Fixing America: the View from Edison and Plainfield By Bob Hennelly | April 25, 2021, 10:56 pm | in Columnist, News
The debate over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill has been primarily centered around the personalities behind the White House’s $2 trillion plus plan and the GOP’s $568 billion counter proposal.
As a consequence, this beltway conversation is all about national horse race politics, whose ideas are polling best, who will compromise, and who will stand firmest.
The reporting is disconnected from the lived experience of the American people who in just the last year have been through a pandemic that killed over half a million people and an insurrection that for the first time in our history saw the peaceful transition of power at risk.
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Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp, Running for Re-Election, Announces Support for New Jersey State Bill to Establish Civilian Complaint Review Boards March 17, 2021, 11:45 am | in
Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp, Running for Re-Election, Announces Support for New Jersey State Bill to Establish Civilian Complaint Review Boards
March 17, 2021 – (Plainfield, NJ) – Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp today formally announced his support for
A4656/S2963, a proposed New Jersey state bill to authorize the creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct. Mapp, a Black mayor who is running for re-election, declared and discussed his support for the legislation in a testimony for a state legislative hearing held virtually this morning.
PLAINFIELD - Democratic Mayor Adrian Mapp has formally kicked off his campaign for a third term in office.
His announcement came Thursday evening during a livestreamed virtual fundraiser featuring Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, who endorsed Mapp s reelection.
“I have been honored to serve the city of Plainfield as mayor for the past seven years. Together, we have helped to make our beautiful city a fairer, safer, and more prosperous place to live and raise families,” Mapp said. “In pursuing reelection, I intend to deepen our commitments to economic growth and development in a way that lifts all boats and helps our city build back better from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.”