| Media/Politics |
TV Anchor
Susan Audé Fisher, WIS
Honorable mention: Kara Gormley, WIS
TV Weather
Jim Gandy, WLTX 19
Honorable mention: Reg Taylor, WOLO 25
TV Sports
Rick Henry, WIS
Honorable mention: Mark Quinn, WACH-TV 57
Best Hair
Susan Audé Fisher, WIS
Honorable mention: Joe Pinner, WIS
Local Radio Personality
Diesel, 93.5 FM WARQ
Honorable mention: Jeff Roper, 97.5 FM WCOS
Music Station
93.5 FM WARQ
Honorable mention: 100.1 FM Q100
Talk Radio Station
560 AM WVOC
Honorable mention:
91.3 FM WLTR
Local Writer
Tie: Michael Graham
William Price Fox
Local Politician
Mayor Bob Coble
Scariest Politician
Senator Strom Thurmond
Honorable mention: Governor Jim Hodges
Most Overexposed
Person
Joe Pinner
Honorable mention: Maurice Bessinger
Best Use of Public
Funds
Education
Honorable mention: Vista Renewal
BIGGEST Waste
of Public Funds
Confederate Flag
Honorable mention: Palmetto Trees
Best Activist
Group
NAACP
Honorable mention: UCP (United Citizens Party)
Best Individual
Activist
Leslie Minerd
Honorable mention: Maurice Bessinger
Worst Political
Faux Pas
The Confederate flag issue
Honorable mention: Video Poker
Best Thing About
Columbia
Tie: The USC Gamecocks
The people of Columbia
Biggest Gripe About
Columbia
The weather
Best Thing to
Happen in Columbia In 2000
The Confederate flag issue
Honorable mention: The USC Gamecocks
Biggest Disaster
The Confederate flag issue
Honorable mention: Gamecock Football
Neighborhood
Shandon
Honorable mention: Forest Acres
Place to Smoke
Pot
Police Station
Most Dangerous
Traffic Area
Malfunction Junction (I-20/I-26)
Honorable mention: Harbison Boulevard
Most Annoying
Traffic Light
Rosewood Dr. at Harden St.
Honorable mention: Harbison Boulevard