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Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?
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Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?

Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?

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Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?
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That One Guy
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That One Guy

I would like to see it return. The same selfish people will thumb their noses at public health. Our shared beliefs of compassion, empathy and community are being replaced by the idea of me and I. How does one believe they are more important than everyone else's life. Thank God I don't underst that.

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Amanda Ballard
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Amanda Ballard

Mask have been proven to slow the spread of covid and we desperately need this pandemic to end

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Jamal Bawadi
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Jamal Bawadi

Because our covid19 virus levels are high and being Masks Up until the levels go back down will help stop people get the covid19 virus.

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Pat Gerke
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Pat Gerke

We can work together to beat COVID by masking until we reach 80% vaccination

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

What if we never reach it? What's the end game? People who aren't vaccinated now are probably never going to get vaccinated.

Miranda Jeffers-Crouse
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Miranda Jeffers-Crouse

Low vaccination rates, high Delta variant spread.

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

But masks were literally the only incentive to get vaccinated. Unvaccinated people will for sure not get it now. Why would they.

Nolanda Dodd
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Nolanda Dodd

If we ever want to get rid of this ugly virus we have to get vaccinated and wear our masks until it is gone!!!

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

If masks get reinstated we will wear them forever unvaccinated people don't want to get vaccinated. Even if the mandate gets reinstated they still won't wear masks. It will literally only be people who are vaccinated.

Sheila Gann Heather
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Sheila Gann Heather

You can ask this question in another way. "Do you want the covid illness to continue to spread unchecked, causing severe illness and death to some in your community?"

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No

Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?
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Jenn Pruett
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Jenn Pruett

This should be a personal choice. We are smarter then "whoever" thinks.

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Debra Riffle
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Debra Riffle

cases are up. What we aren't told is how many of these are asymptomatic, how many with very mild symptoms, and importantly, how many of these were fully vaccinated. No one is talking about new deaths in Columbia and County, because there haven't been any recent ones here.

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Kent Airy
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Kent Airy

The masking mandates are a joke, remember the walking into a restaurant wearing it but once your seated you can take it off? Where are all these dying covid people? No we don't need any more goofy mandates that requires a bacteria laden petri dish covering our faces and restricting our oxygen. No th

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Max
Max

Surgeons wear masks so they won't get Gall stones. Ya right.

Rae Arnold
Rae Arnold

Wow really makes you wonder how all of those surgeons manage to keep themselves healthy while masked up?

Farron Klemme
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Farron Klemme

Masks do no good!

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Max
Max

Masks are good for people who are afraid of the dark. Masks are of no value to healthy and sane people. If you feel you need a mask, please wear one, or two.

Christopher Watson
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Christopher Watson

It's too hot for one thing, and it lowers O2 intake.

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Max
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Max

The government needs to leave.

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Larry Sabulsky
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Larry Sabulsky

The Government has done enough damage with mandates. Leave us along so we can resume a life without the Government tells us every move we can make. If you want to wear a mask, go ahead. it wont bother me, but don't try to violate my life with mandates that affect my life. America is about Freedom.

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Max
Max

Yea Larry!

Dick Diggins
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Dick Diggins

Masks hsve been proven ineffective and can cause breathing issues and harbor other bacteria

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Rob Galloway
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Rob Galloway

I already got vaccinated so I shouldn't have to keep being forced to be uncomfortable every time I leave my house.

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N0b0dy1987 W
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N0b0dy1987 W

They did nothing to stop the spread the first time. They're unnecessary. Just get vaccinated and stop living in fear.

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Colin Green
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Colin Green

Because there is no evidence that vaccinated individuals can spread covid in non-negligable #s.

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David Westfall
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David Westfall

It will wreak far more harm imposing it than not.

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Zaos Gonzolez
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Zaos Gonzolez

Covid still isn’t real.

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GH JCMO
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GH JCMO

If people can't be bothered to get vaccinated, why should I have to wear a mask to protect THEM?

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Should the governor call a special session to suspend the state gas tax?

Should the governor call a special session to suspend the state gas tax?

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No

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Yes

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Zaos Gonzolez
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Zaos Gonzolez

Taxes are for the suffragettes.

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No

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Max
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Max

We need taxes, especially in Columbia. Columbia needs even more taxes, than all other cities. We also need a tax on purple hair dye.

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Would you support a new tax to build a jail in Boone County?

Would you support a new tax to build a jail in Boone County?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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James Quade
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James Quade

We should not rely on other jails to take care of our problems. We have a responsibility to provide the proper facilities to our superhero police force

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Max
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Max

That will be an average cost, to every single person of Boone county, of $197 per year, for 20 years. $3920. What a deal.

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No

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Fat Guy Outdoors
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Fat Guy Outdoors

This leadership needs to resign.

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Max
Max

You are using the word leadership carelessly.

Harry D
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Harry D

I would support a 10-year tax for a bond issue to build the new jail, not a new forever sales tax.

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Max
Max

The comment that I made indicating a total average cost, does not account for inflationary changes, which will probably more than double my $3920 estimate.

Jessica Orsini
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Jessica Orsini

We've more than enough incarceration in this county, state, and nation, and it's frankly not helping.

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Max
Max

The high crime problem is because the courts fail to punish the offenders hard enough to deter crime.

Davon Argo
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Davon Argo

The need for a new jail isn’t new. County leaders have known for years it needed attention. Maybe the sheriff should’ve prioritized a jail before a multi-million dollar training facility. His budget priorities is his attempt at railroading the city’s public safety staffing and infrastructure needs.

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Madison Haleigh
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Madison Haleigh

I'd rather we put more money to schools to prevent there from being so many people in jail in the first place. If we fund our schools and the education system, there would be less people in jail. If we funded mental health services- there would be less people committing crimes

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Max
Max

The crime problem is a result of the catch and release problem. Too, many people are not afraid to commit crimes.

Harry D
Harry D

Thinking like this is why the city of Columbia is short 50 police officers.

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