Are you taking steps to save on utilities during the heat wave?

Asked by ABC 17 News

171 Votes

Are you taking steps to save on utilities during the heat wave?

74%

Yes Yes

26%

No No

74%

Yes

5 Comments

Robin Simmons Wilcox

I try to minimize any changes in my electric bills. So I close shades and curtains to block out the sun and keep my thermostat at 77* in the summer. I run the dishwasher in the late evening and do laundry in the mornings.

Bonnie Sandker

I'm 86 years old and need the a/c on. Have it set so it is 78 in my apartment. Can't get out in the heat.

Jennifer M

I keep the blinds/drapes pulled. Turn up the AC a few notches during the day while at work. Small steps to help the utility bill.

Lisa Gore

Everyone should look up operation Popeye that has to do with the weather.

Jack L

Don`t pick on Popeye, I watched him on TV every Saturday morning when I was a kid

Adam

And the point is???

Jennifer M

Thank you for a little history lesson this morning.

Jack L

I try to watch the AC usage to keep the electric bill as low as possible

26%

No

1 Comments

Max DeYoung

No, because I have always been careful not to waste our natural resources.

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

Asked by ABC 17 News

227 Votes

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war.

1 Comment

Fred

The Constitution vests the power in the legislative branch to ensure decisions on war are made democratically, rather than by a single person.

Max

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541–1548)

32%

Not unless it's full-on war.

1 Comments

Max

It would take congress years to make a decision, and the amount of pork required would be phenomenal. Congress is dysfunctional.

Max

Most congressmen are millionaires, but our nation is nearly $40 Trillion in debt.

Max

Congress can't even pass a budget to fund the government.

Should legislators implement letter-grade report cards for Missouri schools?

Asked by ABC 17 News

1 month left

Should legislators implement letter-grade report cards for Missouri schools?

54%

Yes Yes

46%

No No

54%

Yes

1 Comments

Max

Just maybe, some of the students could learn how to read, write, and learn a little bit about math. Their texting skills are already, just fine.

Fred

... and history and civics!

46%

No

1 Comment

Toasty

The fact that legislators would use this for political gain and schools would use this as a financial game (teaching to the tests so they get an A rating, which gives them more money, wash-rinse-repeat). is a no from me. Didn't they learn something from the failure of the No Child Left Behind?

ABC 17 News

Are you taking steps to save on utilities during the heat wave?

74% Yes Yes

26% No No

74% Yes

26% No

Should Congress have a say in whether the U.S. strikes Iran?

68% Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32% Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68% Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32% Not unless it's full-on war.

Should legislators implement letter-grade report cards for Missouri schools?

54% Yes Yes

46% No No

54% Yes

46% No

74%

Yes Yes

26%

No No

74%

Yes

26%

No

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war. Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war. Not unless it's full-on war.

68%

Yes. Congress authorizes war.

32%

Not unless it's full-on war.

54%

Yes Yes

46%

No No

54%

Yes

46%

No