Should Congress remove Confederate statues from the Capitol?

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443 Votes

Should Congress remove Confederate statues from the Capitol?

28%

Yes Yes

72%

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28%

Yes

Legislation working its way through Congress would remove statues of Confederate leaders from the Capitol, citing their support for slavery.

Legislation working its way through Congress would remove statues of Confederate leaders from the Capitol, citing their support for slavery. Show Less

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72%

No

Removal of Confederate statues has become a political battle, with many conservatives labeling such efforts as attempts to erase history.

Removal of Confederate statues has become a political battle, with many conservatives labeling such efforts as attempts to erase history. Show Less

9 Comments

Vernon Taylor

Erasing history for racial and political gain. Hitler was good at that.

Max

If we removed everything that offends people, there would be nothing and no one left.

Jeff Chevalier

It's part of history. Removing it does not mean it didn't happen. Grow up people and stop trying to change the past, you can not do it.

Tom

True, who is leading this movement? Whoever it is thinks very differently about their ancestors and history. I can’t believe that people of government are allowing this kind of thing to happen. The answer to the problem is not in a statue.

Sarah G. Chapman

The idea of removing a statue is stupid. The Confederacy is a part of our history, and if we erase a part of it, then we're more likely to repeat it. People get offended too easily and need to suck it up and not be offended by inanimate objects or what they stand for.

Michele Scarlet Ridenour

We cannot erase our history....this nonsense has to STOP.

Christopher Watson

Cause I don't believe removing History makes anything go away, just cursed to repeat it!

Debra Riffle

how about using the statue as a teaching moment? Trying to erase the visual reminders of our actual past changes nothing. I see this as another example of one group trying to control the narrative to silence people who don't see things the same way.

Belinda Kitchen

No its wrong to do so. Because it's part of our history how states evolved. If your gonna get rid of the statues then you need to rewrite the history books . Teachers teach it in schools are they gonna start not teaching bout slavery? If you remove the statues then you might as well remove all .

Darrel Jenkins

You can't erase history, you can only learn from it!!!

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

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289 Votes

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

69%

Yes Yes

31%

No No

69%

Yes

2 Comments

Kevin Reed

We have to commute to work, approximately 70 miles every day. We fill up once a week, and the cost has risen from an average of $36.50 before the Iran war, to now $55.00 each week. We now have to budget more for gas than we did. And there is still nothing to show for any of this pointless conflic

Max

So, you support Iran? Well, I support America.

Nikki Wrinkles

Im driving about 81.6 miles a day to get my son to daycare and then myself to work. Car averages 21 mpg and requires minimum 91 octane fuel. $70 twice a week plus what my husband spends in fuel for just traveling back and forth to work and home. Keeping son home 2 days from daycare to save on fuel.

Harry D

You need a more fuel-efficient car.

31%

No

4 Comments

Matt Loganbill

While no one enjoys paying more $ gas is cheap for what you get.

Harry D

I wish puppet Biden did not drain the strategic petroleum reserve in a failed political scheme, much like his unconstitutional student loan forgiveness, to buy votes. The oil pipelines to Canada, that Biden stopped, would be handy about now too. Voting for future Democrats will be very limited.

Max

Trump had just refilled it, after Obama drained it down to nothing.

Steve Baumann

Far bigger issues than fuel prices

Robert Van Vickle

Hybrid gang stay winning

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

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229 Votes

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

27%

Yes Yes

73%

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27%

Yes

0 Comment

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73%

No

4 Comments

Harry D

A new tax is not the answer to the city's budget problems. City leaders need to live within your means, like everyone else. Vote NO on the new taxes.

Steve Baumann

We already pay enough in taxes. The City needs to check it's priorities and pull funding from programs that truly are not conductive to the day to day lives of the general tax paying citizen. Focus on the core competencies, not liberal dream programs.

Fred

Almost as bad an idea as replacing income taxes with higher sales taxes!

Max

You finally got one right. Did you have help?

Zaos Gonzolez

Your own safety is your own responsibility.

ABC 17 News

Should Congress remove Confederate statues from the Capitol?

28% Yes Yes

72% No No

28% Yes

72% No

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

69% Yes Yes

31% No No

69% Yes

31% No

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

27% Yes Yes

73% No No

27% Yes

73% No

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Yes Yes

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Yes

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No

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Yes Yes

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Yes

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No

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Yes Yes

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Yes

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No