City Council Notebook
Columbia City Council meetings
     Roll call City council convened close to 9 am for its work session. Council member E. W. Cromartie was running late and arrived about 9:35, while the other members were present for the opening: Tameika Isaac Devine, Hamilton Osborne, Mayor Bob Coble, Anne Sinclair, Sam Davis, and Daniel Rickenma
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County Notebook
Richland County Council meeting
     Roll Call Members present were Bernice Scott, Susan Brill, Doris Corley, Paul Livingston, Joseph McEachern, Anthony Mizzell, Greg Pearce, Kit Smith, Thelma Tillis, and James Tuten.
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The Fair Tax: a primer
Lesson Nine: How will wages be affected?
By Warner M. Montgomery
     Under the Fair Tax plan, you keep what you earn. Income taxes and payroll taxes will no longer be withheld from your check. Self
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