Tag Archives: Sparkle Clark

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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‘State of the City’ odds and ends

By Adam Beam | Published: January 29, 2010
After Mayor Bob Coble’s “State of the City” speech last night, I tried to wrangle some of the mayoral candidates for comment. It was easier said than done because they were all feverishly working the room. That was especially true for Steve Benjamin. As I waited to talk with him, his spokesman took pity on me, [...]
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Mayoral fundraising reports

By Adam Beam | Published: January 12, 2010
Mayoral candidates Kirkman Finlay, Steve Morrison and Sparkle Clark have turned in their fourth quarter fundraising reports, which were due Monday. I have posted them to the campaign disclosures page. Morrison raised $32,185 and Finlay raised $121,351.52. (Finlay actually reported $127,365.52, but $6,014 of it were “in kind” donations, not cash). Clark raised $553. Steve Benjamin has [...]
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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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Dueling news conferences

By Adam Beam | Published: November 3, 2009
Last week, nature photographer and U.S. Postal Service worker Sparkle Clark sent out a news release saying she would have a news conference today at 2 p.m. to announce her candidacy for mayor. Yesterday, candidate Steve Benjamin sent out a news release saying he would also hold a news conference today from 1:45 p.m. to 1:55 [...]
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