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By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com A map of a proposed revamp of Columbiaâs Finlay Park Chris Trainor COLUMBIA â Roughly halfway into a financial year marred by the worst public health crisis in a century, taxes collected on restaurant sales in South Carolina s capital are down 37 percent compared to this time last year. And with an end to COVID-19 still far from reality, the cash-strapped city has slashed expenses and paused long-awaited projects. That includes plans for the much-neglected downtown park once called Columbia s Crown Jewel. The renovation relied, in part, on the 2 percent tax on dining and drinking.  ....
BIG by Matt Stoller Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai need to be indicted. Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly and finance. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… Today’s issue is about the various antitrust cases against Google and Facebook announced this week, and why it’s time to issue criminal indictments against the executives responsible for the bad behavior. Plus: Legendary judge Jed Rakoff issues a ruling threatening private equity’s business model. A BIG reader discusses the health care monopoly situation in New Jersey. ....