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Politics: Intrigue in school board race with proposed tax increase Updated at 9:52amCT, Tuesday, August 10, 2010. School district proposes tax increase. Story in Tuesday Adair Progress, on streets now. Anti-tax people plan to challenge in District 1 and 3 races. Filing deadline at 4pmCT today for school board seats, independents for county office, and city races. Latest report: Only 1 candidate for school board, one independent for Magistrate in District 3; two-way Mayor's race, crowded field of 8 in races for City Council Seat. Election season is here By Ed Waggener Columbia real estate agent Murrell Burton alerted us to a story by Paul Hayes which appears in this mornings Adair Progress about a proposed increase in real estate and property tax by the Adair County school board. The paper with the story, datelined Tuesday, August 10, 2010, is on newsstands now around Adair County. Burton said the proposed increase is 22%. Burton also said that there may be much intrigue today in the filings for school board. District 1, now represented by Greg Willis, is open. Willis has filed as an independent candidate for Magistrate in District 3, in opposition to incumbent Sammy Baker. As of 3:45pmCT, yesterday afternoon, Monday, August 10, 2010, no candidate had filed for the open District 1 School board Seat. The filing deadline is 4pmCT, today, August 10, 2010 for local races which were not subject to the primary. But in District 3, Joseph Payne has filed for the seat now held by Board Chairman Chris Watts, who may not run with Payne in the race. Burton says that he and others in the anti-tax organization will back opposition to Payne and will back an anti-tax candidate in District 1, as well. Late Monday afternoon, Jackie Turner filed for the District 3 seat As of yesterday only two candidates had filed for Mayor of Columbia: Senior Councillor Charles Grimsley and former Columbia Chief of Police Mark D. Harris. Eight in Council race As of 3:45pmCT, Monday, August 9, 2010, the list of candidates for the Columbia City Council's six seats had grown to eight. They are, in order of filing:
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