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      <title>School Board Plans For Improvement for 2009?</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,88563,88563#msg-88563</link>
      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Been dead since Dec. 22. Just wanted to wake the school board to ask them what they had planned while working with Dr. Price to improve school performance in 2009? Wishing the Board the sense to change the game plan and try something more radical to make advancements for the schools. Obviously, what they are doing ain't working so a change in focus seems logical here.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
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      <author>Processor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Many of us are extremely frustrated.  However, I am heartened that the board is FINALLY starting to hold Price and the administration accountable and not letting them take the circumstances argument to get around the poort performance.  The high free and reduced lunch population, the we don't have enough money, the we're an urban school, the high rate of section 8 housing kids, the parents don't participate argument.  These issues certainly make the job more difficult, but they don't excuse the high cost and poor perfomance.

Send the board members an email.  You can find their email addresses on the Middletown City Schools web site.  Or call them, their phone numbers are in the book.  Apply pressure]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Processor- Thanks for the info. I knew that Price got a contract extension and a raise and that it was about the time that Venturella left but had forgotten when. I agree with you on the points you made in your last paragraph. I'm just  frustrated by the lack of progress of this school system since the inception of the proficiencies. This school system is a poor excuse of the one I went through back in the mid 60's. It was top notch at one time. Now, it's one of the worst around.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:14:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Linked In&quot;</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,86542,87341#msg-87341</link>
      <author>spiderjohn</author>
      <description><![CDATA[good news processor
amen to everything you said

and more change will come when the next school board elections come

u da man!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Linked In&quot;</title>
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      <author>Processor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Watchdog,
As far as the schools go, I agree that it's been a go along to get along system until the new board was seated.  There is no one on the board that has any direct or indirect financial ties to either the city or the school district.  I also agree that though the schools have been touting effective for many years, they have not taken the neccessary steps toward making it happen.  I have more confidence now than I've had in a long time.  Price and the admin are being help to not only achieve effective, but in a defined time frame.  In addition there are milestone's that must be met along the way.  If the milestones are not met, when they are to be met, then the board will need to take appropriate action.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:17:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
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      <author>Processor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[80,
You're forgetting that the board changed January '08.  Price's contract was extended by Venturella and he did receive a raise in '07.  He was due for a raise in August of '08.  He did not receive a raise.  From what I see the new board is not only not afraid of Price, but are beginning to hold him accountable to the poor performance and the high per pupil cost.

Things are changing are you're still looking at how it was with the old board.  No, I am not a supporter of Price, I am a supporter of whoever can get the job done...increase test scores, reduce per pupil cost, improve community involvement and improve student safety and discipline.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:09:49 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>&quot;Linked In&quot;</title>
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      <author>The Watchdog</author>
      <description><![CDATA[vette- CS&amp; H does work for the city and school system. Quid pro quo, Ventruella taking care of a &quot;client&quot; relationship. Who does the city audits and prepartion for the state? None other than Ventruella and CS&amp; H. Why did the city throw $5M at McNeil and the board at MRH? Because it benefitted PT. Why does the Manchester Inn get business from the city and MCSD? Why do 100 people in Middletown control the city and have led into the destruction it will never climb out of? Because of entitlement and &quot;self interest.&quot; Why do they always speak in generalities? Because they don't care, no need for accountability. Look at the Reverand's comments: &quot;We hope by 2010 the city schools will be effective.&quot; Effective? Where's the outrage, and haven't they been on the dial that said the first urban school to receive an &quot;excellent&quot; rating for 4-5 years? Its done, its over, its sinking, and its going down.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:46:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,86542,86952#msg-86952</link>
      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Journal story- Price got a raise and an extension to 2011 just prior to Venturella leaving the school board. If he was being held accountable, why would they give him a raise and contract extension when the indicators were 6 of 30 met and Midd. continually scores at the bottom in proficiency testing?You don't give raises and extentions to a super who hasn't earned it- therefore, he was not being held accountable.Are you a Price supporter? If so, why? The school board won't fire him. They're scared of him.He does as he pleases.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:14:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
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      <author>Processor</author>
      <description><![CDATA[corvette,
What makes you think that Price received a raise?  Also what makes you think that he is not being held accountable for the performance reduction?

Tyus did say that all options were on the table if improvements are not made quickly.  I like how Price now has to report quarterly on the progress.  This way we all will know, before the end of the year, if the schools are on track to improve.

The other thing I liked about Tyus' report is that he mentioned cost reductions.  This is the first time that they haven't pushed for addtional money.  It remains to be seen if cost is actually reduced, but it looks to me like the board is finally &quot;penning the pig&quot;.  In other words he is now accountable for both reducing cost and for improving performance.  In the past a perceived lack of spending was blamed for poor performance]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:30:29 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,86542,86773#msg-86773</link>
      <author>Panther</author>
      <description><![CDATA[From 2008 State of the Schools report 
Written and delivered by Board of Education President Reverend Gregory Tyus 
Board of Educaion Meeting, 
Monday, December 15, 2008 

2 points stand out: 

 1. Our student free and reduced lunch count continues to increase.  In the 
2004/05 school year, 47.1% of our students were eligible for free or reduced 
lunch.  For the current 2008/09 school year, 72% of our students are 
eligible for free or reduced lunch, which represents a 57% increase from 
just four years ago. 

