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Employers need to closely examine abilities of returning vets
by Laura Armstrong
MDJ Columnist
November 16, 2009 04:31 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
I was proud to be associated with the MDJ last week, with all the great Veteran’s Day remembrances, features and event coverage. We got the military family angle, we got the fascinating stories, we...
Dick Yarbrough
Dick Yarbrough
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10 things the Cobb School Board needs to know about the external environment
by Dick Yarbrough
MDJ Columnist
November 16, 2009 03:04 PM | 4 4 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
I am going to cut the Cobb County Board of Education a little slack. They have dug themselves a hole so deep that they may never climb out and are getting pounded like a bass drum. I am going to th...

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Things I don't understand (not an exhaustive list)
by Kim Isaza
MDJ News Editor
November 16, 2009 10:44 AM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
My grocery store posted notices that it would be closed one night last week for a “total store reset.” A few days later I found myself standing in the store, list in hand, staring at the what had o...
Don McKee
Don McKee
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Cobb school district treats parents like second-class citizens
by Don McKee
MDJ Columnist
November 16, 2009 03:03 PM | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Why didn’t the Cobb school district survey parents about the calendar options? Is that a rhetorical question? “More than 8,400 Cobb County teachers and employees responded to a district survey ask...

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Parks Bond decisions
by Joe Kirby
MDJ Editorial Page Editor
November 11, 2009 02:38 PM | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Marietta voters last week approved a $25 million parks bond issue. The council set some general guidelines on how the money is to be spent. But do you think those decisions should rest solely with ...

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Six Cobb teams trying for state title in playoffs
by John Bednarowski
MDJ Sports Editor
November 10, 2009 04:25 PM | 6 6 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The high school football season will start for real this week with the beginning of the state playoffs, and we have six teams that will try to bring Cobb County its first state title since Marietta...
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