Issues

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Development

Developers' greed brought new faces to city council (4/20/07)
Development big in city council races (3/30/07)
Development leads to manicured deserts (3/16/07)
City, county need new, fair development rules (3/2/07)
Development win means most of us lose (1/26/07)
Council picks greenbacks over green space with LeMone Industrial Boulevard (11/24/06)

Agriculture

GMO foods make us all guinea pigs (8/3/07)
Farm subsidy system needs big revision (7/20/07)
Subsidies mean cheap food, hidden costs (7/6/07)
Missouri hog numbers decline, but the stink still rises (4/27/07)
Compromise language makes CAFO bill worse (4/6/07)
As farm numbers dwindle, Farm Bureau influence broadens (3/9/07)
Bill ignoring 'small' CAFOs a big problem (2/16/07)
Corporate ag's big lie won't fix big stink (2/2/07)
Huge farms would foul state parks (1/19/07)
CAFO proposal would foul Arrow Rock (1/12/07)
Midwest will mourn move from crops to condominiums (11/10/06)
In more ways than one, we are what we eat (12/15/06)

Politics & Business

McDonald's win doesn't make for a Happy Meal (6/29/07)
'Death Lab' isn't the growth we need (6/22/07)
Bringing lab into community a life-or-death decision (6/8/07)
Lab's safety rests on too many unknowns (5/11/07)
Proposed lab puts residents at risk (5/4/07)
Corporate-funded science stinks (2/9/07)
Sierra Club issues formal complaint over state's Clean Water Commission (1/8/07)

Conservation

Panel derelict in water protection duties (8/17/07)
Keeping creeks clean is an upstream battle (7/13/07)
Clean Water Commission an oxymoron (5/25/07)
DNR misses point of pollution laws (5/18/07)
Messing with river means we all lose (12/29/06)
State shows no love for the mountain lion (12/22/06)
Ozark Trail a green gem worth exploring (11/26/06)
Dumping ruins Flat Branch creek for all Columbians (11/17/06)

Community

New school site a long way from ideal (8/10/07)
Grass roof would set a good example (7/27/07)
Government volunteers deserve thanks (6/1/07)

Energy

Columbia shirks duty to stop global warming (4/13/07)
Ethanol problems outweigh benefits (1/5/07)
Wisconsin power lawsuit should jolt Columbia City Council (12/8/06)

Culture

Battles continue on many fronts (3/23/07)
Climate change is global, not local (2/23/07)