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` ` It's been five years since we beat a ranked team, '' Oregon State linebacker Andy Darkins said.
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In 2003 Darkins told The Enquirer he agreed "with 70 percent" of Family First's political positions.
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Former Fairfield board member Engel - a long-time school tax critic and consultant for other area anti-school tax groups - accused of Darkins of betraying his principles.
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Darkins 'campaign mirrored many of the stances promoted by the local, politically conservative group Family First - whose platform included promoting school choice over public schools and fighting school taxes.
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Darkins early years on the board included contentious and often heated arguments in public meetings with fellow board members over raising school taxes and other school finance issues, often ending in 4-1 votes against his position.
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"We're disappointed to see (Darkins) pushing so hard for one of the biggest operating levies in Kings history," said Kim Grant, a Kings resident and longtime school critic.
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But Darkins says his own edification and fellow board members 'familiarity are behind the change.
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At the start of a recent student recognition ceremony, Darkins grabbed a microphone, stepped down from Kings High School's auditorium stage and waded into a crowd of hundreds of school parents.
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Regardless of Darkins 'explanations as to his changed politics, fellow Kings board members remain surprised and aware that such public transformations are rare among Greater Cincinnati school board members.
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"We're firing on all pistons now and it's really important we pass this levy," Darkins said, moving among the crowd.
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