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 to score tickets, too.

Tribune article on True/False film festival

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 half of the cost and save taxpayers some money. There’s a clear difference in the Ward 3 race for City Council.

Police and Firefighters endorse camera idea

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 opponent was voting for city chicken coops and more bike-lane extravagance, there were almost 3,000 police calls to Ward 3’s Whitegate area alone since January 1, 2009. When it comes to keeping our neighborhoods safe, I stand with our cops in crime fighting.

What do you think would make Columbia a safer community?