About
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
Tag Archives: Aaron Johnson
Homeless debate
Last week, I wrote a story about how the planned “homeless transition center” on Main Street has come to represent the homeless issue in the mayor’s race. The candidates (minus Sparkle Clark and Nammu Muhammed, who were not present) debated the issue at the Richland County Public Library. I had my recorder handy, so I’m [...]
Posted in Columbia elections Also tagged Columbia mayor's race, Joseph Azar, Kirkman Finlay, Steve Benjamin, Steve Morrison Leave a comment
‘A blizzard in hell’
I tweeted this earlier, but I finally caught up with Paul Denman today — the man responsible for the lawsuit trying to halt the April 6 election for City Council District 2. I’ve been trying to reach Denman, a retired banker, for a few days. But he’s been sick — so sick that he even [...]
Dueling forums
If you’re tired of all the mayoral forums (there are five scheduled for this week alone), then you might try the “Silenced Majority Forum” tonight outside of the USC Law School. Why? Because this forum will have a magician. And Aaron Johnson’s campaign manager will be drawing caricatures of people, carnival style. Johnson is protesting the [...]
Posted in Columbia elections Also tagged Columbia 2010 elections, Columbia mayoral election, Joe Azar, Kirkman Finlay, Steve Benjamin, Steve Morrison 1 Comment
Simple question, lots of answers
Eight of the nine candidates for Columbia mayor attended a forum this morning at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. This is one of more than a dozen scheduled forums, and with nine candidates the forums are hard to keep up with. But today’s forum was especially hard to follow when it comes to the [...]
Posted in Columbia elections Also tagged Gary Myers Jr., Irwin Wilson, Joseph Azar, Kirkman Finlay, Sparkle Clark, Steve Benjamin, Steve Morrison 5 Comments
Pre-election reports