Benjamin's State of the City address tonight
Jan 18, 2011 6:11:00 PM - thestate.com
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will deliver his first State of the City address at 6 p.m. at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
A copy of the prepared text will be available online at 6:30 p.m. Watch the speech live at 6 p.m. here.Begun seven years ago by former Mayor Bob Coble, the State of the City has become less of a where are we speech than a where are we going speech. Coble used it to announce plans to hire more police officers, offer water and sewer rate cuts for affordable-home builders and pledge support for USCs Innovista Research Campus.
Benjamin said he will approach the speech the same way, as an agenda-setter.
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