2.  The district faces a significant budget deficit in school year 2010. 
The main reason for this deficit is because two operating levies are set to 
expire in 2010.  Two operating levies expiring in the same year has never 
happened before in Middletown City Schools.  This circumstance will present 
a significant challenge to our school district and the citizens of 
Middletown.  The school district cannot operate without these tax revenues. 
And even with the renewal of these two levies, there is still a projected 
budget deficit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:58:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,86542,86702#msg-86702</link>
      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Now that we have heard Tyus's speech, we find out that the schools have trended down the last two years. If Price is responsible for the performance,and the performance has dropped the last two years, what justification is there for him retaining his raise and contract? Seems these items need to be re-negotiated and serious talk of letting him go should begin. No specifics were mentioned on how to achieve the next level of performance- just generalized, glazed over, empty promise talk.Nothing new here and in 2010-11, a good bet is that the rating will still be continuous improvement.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:07:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>State Of The Schools By THE Rev. Tyus</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Tonight! December 15th- Middletown Media Center- 6:30- we will hear the good Reverend tell us about all of the positive upward trends made by Dr. Price's schools! I'm hoping that the Rev's nose doesn't grow as he is speaking and that we all go home with a warm fuzzy feeling as a fitful end to our day.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:24:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The way our children are being treated in school.</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84890,85103#msg-85103</link>
      <author>val73</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I am not disputing the school rules because they are good ones. However, that being said, what I have a problem with is the rule is 4 tardies you get a detention. She only had 2 and still got a dt because the principal put the info in the computer wrong and it showed her having 4. The principal made the mistake and my kid had to suffer. Then he wouldn't even apologize to her face to face. He told her teacher to tell her. If in fact she did have 4 and she got the detention that would have been different because then the rule was broken and when u break the rules theirs consequences but there were no rules broken just an incompetent principal that apparently cant read.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Cates Bill For Funding Growing School Districts</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84996,85076#msg-85076</link>
      <author>Mike Presta</author>
      <description><![CDATA[If improved performance was the ONLY way to get their mitts on MORE MONEY, maybe--just maybe--performance would improve.

All we have been getting for more money has been &quot;creative phrasology&quot;!!!  We get such terms as &quot;continuous improvement&quot; when a district has attendence improve by a minute percentage, even though the same district DECLINES by all other standards!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:38:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The way our children are being treated in school.</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84890,85072#msg-85072</link>
      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Val 73- no you don't have to explain yourself on this. Let's put this in another context. Suppose this wasn't a school situation but rather, your daughter was grown and out on her own working at a job somewhere. If she continually showed up late for work, NO MATTER WHAT THE REASON, she would be called in to discuss her habitual tardiness issue and, if left unchecked, be reprimanded and perhaps lose her job. If she was working in a factory, it would be even more pronounced because she would be relieving the previous shift's operator who was wanting to leave after working their shift. The school is just mirroring at the student level, what she would be encountering at the grownup working environment level. Living with the rules at school will prepare her for living with the rules on the job (or in the military).Just as it is in the schools- it is on the job or in the military. You won't convince the rule makers to change so your (my)( everyones) choices are to live with it or change the location. (another school/job)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:01:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Cates Bill For Funding Growing School Districts</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[S- you are correct. There is no difference. Both are a use of taxpayer monies that are collected and spent without feedback from the taxpayer prior to the transaction. IE- they do as they da-- well please and to he-- with what the taxpayer thinks. My post was constructed to ask questions for feedback on whether you all thought Cates was out of line for proposing this bill, that's all. I get the impression that by Cates proposing this, he wants to send poor performing taxpayer money to successful, growing districts and doesn't care what the poor performing district taxpayers say about it. He wants to reward the &quot;bright star&quot; districts and wants to penalize the &quot;ugly duckling&quot; ones. While this will help finance the growing ones, what does this do to the problem children?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:44:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The way our children are being treated in school.</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84890,85065#msg-85065</link>
      <author>S</author>
      <description><![CDATA[My son was late for school just about every day for the first 5-6 weeks of school.  Now he is probably late a couple a days a week or he gets there with a minute or two to spare which still makes him late.  Why is he late because the Middletown Transportation Dept. is unable to get a school bus 5 miles down the road to Middletown Christian in a timely manner, go figure. 

Funny how Lakota, Mason, Franklin, etc., etc., etc., can do it but not Middletown.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:08 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Cates Bill For Funding Growing School Districts</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84996,85064#msg-85064</link>
      <author>S</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Vette what is the difference between this and Middletown annexing land and developing it, i.e. the East end and sending all of those tax dollars to Franklin school district, sounds about the same to me.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:27:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The way our children are being treated in school.</title>
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      <author>a teacher</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Your reasoning for tardiness should have qualified your student for an excused absence if the relative needed treatment via the E.R.  

