicare Paying the Way"
Xanadu - Editorial, SL: "Mess in the Meadowlands"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - WP: "GOP's Financial Edge Shrinks"
2010 Census - SL: "Four years from 2010 tally, Census budget is under attack"
Bush - Analysis, WP: "Conservative Pundits Renounce The President"
Iraq - Breaking, NYT: "Snipers Kill 16 Pilgrims in Baghdad" -- Baghdad seems falling into chaos
Israel - ChiTrib: "Israeli unity a casualty of war"
Lebanon - WP: "Israel Strikes Deep in Lebanon; Attack Condemned as Violation of Truce"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
Book Review: "With 'Enough,' Juan Williams joins Cosby's challenge to Black America" -- Amazon link
Book Review: "Golden Shackles: Black Athletes Still Captive to Institutional Racism"
Immigrants - OpEd, SL: "Does citizenship require conformity?"
Internet & 'Immortality': "On the Internet, no one dies, keeping our ghosts in the machine"
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.*
PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "Council - Double, double toil and trouble?"
Plain Talker: "Board, Council Cram Schedules"
Boys & Girls Club: "Positive peer pressure; Youth participate in club's leadership program"
Letter: Colleen Cattafe: "Editorial on city ignores [Democratic] machine"
Connections? Food For Thought
..... - Development: "Hurting for Tax Revenue, Town Ponders a Freeze on Churches"
..... - Toxic Sites: "After Mercury Pollutes a Day Care Center, Everyone Points Elsewhere"..... - English: "Voters to consider making English official language of Bogota, NJ"..... - Homeless: "Slain homeless man's generous legacy: Insurance policy to SHIP"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Franklin Twp.: "Mayoral hopeful's residency raises eligibility questions"
Hillsborough: "Proposal to build CVS gets provisional approval"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Bush Sr. to stump for Kean Jr. in Bridgewater"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
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Attorney Advertising: "Court gets into battle on lawyers' advertising"
Farber Affair: "Fairview mayor silent on his talk with Farber" -- Suggestion is mayor wanted favor to go easy on Farber pal
..... - "Senator: Remove job security from top posts"
Homeland Security: "Port Newark is U.S. laboratory for cargo security initiatives"
Prisoner Training Contract - Bergen Record: "N.J. cancels contract to rehab prisoners"
..... - AP: "Inmate training contract is axed"
Toxic Sites: "After Mercury Pollutes a Day Care Center, Everyone Points Elsewhere"
..... - Editorial, SL: "New eyes on toxic sites"
Towns: Bogota: "Voters to consider making English official language of town"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Elections - WP: "Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms'"
Cuba - AP: "Raul Castro says Cuba open to U.S. ties"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Ruling Against Wiretaps Further Sharpens Partisan Divide"
Iraq - Reuters: "White House Sees "Huge Challenges" in Iraq"
..... - AP: "Troops Express Worries About Iraq"
..... - Guardian/UK: "Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier"
Lebanon War - SL: "In northern Israel, economy a casualty of war"
Voting Machines - WP: "Touch-Screen Machines Stir Election Anxiety in Md."
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.*
*PLAINFIELD_________________________________________________________________________________
Plainfield Today: "HITS: Faithful bid Blanco farewell... Unions challenge Green..." -- Market realities and condo proposal... Woodbridge reforms fit for Plainfield?...
Bike Rodeo: "Annual bicycle rodeo set for Saturday"
Letter: Stephanie Payne: "Good news does happen in Plainfield"
Letter: Mariam Shastri: "Pallone giving Bush a free ride"
Union County College: "With class set to start, UCC lacks contracts"
Union County: "Road construction updates".
Route 78: "Commuter help online"
Connections? Food For Thought
(Photo, Courier News)
..... - Canada Geese: "New rule makes it easier to kill winged nuisance"
..... - Biz Language: "At the end of the day, that phrase is used too much"
..... - Andrew Young: "Wal-Mart Image-Builder Resigns After Statement Against Jews, Arabs, Koreans"
..... - Angioplasties: "Procedure Off the Charts in Rust-Belt Ohio City" -- includes chart.
