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Do you support the death penalty?

Do you support the death penalty?

Yes

9

No

2

Yes

Do you support the death penalty?
7 Comments
Max
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Max

People who shoot girls in Central Columbia will someday likely be on death row, if not stopped by a good Policeman.

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Jen
1
Jen

Some people are not capable of changing and their predilections affect too many other lives. The world is better off without them.

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Donna Welborn-Dicus
1
Donna Welborn-Dicus

Life in prison has proved NOT to be a deterrent. Death penalty is.

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Matt Goodsell
1
Matt Goodsell

Romans 13:4, For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer (Sword refers to the govt’s authority to punish rebels, even by death)

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Steve TheBmann
1
Steve TheBmann

Fred Jones was a kind man. Anyone who would kill him, and the others, in the manner that was done, deserves the full punishment of the law, without exception. Public hanging would be acceptable.

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Adam Schrader
1
Adam Schrader

These degenerates that stay on death row for decades using state money for clothing, food, medical care, housing, etc should be put to death within 180 days of sentencing. Save the state millions

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Zaos Gonzolez
1
Zaos Gonzolez

Defund and dissolve the federal government

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No

Do you support the death penalty?
2 Comments
Jah-IZ The Playlist
1
Jah-IZ The Playlist

instead of funding the death penalty fund for an influx of therapist and psychologists and implement true rehab and make them do daily community work via supervision such as picking up litter or working in sanitation.

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Christopher Watson
0
Christopher Watson

As long as we find one false convition in a thousand, we should halt this Barbaric behavior! Set the Example, not the standard of "If you hurt me, I hurt you!" and Don't give me the Bible says "An eye for an eye", that was before the dispossion of Grace given by Jesus Christ. Time to move forward.

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Max
Max

Stupid decisions do cause unfair loss of life. We just lost 13 fine Americans because of a stupid decision. So we must be careful, but with capital punishment there are no repeat offenders.

Donna Welborn-Dicus
Donna Welborn-Dicus

Has that worked in the past? NO. Now we have prisons full of 'vacationing' murderers, getting 3 meals a day & cable & internet.

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

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

Yes

5

No

5

Yes

2 Comments
Zaos Gonzolez
1
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.

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Max DeYoung
1
Max DeYoung

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

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Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

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

No

5 Comments
Debbie Neate
1
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

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Susanna Johnson Kettlewell
1
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,

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Allan German
1
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.

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Zaos Gonzolez
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
1
Will Mason

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

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Zaos Gonzolez
Zaos Gonzolez

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

Fat Guy Outdoors
0
Fat Guy Outdoors

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

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Did you see damage in your area from the Easter Sunday storms?

Did you see damage in your area from the Easter Sunday storms?

Yes

2

No

1

Yes

2 Comments
Lynda Shaw
0
Lynda Shaw

We have major flooding from Black River in Lesterville; Reynolds County, Missouri. We have major damage from the November 2024 flood..,then major wildfires in May 2025, 1 week later we went through another major flood, May 2025, last night (4/20/25) Easter Sunday winds 68-70mph. Photos attached

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Dee Dee Smith
0
Dee Dee Smith

Lost two of three vehicles from huge tree falling on them

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No

1 Comment
Zaos Gonzolez
0
Zaos Gonzolez

BLUFFaloe being elected is more damage than any tornado can produce.

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