For the first time in 15 years, Darwin Hindman won't be the mayor of Columbia, and for the first time since the mid-1980s, the city budget is down from the year before.
Six candidates are running for the seat being left open by Hindman: Sid Sullivan, Jerry Wade, Sal Nuccio, Paul Love, Sean O'Day and Robert McDavid. At forums held around Columbia, the candidates have answered questions about the economy and job creation, public safety, the balance of power in city government and development. The election is April 6.
The candidates:
Video responses to 11 questions on the issues:
- New sources of city revenue.
- Crime and safety in the city.
- Downtown surveillance cameras.
- Economic development incentives.
- Growth management.
- Sales tax for parks and recreation.
- Reapportioning City Council wards.
- Duties of the city's new sustainability director.
- Transparency in city government.
- Transportation needs in the city.
More information:
- Columbia Lodging Association hosts forum
- MU Law Democrats host candidate forum
- City Council candidates debate development, economy issues
- Mayoral forum left some with unanswered questions
- Firefighters ask about safety issues, budget
- Mayoral candidates address neighborhood association's concerns
- Columbia mayoral candidates addressed overtime and job growth
- Council and mayoral candidates address Proposition 1
- Mayoral candidates discuss youth programs at NAACP forum
- Mayoral candidates discuss housing and downtown cameras at student forum
- Who's funding candidates in the April election?
- Mayoral candidates address neighborhood association's concerns
- Columbia Chamber of Commerce hosts forum for city council candidates
- First mayoral forum addresses transportation, public safety
- AUDIO: Mayoral candidates sound off about city issues
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