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%

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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 Missouri lawmakers approve incentives for pro sports teams?

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218 Votes

Should Missouri lawmakers approve incentives for pro sports teams?

39%

Yes Yes

61%

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39%

Yes

1 Comment

Terri Brown

Good for state morale. Less good for state revenue. Less good for residents who wish to attend games as ticket prices soar. But it keeps MO in national eye which is good for state economy.

61%

No

2 Comments

Tim Van Huss

Subsidizing private multi-billion dollar sports teams is not in the scope of a state government. Or any government. If progressives want to make the claim of letting billionaires, like the Hunt family, "to pay their fair share" well here's the time to make that claim.

Bill Douglas

Really? But no complaint whatsoever about the $200M for football stadium suites at the University of Missouri ?? Hypocrite!

Toasty

No, but I understand the need for 'bread and circuses'.

Bill Douglas

How many University of Missouri games you spend money going to? Being in Columbia it is practically a religious experience for you college communists

Are you ready for summertime temperatures to arrive in Mid-Missouri?

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131 Votes

Are you ready for summertime temperatures to arrive in Mid-Missouri?

58%

Yes Yes

42%

No No

58%

Yes

1 Comment

Ann Hamlin

I live for the heat (AND A/C)!

42%

No

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ABC 17 News

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

27% Yes Yes

73% No No

27% Yes

73% No

Should Missouri lawmakers approve incentives for pro sports teams?

39% Yes Yes

61% No No

39% Yes

61% No

Are you ready for summertime temperatures to arrive in Mid-Missouri?

58% Yes Yes

42% No No

58% Yes

42% No

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Yes Yes

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Yes

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Yes Yes

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Yes

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No