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City of Columbia employee quits, claims he was asked to break the law
Posted: 06.22.2011 at 9:17 AM Updated: 06.23.2011 at 12:30 AM
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Scott Blackmon

 / Adam Pinsker
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Scott Blackmon says he quit his city job this week overseeing Columbia loan programs now under investigation by the federal government because he doesn't "want to go to jail" due to what he says was pressure by city leaders to engage in what he says is illegal activity.

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