Should the homeless be allowed to use Wabash Bus Station as a shelter due to the weather?

Asked by ABC 17 News

444 Votes

Should the homeless be allowed to use Wabash Bus Station as a shelter due to the weather?

36%

Yes Yes

64%

No No

36%

Yes

2 Comments

Parm Brant Price

As long as the homeless are respectful in their mannerisms then Yes. If they are disrespectful to the community then get rid of them.

Music One

The ones of you voting no have probably never had to deal with being homeless before. You should try it and then come back and revote.

Steve Baumann

Says the nameless person.......

Max DeYoung

53 years ago Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Democrats today have felons and homeless walking the streets.

Max DeYoung

I've been taking care of homeless people, since I joined the Navy in the late sixties. I voted "No."

64%

No

4 Comments

Steve Baumann

It's about time to bring back the old county infirmary or poor farm for the county’s indigent citizens. Past time.

Max DeYoung

Pan handling is more lucrative in public places. The City needs to quit enabling these people. The homeless have their own lives to destroy, but not the innocent people around them. I am not being mean, I am being honest.

Adam

Most of these panhandlers actually make more money than most of us. Plus it's tax free.

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

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9 Votes

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

44%

Yes Yes

56%

No No

44%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

56%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

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

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233 Votes

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

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

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.

77%

No

5 Comments

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.

ABC 17 News

Should the homeless be allowed to use Wabash Bus Station as a shelter due to the weather?

36% Yes Yes

64% No No

36% Yes

64% No

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

44% Yes Yes

56% No No

44% Yes

56% No

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

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

36%

Yes Yes

64%

No No

36%

Yes

64%

No

44%

Yes Yes

56%

No No

44%

Yes

56%

No

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

77%

No