DEAR EDITOR: Getting information and/or a straight (and accurate) answer from the Cobb County School District brings to mind the old adage about pulling hen's teeth, with the latter being easier...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...