Columbia Today: Dec. 8, 2009
Today’s News
Columbia City Council agreed to allow voters to decide on April’s ballots whether surveillance cameras should be placed around downtown. [The Maneater] (http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/12/8/city-council-places-camera-ordinance-april-ballot/) has the whole story.
The first big joint planning project between the city and the county planning and zoning officials concerning a new Columbia high school was voted on Monday night, the Columbia Missourian reports.
Those involved in the February robbery and death of Ronald “Corey” Brown were sentenced Monday, according to the Columbia Tribune.
What’s Happening
Fall Semester classes end at the close of Wednesday.
A Lloyd L. Gaines commemoration is being celebrated Wednesday in the Black Culture Center at 4:30 p.m. The celebration honors the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to admit Gaines to MU.