Plainfield’s Contaminated Sites

After the Flint water crisis, there seems to be increased interest in our immediate environmental concerns. It was recently reported that many New Jersey cities, including Plainfield, have a higher proportion of children with dangerous lead levels than in Flint, Michigan. Here it’s not from water contamination, but from paint. At least most of the time. Earlier…

Demanding our educational due, resistance starts locally

I am a first-year member of the Plainfield Board of Education explaining my position on an important issue. This in no way reflects the sentiments of the entirety of the Board. From my first meeting as a member of the Plainfield Board of Education January 2015, I’ve felt the local resistance to testing, most notably from…

Shamin’ Damon; Pure Patronage

There’s something Dan Damon didn’t tell you about. Dan Damon. Plainfield Today. This city’s undisputed King of Fabrication. The blog that speculates like the National Enquirer with the tastefulness of Donald Trump. The man who draws conclusions from links weaker than a Canal Street necklace. He recently implied that Plainfield “BOE members” could be collaborators with…