NEW MAYORAL CANDIDATE: Announces on Facebook

COLUMBIA, 1/3/10  (Beat Byte) -- Mike Yoakum, a Columbia College senior and chairman of Columbia's Substance Abuse Advisory Commission, has announced his candidacy for mayor of Columbia on Facebook. 

 

Though the Facebook page is light on details, it intimates that Yoakum is running partly because he objects to the increasing focus on PedNet and bicycle-related issues.

 

"Mike Yoakum for Mayor:  Because most Columbians drive cars and not bikes," the page reads. 

 

In a December interview with The Columbian, Columbia College's student newspaper, Yoakum -- a self-described conservative -- said former Democratic state legislator Jeff Harris recommended him in 2004 for a spot on the substance abuse commission designated for students from Columbia under 25.  

 

"[We] have had input into a lot of decisions such as the Columbia Public Schools drug taskforce’s recommendations, the Minor-in-Possession-by-Consumption ordinance and the DARE program,"  Yoakum told The Columbian.

 

If all of Yoakum's friends vote, he may be a force to be reckoned with.  His mayoral page has 127 friends, and his personal page has over 1,200 friends.

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