Voices

From the Roundtable: Keep Historical Society in Columbia, even if it takes eminent domain

Forty years ago, the city directory listed 227 S. Sixth St. as the address of…

From the Roundtable: Stop red-light cameras, green-light count-down signals and get in sync

Worth noting are a couple of interesting segments last week during KFRU’s “Morning Meeting” while…

From the Roundtable: City, university join businesses in cutting expenses during downturn

Sometimes I feel like a canary in a coal mine. That was the caged bird…

From the Roundtable: The lines in the battle of West Broadway are drawn once more

The word libraried may not be in the dictionary, but that’s the term one KFRU…

From the Roundtable: Building demolition waiting period could clash with owner’s rights

Very few communities have evaded the demolition of historic buildings. Sometimes they’re deemed historic before…

From the Roundtable: Potential for inflation outweighs lack of consumer confidence

The timing couldn’t have been better. The interaction of Missouri Finance Commissioner Eric McClure with…

From the Roundtable: Time to reinstate Depression-era legislation

The past couple of weeks have been tough on the business community, with dire developments…

From the Roundtable: Columbia’s construction permit process a welcome development

The streamlining of Columbia’s construction permit process is a welcome development for the thousands of…

From the Round Table: As budget conflict escalates, city should stick to charter guidelines

As budget conflict escalates, city should stick to charter guidelines Former city manager Ray Beck…

From the round table: City must aim higher than Memphis as air travel destination

I know many people have worked very hard to restore regularly scheduled passenger airline service…

From the Roundtable: Providence Road bridge ‘jumper’ highlights interstate expansion issues

While others continue to talk about the “jumper” who almost leapt off the Providence Road…

From the Roundtable: Summer driving highlights traffic issues around Columbia

You can tell the summer driving season has begun because the nightly closings to repave…