Al Germond

Many of us were surprised a few weeks ago when Mayor Bob McDavid blew the warning trumpet about the future of service at Columbia Regional Airport. If we...

Boone County Presiding Commissioner Ed Robb was an honorable gentleman who passed away less than a year after taking office and just when he was settling in on...

It’s been a great ride for some of us. I’m talking about a $22 million federal grant we’ve been burning through over the past three years that was...

As debate proceeds about the upcoming city budget, Mayor Bob McDavid, to his credit, brooks no reluctance to work on ways to clot the flow of red ink...

It’s time to weigh in on the matter of so called “public” art and the simmering controversy over a law that requires artistically enhancing various city projects and...

The ongoing revitalization and development of Columbia Regional Airport continues to be one of my obsessions. There are signs of progress in some areas balanced by disappointment in...

For more than 20 years, Columbia fell under the aegis of two city managers, both of them more or less homegrown with many years of residence under belt...

We’ve got a contest going to come up with a name for the much-aligned parking garage at Sixth and Walnut. There are no prizes of course, just the...

The other day I sat in on a conference call with a group of big-city bankers discussing bond investments. With developing concern about the soundness of various bond-issuing...