Even with low turnout, election still important to Columbia

Thursday, April 9, 2009 | 12:03 p.m. CDT

I was proudly wearing my “I voted” sticker Tuesday at lunch when a friend made an interesting comment. He and his wife, he said, had decided not to vote this time. They didn’t have a City Council opening, and they didn’t think they knew enough about the nine Columbia School Board candidates to make an informed choice.

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