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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
Tag Archives: E.W. Cromartie
The briefs are in
The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. on why the Columbia City Council should (or should not) schedule an election for April 6 to replace former Councilman E.W. Cromartie. Can’t wait that long? All sides have filed legal briefs with the court. Click the links below to read them: [...]
Durham Carter’s Supreme Court brief
Click here to read it. Some background in case you forgot: E.W. Cromartie resigned from City Council and is headed to prison on federal tax evasion charges. The city scheduled an election to replace him for April 6. Paul Denman sues, saying the election is too soon. Durham Carter also sues, saying the city must [...]
Cromartie’s law
Sen. John Scott, D-Richland, has introduced a bill in the General Assembly in response to the controversy created by the resignation of former Columbia City Councilman E.W. Cromartie. The law requires a vacancy on City Council to be filled at the next regular election if that vacancy occurs less than 180 days before the regular [...]
Your City Council District 2 candidates are …
Antonio Williams Brian DeQuincey Newman Emma McGraw Myers Harold “Puff” Howard Alexzena Furgess Josh Stroman Gary Myers Catherine Fleming Bruce Notice who is not on that list: Ernest Cromartie III, E.W. Cromartie’s son.
Brian Newman’s swearing-in ceremony