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Editor-In-Chief Todd Morehead todd@columbiacitypaper.com
October 1, 2010 VOLUME 6 Issue 9
So, you want to ruin a community?
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Contributors S.M. Baleem, Garrett Kellerhals, Ismail Lagardien, WR Marshall, Will Moredock, Ted Rall, Dan Savage, Kingsley Waring, Baynard Woods
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