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Adam Beam covers the City of Columbia for The State newspaper. Here, he blogs about local government. Reach him at (803) 386-7038 or abeam@thestate.com
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Comparing the police and sheriff’s departments
Check out this comparison of the Columbia Police Department to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. It ran with Noelle Phillip’s Sunday story about the culture of the two departments: NOTE: The crime rate is per 10,000 residents.
District 3 public meeting on sheriff/police contract
Wednesday night, District 3 Councilwoman Belinda Gergel held a public meeting about the proposed sheriff/police contract. A good crowd showed up at the Capital Senior Center, but I didn’t get a head count. Mayor Steve Benjamin and Richland 1 school board member Susie Dibble were there, along with Seth Rose, the Democratic nominee for the [...]
Columbia’s ‘Southern Fried Fuel’ initiative
The city is holding a news conference Monday to announce its “Southern Fried Fuel” environmental initiative. City officials are asking folks to donate their cooking oil, which will be converted to biofuel and be used to power one of the city’s garbage trucks. I’ll be writing about it next week, but I wanted to let [...]
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What I’ve been working on
Sorry I’ve been quiet this week. I’ve been working on a story about the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I’ve been talking with lots of people, and I just started writing the story this afternoon. It’s scheduled to run Saturday. I know you will be saturated with anniversary stories this weekend. But it’s good to [...]
What I’ve been up to