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FEBRUARY 08, 2010
Do we really need a Fair Day?
Times photo / Stephen J. Coddington
Kids are back in west Hillsborough schools today after a nice, long weekend complete with free tickets to attend the Florida State Fair on Friday.
But after seeing violent weather bring a tent down on some of those same kids' heads at the fair Friday, we feel it's only proper to ask once again: Do we really need to have a Fair Day? Calendar committee, what say you?
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