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GEORGE KENNEDY: 'Mostly Wonderful News' from Columbia's City Manager

Missouri School of Journalism

 Mike Matthes began his sixth State of the City address Wednesday by telling a packed City Council chamber that he was bringing “mostly wonderful news.” Both the adjective and the adverb proved accurate.

He reported that Columbia is making progress on a number of important fronts. Poverty and unemployment are down and high school graduation is up, especially for black Columbians. New employers are coming to town. The airport is adding capacity and flights.

He was clearly pleased with improvements he could report in the three sections of town targeted for attention in the “strategic plan” he proposed and the City Council adopted a couple of years ago. In those areas, where the minority population is concentrated, crime is down from the previous year in seven of eight categories...

Read the complete column at the Missourian.