Are you concerned about Columbia's water testing mistake?

Asked by ABC 17 News

226 Votes

Are you concerned about Columbia's water testing mistake?

73%

Yes Yes

27%

No No

73%

Yes

City officials admitted this week to not testing for copper or lead last year.

City officials admitted this week to not testing for copper or lead last year. Show Less

1 Comments

Music One

Did they "forget" or are they covering something up?

27%

No

The city performed scores of other tests.

The city performed scores of other tests. Show Less

1 Comment

Barry Gilbert

Columbia was compliant with the rule before this procedural change, and it has, historically, had very low levels of the contaminants covered by this rule. The city and the DNR have been transparent and there's no need to imagine conspiracies.

Max DeYoung

Nobody said anything about transparency or conspiracy. It is just sloppy, not to be monitoring for lead contamination. Copper is not a threat, we use copper pipes and brass fixtures in many homes and businesses.

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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13 Votes

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

31%

Yes Yes

69%

No No

31%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

69%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

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233 Votes

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

Max DeYoung

That's how blue cities work, tax, tax, tax, and tax some more.

Zaos Gonzolez

Tax to the MAX. Tax till you drop, and it still don't stop!

Zaos Gonzolez

I believe with all my heart that Columbia residents should donate their entire paychecks to the City. If the City had ALL of the money, it would solve ALL of the problems.

77%

No

5 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

This is what Columbia just voted in. Great job!!!!

Debbie Neate

They want to raise taxes because the “sales taxes are less than expected”. Could this be due to Columbia’s citizens not shopping downtown, etc. as they do not. Want to deal with addicts, vagrants and panhandlers. Lower revenues are due to administrators poor policies and other choices ie..plan fine

Susanna Johnson Kettlewell

Get rid of the unnecessary positions created the past 3 years! The answer is to reduce the size of government, NOT raise taxes! Columbia's sales tax rate is already too high. Continue letting crime and homelessness flourish, raise taxes, and people will leave the city,

Allan German

Why not cut the city official salaries by a few thousand dollars each to help make up some of the money that the city is looking for? But I doubt a single city official would be willing to do that even though most of them live better than the rest of the city.

Zaos Gonzolez

The recorder of deeds salary alone is over $96,000!!!!!!!!!!!! TRULY INSANE. Most of us can never even imagine that amount of money.

Will Mason

Not until after ALL avenues for budget cuts have been explored Taxes are too high already.

Zaos Gonzolez

If you are alive, there is no such thing as too many taxes. EVEN when you are unalive, you are taxed.

ABC 17 News

Are you concerned about Columbia's water testing mistake?

73% Yes Yes

27% No No

73% Yes

27% No

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

31% Yes Yes

69% No No

31% Yes

69% No

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

73%

Yes Yes

27%

No No

73%

Yes

27%

No

31%

Yes Yes

69%

No No

31%

Yes

69%

No

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

77%

No