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I’ve lived in Colum­bia for nearly 60 years. I can­not think of a finer home­town to raise fam­i­lies, work and play, learn and grow. I want to keep Colum­bia spe­cial, safe and pros­per­ous for my grand­kids and future gen­er­a­tions. That’s why I’m run­ning for Columbia’s City Coun­cil. I deeply appre­ci­ate your vote on April 6, 2010.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Posted on 07. Mar, 2010 by Scott Wendling in Uncategorized

The com­mu­nity is plan­ning a flash­mob for the KU game this Sat­ur­day that has the poten­tial to improve Columbia’s… http://bit.ly/cgbTTy #

Columbia is Open for Business

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Blog, Campaign, Economic Development

We need to send a clear mes­sage: Colum­bia is Open For Busi­ness. I sup­ported three job-creating projects my oppo­nent voted to kill: Land­mark Hos­pi­tal, with 100 jobs; Cross Creek, bring­ing hun­dreds of jobs; and fix­ing dan­ger­ous, time-killing traf­fic back­ups on Lemone Indus­trial Boule­vard to make its shovel-ready sites more attrac­tive for busi­ness growth. I have […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Scott Wendling in Uncategorized

Since Jan 1, 2009 there have been almost 3,000 police calls to White­gate in Columbia’s third ward. http://is.gd/91ZBe #
This is why I want to crack down on #COMO crime http://is.gd/91ZBe #
54% of Colum­bia has a col­lege degree & national aver­age is aprox 30%. Lots of eco­nomic poten­tial ready to be uti­lized. #
http://bit.ly/cSWGFC #
http://bit.ly/bCH53b #
Thanks Daniel […]

True/False is great for Columbia’s economy

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Blog, Community, Economic Development

With orga­niz­ers pro­ject­ing sales of 25,000 tick­ets for the True/False Film Fes­ti­val, the eco­nomic impact on Colum­bia and espe­cially down­town is enor­mous. Kudos to the orga­niz­ers who launched this respected doc­u­men­tary film event seven years ago. It is a point of pride for our com­mu­nity! The Colum­bia Daily Tri­bune says there may still be ways […]

Tribune profile of Roger B. Wilson

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Blog, Community

I enjoyed the CDT’s Sat­ur­day Busi­ness pro­file of my old friend and our for­mer Gov­er­nor, Roger B. Wil­son. Roger has brought new energy and smart ideas to Mis­souri Employ­ers Mutual, which is one of Ward 3 and Columbia’s biggest employ­ers. Kudos to Roger and MEM!
Tri­bune Arti­cle on Roger B. Wilson

Gary Kespohl stands with our crime fighters

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Campaign, Crime, Public Safety

Kudos to the men and women on the front lines of pub­lic safety in our com­mu­nity for endors­ing down­town safety cam­eras. I sup­port these safety cam­eras and I sup­port the propo­si­tion on the April 6 bal­lot. My oppo­nent not only voted against the safety cam­eras, he turned down a busi­ness group’s offer to pay for […]

Thanks Daniel Caillor for setting the record straight

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Campaign, Economic Development

Thanks to the Colum­bia Daily Tri­bune and reporter Daniel Cailler for set­ting the record straight regard­ing a pre­vi­ous arti­cle about my views on grow­ing Columbia’s econ­omy and cre­at­ing jobs. We need jobs and new pros­per­ity in Colum­bia, and I will bring a small busi­ness owner’s per­spec­tive to the City Coun­cil. I have bal­anced bud­gets, met […]

Gary is Tough on Crime

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Campaign, Crime, Public Safety

We must keep our fam­i­lies and our neigh­bors safe from crime. I firmly sup­port down­town safety cam­eras; my oppo­nent voted against them. I say we need more offi­cers on the street; my oppo­nent voted to spend pub­lic resources to hire a city Sus­tain­abil­ity Direc­tor and to ear­mark $100,000 for his spe­cial lit­tle projects. While my […]

Why I think social media is important

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Gary Kespohl in Campaign

The Tri­bune recently pub­lished an arti­cle that dis­cussed how can­di­dates for Colum­bia, MO’s mayor and city coun­cil elec­tions plan to use Twit­ter and other social media in their cam­paign. I will be using blogs, Twit­ter and Face­book in my cam­paign for a few rea­sons.
The inter­net allows rep­re­sen­ta­tives to com­mu­ni­cate with cit­i­zens in a way that […]

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