Tag Archives: Aaron Johnson

Simple question, lots of answers

By Adam Beam | Published: March 2, 2010
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 question [...]
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Aaron and Grant deleted scenes

By Adam Beam | Published: February 1, 2010
My story about mayoral candidate Aaron Johnson and City Council candidate Grant Robertson ran Saturday. If you missed it, click here to read it. Aaron and Grant are filmmakers, so in the grand tradition of DVD releases, here are a few deleted scenes from the story: Aaron Johnson on political fundraising: “We run two very, very small businesses [...]
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Campaign statements

By Adam Beam | Published: January 28, 2010
From time to time the various campaigns for mayor e-mail me “statements” about the news of the day. I normally don’t do anything with them, but I thought I would put some of them here if you’d like to read them: First, Aaron Johnson and Grant Robertson’s statement on Steve Benjamin’s decision to resign from the [...]
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Aaron and Grant fundraiser

By Adam Beam | Published: January 22, 2010
Mayoral candidate Aaron Johnson and at-large City Council candidate Grant Robertson held a fundraiser last night at New Brookland Tavern, where the candidates say they raised about $1,000 from 100 contributors. Johnson and Robertson are running for separate offices but campaigning together. Here’s a video of their speech to the crowd:
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Aaron & Grant 2010

By Adam Beam | Published: January 11, 2010
I don’t know much about Aaron Johnson and Grant Robertson, other than that they have filed for mayor and at-large councilman, respectively. Together they co-own the F-Stop in Five Points and they run a Web site, Drinking in the Morning. While City Council races are nonpartisan, Johnson and Robertson aren’t shy about their affiliation with the [...]
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