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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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Your guide to tomorrow’s City Council meeting

By Adam Beam | Published: December 15, 2009
Columbia City Council meets tomorrow at 9 a.m. at City Hall. You can read the full agenda by clicking here. Here’s a summary: 1. Emily Douglas Amphitheater This $125,000 project put an amphitheater at Emily Douglas Park, next to Hand Middle School. The Hand Middle School Educational Foundation raised $75,000 for the project. The grand opening is Thursday at [...]
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More campaign logos

By Adam Beam | Published: December 15, 2009
This one from at-large Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine, who is up for re-election in April:
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Payday lobbying

By Adam Beam | Published: November 16, 2009
My story in today’s paper about Columbia’s proposed payday lending ordinance includes this sentence: “But a change in state law over the summer – and some lobbying by the payday lending industry – is causing some council members to hesitate about enacting the controversial zoning change, scheduled to be discussed in a public hearing Wednesday at [...]
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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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