..... - Toxic Sites: "1,800 sites cut from DEP list with no notice"..... - Property Valuations: "Bayonne companies balk at city assessments"
..... - Theft of Funds: "Perth Amboy employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"..... - Litter, QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
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TRI-COUNTY AREA___________________________________________________________________________
Bound Brook: "Brook Theater ready to raise curtain"
Linden: "Beneath city's soil lies WWII history"
North Plainfield: "Missing boy prompts manhunt, found at friend's house hours later"
Perth Amboy: "Tax employee said to have stolen $37,000 in tax collections"
Scotch Plains: "Panel proposes Ponderosa Farm uses"
Warren: "Church seeks use variance in office zone"
BOOKER & NEWARK_________________________________________________________________________
Booker: "Booker honored at UN for 'Newark Now' work"
QOL Issues: "Littering poses dirty job ahead for Ironbound"
NEW JERSEY________________________________________________________________________________
Menendez / Kean Race: "Republicans demand Menendez apologize"
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Tax Reform:
Legislature's Tax Reform Website is here. Overviews of each committee, and a feedback link for your comments.
Amending Constitution: "The perils of constitutional tax reform" -- Prof tells legislators it's not an easy way to ease property levy
Multiple Tax Rates?: "Property tax panel ponders differing tax rates"
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Attorney General: "Corzine hopes to pick new attorney general soon"
Education: "Corzine wants to strengthen high school requirements"
Merck - SL: "Two legal setbacks stun the N.J. maker of Vioxx"
..... - NYT: "Merck Suffers a Pair of Setbacks Over Vioxx"
..... - CN: "Merck Vioxx victory voided"
PSE&G / Exelon Merger - SL: "State counteroffer asks utilities for $820 million"
..... - NYT: "Utility Merger Hits a Snag in New Jersey"
Sex-slave Ring: "Alleged sex-slave ring has Jersey ties"
UMDNJ - Editorial, SL: "Why UMDNJ is a target"
Xanadu - SL: "Codey calls on state "to pull the plug" on Xanadu project"
..... - NYT: "Some Call for New Jersey to Intervene to Save Xanadu Project"
..... - Bergen Record: "Mills' problems trouble Corzine"
Towns:
..... - Camden - OpEd, SL: Tom Moran: "Camden cheaters ruin it for everyone"..... - Jersey City: "Jersey City mayor charges Shore officer with assault"
..... - Paterson: "Promoting Paterson, park advocates put its best falls forward"
Sheneman's Cartoon is here
Margulies' Cartoon is here
NATION / WORLD____________________________________________________________________________
2006 Election - AP: "Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe"
..... - Dems - NYT: "Edwards, at Lamont Rally, Says Democrats Must Beat G.O.P. ‘Fearmongering’"
Campaign Reform - OpEd, WP: E.J. Dionne: "A Reform Worth Rescuing"
Domestic Spying - WP: "Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping" -- Government sure to appeal.
'Fake news"' - CNN: "FCC cracks down on 'fake news'"
Iraq - Figaro & LeMonde: "Shi'a organize 'self-defense' committees; US Army tries to prevent civil war"
Israel - OpEd, SL: John Farmer: "End the taboo on challenging Israel"
Pensions - WP: "Bush Signs Revision of Law; Employers Must Bolster Traditional Plans"
Plamegate - Reuters: "Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony"
Plane Security - SL: "Lax screening of air cargo places passenger jets at risk"
OF INTEREST________________________________________________________________________________
(Photo, NY Times)
Historic Preservation: "In Moscow, a Battle for a Modernist Landmark"
County Fair Fare: "Pickles, Pies and Blue-Ribbon Biscotti"
Science Education: "How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate"
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_________________________________________________________
Katrina - Guardian/UK: "Spike Lee Turns Cameras on New Orleans"
..... - Profiteering: "Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast" -- Full report here.
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 |
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