Richland County Council meeting
Storm Water Ordinance • Smoking Ban • First Responders
By Mike Cox
      Chair Paul Livingston, Vice Chair Damon Jeter, Joyce Dickerson, Val Hutchinson, Norman Jackson, Gwendolyn Kennedy, Bill Malinowski, Jim Manning, Greg Pearce, Kit Smith and Kelvin Washington were present at the Richland County County meeting February 2, 2010. Citizen’s input
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Columbia Council of Neighborhoods
Tax Increment Financing
     According to Wikipedia TIF is a tool to use future gains in taxes to finance current improvements (which theoretically will create the conditions for those future gains). When a public project such as a road,
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Candidates debate TIF (Tax Increment Financing) at Hyatt Park Neighborhood Association meeting
By Josh Cruse
      As Election Day, April 6, moves closer, the Hyatt Park Neighborhood Association invited the mayoral candidates to their February 2 meeting for a debate. A hot topic issue was the TIF (Tax Increment Financing) proposal.
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West Columbia City Council honors city employees
By Anita Baker
     Call to Order Mayor Bobby E. Horton called the regularly scheduled meeting of the West Columbia City Council to order at 6:05 pm Tuesday, February 2, 2010. All members of Council, except Council Member Boyd J. Jones, were present: Mayor Bobby E. Horton, Mayor Pro–Tem Tommy G. Parler, L. Dale Haley, Eric L. Fowler, Marsha Moore, Jack L. Harmon, B.J. Unthank, and Cathy Shannon.
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Columbia City Council meets February 3
By John Temple Ligon
     Roll call Columbia City Council convened at 9 am in City Hall on Wednesday, February 3. Council member Daniel Rickenmann was absent, but all others were in attendance: Kirkman Finlay III, Tameika Isaac Devine, E. W. Cromartie II, Mayor Bob Coble, Sam Davis, and Belinda Gergel. Air quality
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