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Emma McGraw Myers files pre-election report
Emma McGraw Myers has filed her pre-election report, according to the State Ethics Commission’s website.
Myers was one of six candidates for the District 2 Columbia City Council seat who is being fined $100 for missing the June 28 filing deadline. It appears Myers is the first of the six candidates to file the report.
“It was the right thing to do,” Myers said Thursday afternoon. “If you are an incumbent in political office this is standard operating procedure. When all eight of us are newbies, it’s interesting that only 25 percent, not even 25 percent, 15 percent knew what to do.”
Candidates Gary Myers and Alex Furgess filed their reports on time. The other candidates (Brian Newman, Catherine Bruce, Josh Stroman, Puff Howard, Emma Myers and Antonio Williams) did not.