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Columbia’s census appeals

By Adam Beam | Published: December 14, 2009
The State’s Noelle Phililps wrote an excellent article in today’s newspaper about how local governments are spending lots of money and hours trying to convince census officials that certain addresses exist. Noelle’s story mainly focused on Richland and Lexington counties, who are appealing a combined 13,000 addresses. Their appeals are due by Dec. 31. Columbia [...]
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Columbia gets (politely) tough

By adam beam | Published: October 26, 2009
My story in yesterday’s paper dealt with the city’s method of annexing “doughnut holes” — those pockets of county land that are surrounded by city land. The city has sent out letters to a group of Farrow Road property owners who own land/property in these doughnut holes and have given them a choice: either come [...]
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A 6-1 vote that was really 4-3

By adam beam | Published: July 9, 2009
Columbia City Council members approved the controversial landlord registration ordinance last night by a 6-1 vote. Councilman Kirkman Finlay voted no. While the official vote was 6-1, the real vote was 4-3. Joining Finlay in opposition to the ordinance were council members Daniel Rickenmann and Tameika Isaac Devine. Those three did not support the ordinance [...]
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Doughnut holes

By adam beam | Published: April 5, 2009
Lorena Anderson, a reporter for The State’s sister paper in Myrtle Beach, wrote a good article Saturday about doughnut holes — those patches of unincorporated land that are surrounded by the city limits. South Carolina’s annexation laws do not allow cities to annex these areas without the property owner’s consent, but the Municipal Association of [...]
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FAQ for rental property owners

By adam beam | Published: March 2, 2009
The Jan. 28 City Council meeting on a proposal that would require all rental property owners to get a business license prompted lots of questions. (To read the proposed ordinance, click here.) Wednesday, Marc Mylott, Columbia’s director of development services, will try to answer them: (NOTE: This FAQ was compiled by Mylott. To download a [...]
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