Did the Boone County Commission make the right decision about the courthouse murals?

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509 Votes

Did the Boone County Commission make the right decision about the courthouse murals?

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

The commission voted Thursday to remove the murals from the courthouse after complaints that the scenes depicted included violence and slavery.

The commission voted Thursday to remove the murals from the courthouse after complaints that the scenes depicted included violence and slavery. Show Less

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73%

No

Some defended the murals, saying their intent wasn't racist or intimidating but to depict local history, even if it is ugly.

Some defended the murals, saying their intent wasn't racist or intimidating but to depict local history, even if it is ugly. Show Less

9 Comments

Pamela Stephens

The murals are a part of history! If we keep taking down/and or removing statue's and Murals why teach history in schools!!! This is getting totally out of hand!!

Tim Montee

why take them down, it is history that needs to be seen and remembered the way it was and not the way they want you to see it, or not see it...

Border Ruffian

If the paintings are offensive, then you'd have to count George Caleb Bingham's famous Order Number 11 painting as offensive too.

Donna S

History is HISTORY!!!

Max

Trying to sweep history under the door is no way to improve our Nation. The Boone County Commission is a failure.

Mike S

Examining our past is SUPPOSED to feel uncomfortable. This is where the urge to grow and change comes from. It's the same sort of whitewashing of the past as the fake issue of Critical Race Theory.

Max

If these paintings were painted today, there would be drive by shootings, tent cities on the sidewalks, and needles and human waste everywhere. We don't want the truth to be exposed. It might hurt someone's feelings.

Laura Davidson

What does it matter? They will do what they want regardless.

Melanie Dix

Because the people in the painting are white not black.

Should the Columbia City Council approve an ordinance to keep people off medians?

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414 Votes

Should the Columbia City Council approve an ordinance to keep people off medians?

88%

Yes Yes

12%

No No

88%

Yes

2 Comments

Steve Baumann

The fact there is not already one or any attempt at common sense enforcement speaks volumes in it's own right. Maybe we need another department and a 10 year study.......

Fred

We used to have government funded mental institutions that would have handled this, but Reagan handed this off to the states who didn't have the money to continue funding.

Max

They spent all of the money on the Left leaning group.

12%

No

1 Comment

Zaos Gonzolez

If the City passes this, the homeless will not go away. They will move into the surrounding neighborhoods. Your children will step over the homeless as they walk to school and you will hear screaming all night long..

Steve Baumann

It's about safety

What do you think of sending ICE agents to the Winter Olympics?

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329 Votes

What do you think of sending ICE agents to the Winter Olympics?

20%

Proud to have them represent us Proud to have them represent us

80%

I don't want ICE at the Olympics I don't want ICE at the Olympics

20%

Proud to have them represent us

2 Comments

Zaos Gonzolez

DEPORT THEM ALL.

Eric Smith

Certainly can't have winter olympics without ice and snow!

80%

I don't want ICE at the Olympics

4 Comments

Steve Baumann

Not needed, SOP will be fine.

Dale Muckerman

Waste of money and bad image for America

Fred

I don't want ICE anywhere!

Max

Max It's not about what you want, it's about what is best for our nation.

Elaine Ditto

Right now ICE brings fear and anger and there is no place for them at the Olympics.

Max

ICE is keeping America safe.

Max

ICE brings comfort and safety to me.

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Did the Boone County Commission make the right decision about the courthouse murals?

27% Yes Yes

73% No No

27% Yes

73% No

Should the Columbia City Council approve an ordinance to keep people off medians?

88% Yes Yes

12% No No

88% Yes

12% No

What do you think of sending ICE agents to the Winter Olympics?

20% Proud to have them represent us Proud to have them represent us

80% I don't want ICE at the Olympics I don't want ICE at the Olympics

20% Proud to have them represent us

80% I don't want ICE at the Olympics

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

73%

No

88%

Yes Yes

12%

No No

88%

Yes

12%

No

20%

Proud to have them represent us Proud to have them represent us

80%

I don't want ICE at the Olympics I don't want ICE at the Olympics

20%

Proud to have them represent us

80%

I don't want ICE at the Olympics