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Columbia’s Choice: Keep Good Going? Or Bring Back Corruption?
South Carolina’s capital city finally seems to be moving in the right direction… why on earth would its citizens want to return to stagnation and cronyism?
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The homelessness under Rickenmann does not seem better. It actually seems worse, they sleep on the sidewalks and in alleys right off main street in broad daylight. They relieve themselves in public as well as other things and no one seems concerned with that. The opening of Finley park will really be interesting.
Too bad Columbia has no choices for Mayor but anti-2A liberals. Aditi Bussels would love for state pre-emption on gun laws to go away so she could pass a lot of the stupidity Columbia has tried to enact in the past. Thankfully, we have state pre-emtion on gun laws. Of course, the other choices are no better, sad to say.
Thank God this is an op-ed instead of the truth. Rickenmann’s “success” is largely based on initiatives while Benjamin was in office…Bull Street District, Soda City Market, Finlay Park, etc. in fact, going back to Mayor Bob’s days where he fought hard just to get a Mast General store on Main Street b/c the good ole boys wanted Columbia to remain stagnant. I’m critical of Columbia’s growth as well but giving credit to the current mayor when the groundwork has been laid is simply erroneous. Rickenmann should have continued the Famously Hot New Year which generated much-needed numbers in the hospitality industry. I’m not excited about any of the mayoral candidates this go round.