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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: Grant Robertson
Campaign statements
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
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:
Aaron & Grant 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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