In February, I introduced readers to Plainfield teacher and photographer Joel Plummer’s impressive ebook documenting the nascent movement against state-sanctioned police murder of black men and women. The Black Lives Matter ebook begins around the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, and can be downloaded at http://www.blacklivesmatterbook.com. “The point…is to…

Earlier this month, Mayor Adrian Mapp made a city-wide robocall singling out the School Superintendent for her postponement of the Youth Summit – or her “cancellation”, according to the recorded voice. The November 13th Summit had been a joint-venture between the City of Plainfield and the Board of Education. During the public comment session of last…

I always liked my apartment. It was humble, simple – but it was just enough for me. A nice bachelor pad. I’d lived in a lot of places since I joined the rent paying world when I was 19, ten years ago. But this Watchung Avenue apartment was perhaps my favorite, and having lived there…

Per Bernice Paglia’s Plaintalker II, the unofficial results are in from yesterday’s City Council and Board of Education Races. Board of Education (three seats – winners in bold) John Campbell, Sr. – 1,711 Emily Morgan – 1,696 Richard Wyatt – 1,538 Jackie Coley – 1,197 Second Ward City Council Cory Storch – 909 John Campbell,…

I support John Campbell for Second Ward City Council, but before we get there, I’d like to clear something up. Unchallenged internet fabrications are too often accepted as truths, even from reputed rags like Plainfield Today. Dan Damon’s tabloid-like blog erroneously reported that John Campbell Jr’s campaign was breaking the rules in hosting a fall…