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Al Germond

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2011: An overcast beginning, possible blue skies ahead

The passage of the year reminds me of taking a turn at the playground slide. Climbing to the top provides the perch to review the year just left...

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Annual journey to Springfield marred by sad local news | From the Round Table

It was a sentimental journey last week, when I returned to Springfield, Ill., for the annual reunion of former WTAX Radio employees, many of whom I was working...

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From the Roundtable: How Columbia should feel about year-end economic condition

Why did the local economy get a bit of a breather this year compared with much of the rest of the USA? Perhaps it’s because Columbia is the...

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From the Roundtable: Drewing moves Machens into the league of industry pioneer

Every time I pass by a Joe Machens showroom, I’m reminded of what the late Ralph Reedman and his brothers began assembling in the mid-1940s. Among the first...

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From the Roundtable: Intellectual property has its price

The Columbia Daily Tribune’s recent announcement that it will start charging people to read articles on its website has generated a tempest in the online community. Long anticipated,...

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From the Roundtable: Stormy seas await city and county government crews

Heading into winter, I have feelings that the next year or two are going to be pretty rough ones for the city of Columbia and Boone County. The...

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From the Roundtable: MU’s Homecoming game exposure nothing like its TV debut

Homecoming at the University of Missouri was a major tour de force. The exposure of the day’s events on national television programs viewed by millions of college football...

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From the Round Table: Thick skin among attributes for a suitable city manager

HELP WANTED: Midwestern 100K metropolitan community with research university seeks fiscally oriented city manager. Opening March 1. Oversees municipal utilities, 1,100 employees, $350M+ budget. Helpful Attributes: Dancing experience....

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From the Roundtable: Community suggestions could help promote local tourism

A slight uptick in sales tax receipts somewhat brightens the local financial picture, though the even better news is a steep increase in receipts Columbia derives from the...

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Let’s hope the latest city skyline addition is no white elephant

Church steeples were the first of many man-made objects to rise above Columbia’s tree line. The latest of mankind’s doings to scrape the skyline is the oddly layered,...