My only hope here is that you spent as much time teaching your child about life-applications that could be drawn from the experience....like learning to work with a boss that is incompetent and you can not stand....lots of others! as you did composing the original post.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:42:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Cates Bill For Funding Growing School Districts</title>
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      <author>val73</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Presta:
It doesnt make since to  give our tax money to other districts when our children dont even go to school there. The other districts dont give any money to us so why should we help them when our kids need help!!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:28:21 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>val73</author>
      <description><![CDATA[As a reply to your post. Yes you are right however as I stated the reasons behind them being late in the first place could not be helped. If it could have they wouldn't been late. Not that I have to explain myself  but it wasnt because we were lazy and overslept or the car wouldn't start. It was because of an immediate family member being rushed to the emergency room 3 of the 4 occasion at 5 am in the morning and having no one else to take them. Regardless of why they were late in the first place this should have never happened.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:21:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>Mike Presta</author>
      <description><![CDATA['Vette:
Perhaps the other districts eill actually put the money to good use, for example: using it to EDUCATE their children!!!

If we send more money to the MCSD, who knows for what it will be used???]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:04:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Should a person living in Middletown supply some of their state tax dollars to help fund the success of a growing school district like Monroe or Lakota? Middletown schools need all the help they can get as the district is not growing, is a poor performer and is run very poorly by the current regime. Does the thought of sending a portion of your state taxes from your paycheck to prosperous districts bother you when your district is the pits? Is this a good bill for all districts?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:29:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The way our children are being treated in school.</title>
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      <author>80corvette</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I understand your frustration with the Middletown school system and their total lack of communication skills. I had a son go through the system years ago and had my fair share of disagreements with those clowns too. However, as I read your post, and with all due respect,if you would see that your daughter got to school on time,on a continual basis,you would save yourself alot of headaches and there would have been no need for this post. You will have to agree, the parent must share in some of the responsibility too.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>val73</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Two of my children go to middletown schools and I want to post this to let other parents know what happened to my child so it doesnt happen to yours. The public schools rule for tardiness is they are allowed 3 tardies each quarter. On the 4th they receive a lunch detention, where they sit in the cafeteria at a Bad table. Apparently this is what the kids call it. But in front of everyone so everyone knows they were bad in some way. My daughter was late to school 4 times this whole year because of reasons that could not be helped. I received a call from a substitute principal stating my daughter was to get a lunch detention that day or the next because she was tardy for the 4th time. I knew she had been tardy 4 times but 2 the first quarter and 2 this quarter which means no dt til she received 2 more tardies this quarter. So I called the school to ask about this 3 times no call back. When I picked my daughter up from school she was crying and told me about it and also told me that she received her dt that day and because she said at the bad table the other kids made fun of her. I went into the office immediately and talked to a teacher that said all the principals were gone and for my daughter to go into the attendance office in the morning. My kid had been threw enough already so I went in the next morning. The princpal and I discussed this and they were still trying to say I was wrong so I had them pull her file. Low and behold they were wrong and I was right. The principal put the information in the computer wrong. My daughter was humilated in front of friends and made fun of by the other students because the principal couldnt do his job right. I also asked for him to give her an apology and all he did was explain to her homeroom teacher what happened and told her to tell my kid sorry. Apparently she was taking a test at the time, but regardless he should have waited and apologized face to face. My daughter to this day still doesn't want to go to school because of this. Parents be for warned and keep track of these things regardless of whether its an absent or tardy or a sign out keep track. 
Thank you]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:10 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Other Shoe---Section 8</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84673,84715#msg-84715</link>
      <author>Panther</author>
      <description><![CDATA[High % of section 8 + new headline &quot;Butler County among top 5 in drug arrests,&quot;
2 strikes against our schools. Anyone see what pitch is coming next?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:23:35 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Other Shoe---Section 8</title>
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      <author>spiderjohn</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey--I seldom get a short message to stick.

The Section 8 thing is also crippling our school system.
The higher the level, the more effect.
These kids are being raised in homes by parents who are un-educated and have placed little importance on education. Also, many are intimidated by their kids becoming more intelligent, if you can follow that.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:10:49 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Other Shoe---Section 8</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84673,84678#msg-84678</link>
      <author>S</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Mike, I share your frustration,  I have written many a posts on the MJ board only to not be able to post them.....why I do not know.  I finally tried writing the long posts in Word and then copy and pasting them here, seems to work for some reason.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:26:39 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Other Shoe---Section 8</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84673,84677#msg-84677</link>
      <author>Mike Presta</author>
      <description><![CDATA[S:
How in the world did you manage to post such a long message on this board?  I haven't been able to do so far ages!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:39:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The Other Shoe---Section 8</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?81,84673,84675#msg-84675</link>
      <author>tomahawk35us</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Is there any avenues that the people of Middletown can take against the city for bringing down what's left of the quality of this town,if so we need to seek out these avenues and take immediate action. I will be more than happy to make the first call. I am already getting to experience this down fall because of the house next door went into foreclosure and now is listed as a Hud house which has it priced for 45grand and I know it was previously purchased foe 110 grand. The hoard of people that has been viewed by us are probably not what we would want for neighbors.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:00:06 -0500</pubDate>
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