COLUMBIA, 12/22/09 (Beat Byte) -- A move to draft prominent local attorney Glen Ehrhardt for Columbia Mayor includes Columbia Tribune columnist J. Scott Christianson and Columbia Chamber of Commerce executive vice president Kristi Ray.
 
Ehrhardt, who apparently supports the effort but has yet to formally declare, has joined a Facebook group called Glen Ehrhardt for Mayor.  A self-described Republican who has donated to the Missouri Republican Party and the congressional campaigns of Senator Jim Talent and Representative Kenny Hulshof, Ehrhardt received degrees in political science, economics, and law from the University of Missouri, Columbia.   
 
He currently practices law with Rogers, Ehrhardt and Weber in Columbia.  He is, or has been, a member of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce executive board, the Boys and Girls Club board of directors, and in 2006, served as a member of the Columbia Public Schools high school site selection committee.  
 
Shortly after Cumulus Broadcasting terminated controversial radio talk show host Fred Parry, Ehrhardt wrote a letter in support on a Bring Back Fred Parry Internet petition.
 
"I respect Fred because he has never been afraid to ask the tough questions that other 'elite' media ignore," Ehrhardt wrote.  "Imagine if he had the chance to ask Obama, Biden, et. al. to explain how someone who pays no taxes can get a tax cut????   Now, that would be real journalism." 
 
 
Glen Ehrhardt for Mayor

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