Will Missouri's coronavirus vaccine incentive program be a success?

Asked by ABC 17 News

322 Votes

Will Missouri's coronavirus vaccine incentive program be a success?

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson unveiled a plan Wednesday for a drawing for vaccinated residents to win $10,000.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson unveiled a plan Wednesday for a drawing for vaccinated residents to win $10,000. Show Less

2 Comments

Letitia DenHartog

I'm an optimist, so I hope it will work, but I'm glad it involves those of us who are already vaccinated.

Corey Smith

Missourians can get encouraged to get a vaccine.

78%

No

It remains to be seen how much the program will move Missouri's low vaccination rate of about 40%.

It remains to be seen how much the program will move Missouri's low vaccination rate of about 40%. Show Less

3 Comments

Max

Eighty percent of the people are wise enough to know that they should not risk their health or their life, on a chance to win a prize that they will not win.

Melanie Cusick

Yet not wise enough to know they should not risk their life on the chance that this is all a lie. There's more likelihood they would win a drawing than there is that all those videos of Dead People Trucks outside of hospitals are fake.

Melanie Cusick

Every forum I see discussing this, anti vaxxers are saying "being bribed won't change my mind."

Adam Schrader

Won't work because to many Mirrourians are morons

Melanie Cusick

Not sure what correlation max is making between "moron" and "liberal city." The map of states with low Vax rates and high cases correlate to Red States. Who's the moron- risking certain death to covid, or risking *maybe* unknown outcomes from the vax? I'd say avoid death now but I'm a libtard.

Max

And most of them live in liberal cities.

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

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189 Votes

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

24%

Yes Yes

76%

No No

24%

Yes

2 Comments

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.

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!

76%

No

5 Comments

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.

Fat Guy Outdoors

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

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

Asked by ABC 17 News

144 Votes

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

47%

Yes Yes

53%

No No

47%

Yes

2 Comments

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

Dee Dee Smith

Lost two of three vehicles from huge tree falling on them

53%

No

1 Comment

Zaos Gonzolez

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

ABC 17 News

Will Missouri's coronavirus vaccine incentive program be a success?

22% Yes Yes

78% No No

22% Yes

78% No

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

24% Yes Yes

76% No No

24% Yes

76% No

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

47% Yes Yes

53% No No

47% Yes

53% No

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

78%

No

24%

Yes Yes

76%

No No

24%

Yes

76%

No

47%

Yes Yes

53%

No No

47%

Yes

53%

No