letters to the editor
Crooks should step down from school board
DEAR EDITOR : Cobb County schools are faced with serious and painful budget cuts. Board member Dr. John Crooks is mired in a bitter recall battle. At best he is a lame duck who will not run ...
March 18, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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King wrong to attack ACCG on immigration
DEAR EDITORIAL : Tuesday’s MDJ column by D.A. King, “ ACCG , GMA lobbying against stronger law on aliens,” misrepresented the willingness that the Association County Com...
March 17, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hold students, parents accountable too, not just teachers
DEAR EDITOR : While I agree completely with state Rep. Alisha Morgan’s premise that to improve education in our state we must adhere to high academic standards and that teachers should ...
March 17, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Empanel jury to study Cobb flooding
DEAR EDITOR : The MDJ has done an outstanding job of covering the problems of the Cobb County Board of Education and Judge Diane Busch and the Walker School teenagers involved in drinking a...
March 17, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Money for fake turf should be low priority
DEAR EDITOR : It is nice to live in a county where choice of athletic-field covering is of paramount importance, having tackled the issues of being near the end of the line in national school...
March 16, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crooks must go; cell tower a monument to lies
DEAR EDITOR : Cobb school board member Dr. John Crooks (subject of a recall campaign) has stated that “We, me and my legal team, respectfully believe that the judge’s remaining or...
March 16, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Visitors are greeted with a large welcome sign featuring Mark Twain, center, in Elmira, N.Y. Twain's town: Upstate New York full of Southern author's presence
ELMIRA , N.Y. – Huckleberry Finn sprang to life in a swirl of cheap cigar smoke at Mark Twain’s cozy hilltop cabin in upstate New York far from the Mississippi River. On the centenary...
March 15, 2010 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chairwoman's interview was 'unintelligible verbiage'
DEAR EDITOR : I read the reprint of the interview with our intrepid school board chairwoman, Lynnda Crowder-Eagle, in the MDJ last Sunday with grave interest in hopes of finding something o...
March 14, 2010 01:00 AM | 5 5 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time to change county's laws about burning
DEAR EDITOR : It is way past time to address the antiquated laws on burning yard debris in subdivisions. If one lived on a farm in the 19th century it would be a different matter, but society...
March 14, 2010 01:00 AM | 10 10 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on board training; turf suit
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … School board to do more training … Anonymous wrote...
March 18, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on high school turf dispute
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Court case contends artificial turf an illegal use of SP...
March 10, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on coach, drugs, King column
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Marietta hires head football coach … Bigbucks wrot...
March 04, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on teen drinking party; turf
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … No penalty for teen busted at party … Another West...
February 25, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on comment proposal; judge's party
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … CCSD member proposes changing public comment format ...
February 18, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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CobbWEB: MDJonline readers sound off on school fund cuts, turf plan
EDITOR’S NOTE : Below is a selection of responses shared by readers of MDJOnline.com in reaction to recent MDJ stories … Cuts, class sizes, artificial turf on Cobb school board&#...
February 11, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 3 3 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 | 4 4 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 | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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