letters to the editor
School board retreat spending 'comforting'
DEAR EDITOR : It certainly is comforting to know that our school board spent nearly $6,000 for a retreat in order to learn how to get along while teachers just received three furlough days on...
February 02, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Columnist Bill Press deserves 'cry baby' title
DEAR EDITOR : If there was ever an adult more worthy of the term “crybaby” it would have to be Bill Press. He now wants to get rid of the filibuster because his idol’s agend...
February 02, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Health care bill still far from dead
DEAR EDITOR : If we think the health care bill is dead just because the election of Scott Brown proves beyond doubt what was obvious to most, we are sadly mistaken. Nancy Pelosi and other pro...
February 02, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jury still out on whether KSU will have football
DEAR EDITOR : On Dec. 20, your sports department wrote, “So don’t be surprised – not even a little” that Kennesaw State University’s Football Exploratory Committ...
January 29, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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State of Union actually was a 'Lie-a-Thon'
DEAR EDITOR : In anticipation of President Obama’s State of the Union speech, I had expected to hear what shape our country is really in, not a campaign speech from Candidate Obama. It ...
January 29, 2010 01:00 AM | 8 8 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bill Press column on Kennedy/Brown assault on intellect
DEAR EDITOR : Re: Bill Press column, " Ted Kennedy deserved better," Monday’s MDJ Press stated that the only reason Ms. Coakley lost the Senate seat in Massachusetts was b...
January 27, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can't afford to wait for state to step in
DEAR EDITOR : The MDJ is to be congratulated on its editorial “The Grand Jury” in its Jan. 22 edition. The only sentence in the entire editorial that I take issue with is the la...
January 27, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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School board has no credibility
DEAR EDITOR : As a former grand jury member and its clerk, I read with interest the comments made by Cobb school board member David Banks in the Jan. 23 issue of the MDJ . “The grand ...
January 26, 2010 01:00 AM | 8 8 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Board's rejection of grand jury report 'arrogant, 'stupid'
DEAR EDITOR : Having read Cobb school board member David Banks’ and Chairwoman Lynnda Crowder-Eagle’s comments about the Cobb grand jury presentment and the board’s upcoming...
January 26, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on park plans, bus drivers
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Council considers Franklin Road purchase for park …...
February 04, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJ readers sound off on board's try for video ban
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Cobb school district shifts position on plans to ban medi...
January 28, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on grand jury report; 'retreat'
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Cobb school board admonished by grand jury … Anony...
January 21, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on bus management, parking
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Cobb School District transportation chief Rick Grisham re...
January 14, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on calendar, health care bill
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Warren Herron letter: Time to revise calendar to be polit...
January 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on mayor, illegal immigration
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Bill Dunaway steps down after 8 years as mayor … L...
December 31, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on Bartlett's letter, allegations ...
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … School board member Alison Bartlett apologizes for invest...
December 17, 2009 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on teacher/teen sex ...
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Teacher accused of underage sex … Angry, Angry, An...
December 10, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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New calendar breaks students' concentration repeatedly
DEAR EDITOR : If I remember correctly, teachers were up in arms not too long ago because CRCT testing was scheduled the week prior to spring break. The testing was eventually moved to after t...
November 18, 2009 01:00 AM | 8 8 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vote was first step toward year-round schools in Cobb
DEAR EDITOR : Thanks, Cobb County school board, for giving me even more anxiety about the direction our country is headed. I don’t like the “balanced” calendar. Never did an...
November 13, 2009 01:00 AM | 14 14 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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