Tag Archives: Joseph Azar

Homeless debate

By Adam Beam | Published: March 22, 2010
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 [...]
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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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Filing opens today

By Adam Beam | Published: January 4, 2010
Filing for Columbia’s City Council elections officially opens today. It ends Feb. 5. Here’s who says they are running: Mayor Joseph Azar, Five Points businessman Steve Benjamin, attorney, former state Attorney General candidate Sparkle Clark, USPS employee, nature photographer Kirkman Finlay, City Councilman, farmer, restaurant owner Steve Morrison, attorney, partner with Nelson Mullins Gary Myers, retired Army lieutenant colonel. At-large council seat Tameika Isaac [...]
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Who is Gary Myers?

By adam beam | Published: October 2, 2009
We all know that Steve Benjamin, Kirkman Finlay and Joseph Azar are running for mayor. I’ve heard there was a fourth candidate out there, but was never able to track him down. Until today. Gary Myers, a retired lieutenant colonel with the United States Army, stopped by my office today and introduced himself as “the other [...]
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More campaign swag, and some of it rhymes

By adam beam | Published: September 4, 2009
This time from Joe Azar, candidate for mayor and owner of Upstairs Audio and Video. First, the post card: I asked Joe who all of those people in the picture are, and he said “They’re all my supporters.” Next, the sticker: I actually like this one better than Steve Benjamin’s sticker. But it’s not Steve’s fault he doesn’t have [...]
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