Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

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1,179 Votes

Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

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The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday on another extension of its coronavirus mitigation plan, which includes a mask mandate.

The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday on another extension of its coronavirus mitigation plan, which includes a mask mandate. Show Less

2 Comments

Wendi Newman

The safety of our children and staff should be priority number one during this world pandemic.

Melanie Cusick

Per your Tuesday Update, yes, transmission has *slowed,* but nearly all of Missouri, including Boone and all its surrounding counties, are still shown to have "high" levels of transmission.

Max

Your comprehension of numbers is just outstanding.

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No

Some schools in Mid-Missouri have rolled back mask mandates as the delta-driven wave of new cases has slowed.

Some schools in Mid-Missouri have rolled back mask mandates as the delta-driven wave of new cases has slowed. Show Less

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Brittany Hart

Take masks off of these babies! This youngest generation of children at school have a hard enough time paying attention as it is, let alone just wrapping up their face for most of the day so they have something to play with.

Max

Liberals don't care about children. That's why they love abortion.

Courtney Lucas

Masks should be optional. CPS only cares about the ESSER money they receive for keeping mandates in place. They do not care about our kids!!!

Max

Mask the teachers and other adult staff. Leave the children alone.

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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

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

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Yes

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Max DeYoung

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

Zaos Gonzolez

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

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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No

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Fat Guy Outdoors

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

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

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,

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.

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

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

Zaos Gonzolez

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

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Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

50% Yes Yes

50% No No

50% Yes

50% No

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

49% Yes Yes

51% No No

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51% No

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

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

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Yes

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