Tag Archives: Sam Davis

Sherlock Holmes and Junk to Jewels

By adam beam | Published: February 27, 2009
City Council members are having a leadership retreat today and tomorrow at the Sandhill Research and Education Center. The center is run by Clemson University, who donated their facilities to City officials for the retreat. Today’s agenda is team building and diversity training. Here’s some of the activities council members will be doing today: Ice-breaker activity: [...]
Posted in Columbia city government | Also tagged , , | 2 Comments

Council members in D.C. for inauguration

By adam beam | Published: January 20, 2009
Mayor Bob Coble and Columbia City Council members Belinda Gergel, Tameika Isaac Devine and E.W. Cromartie are all in Washington D.C. today for president-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. Councilman Sam Davis had tickets, but said he gave them away. I asked E.W. last week if he were going to the inauguration, and he said: “Adam, now [...]
Posted in Columbia city government | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

What your elected officials have to say

By adam beam | Published: January 16, 2009
About City Manager Charles Austin’s decision to retire: Bob Coble, mayor: “He came in at a time when the city needed him. He is someone I personally admire. I don’t know of a city manager here or anywhere else who hasn’t had successes and some failures. It’s a very difficult job to do. But I [...]
Posted in Columbia city government | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mayor Bob goes to Washington (again)

By adam beam | Published: December 11, 2008
Note to readers: This post was updated at 4:38 p.m. to say that the city will be asking for $374 million. An earlier version of this post was incorrect. We know that Columbia Mayor Bob Coble has the Obama transition team on speed dial, but some things are better said face to face. Tomorrow, Coble [...]
Posted in Columbia city government | Also tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments