Budget Polls - SquareOffs

Should the state budget prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion?

Asked by ABC 17 News

372 Votes

Should the state budget prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion?

60%

Yes Yes

40%

No No

60%

Yes

1 Comments

40%

No

2 Comments

TRUMP 2024

Last time I checked there was no all white college but there is black colleges, I also say they got a network bet but there's no white Network they have Awards based solely on your color, so let's stop with all this nonsense and get on with being human

Barry Gilbert

Diversity training simply helps people communicate better, by helping them avoid even unintentional bias between races and cultures. It makes businesses and education function better. Sadly, the white legislators have their own biases which prevent them from recognizing this.

Max DeYoung

You need to look up the definitions, of human races and cultures.

Max DeYoung

Wrong in it's entirety.

Can Republicans and Democrats reach a budget deal?

Asked by ABC 17 News

136 Votes

Can Republicans and Democrats reach a budget deal?

41%

Yes Yes

59%

No No

41%

Yes

1 Comment

59%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Would you support a new performing arts center?

Asked by KTVZ

606 Votes

Would you support a new performing arts center?

36%

Yes, we need an arts center! Yes, we need an arts center!

64%

No, we don't need it! No, we don't need it!

36%

Yes, we need an arts center!

4 Comments

Richard L Camp

Access to the arts is nothing new. Every major community has a vibrant, inclusive performing arts center. It's the one place that can bring us together to experience our humanity through theater, music, dance and much more. Is the time right for Bend? Attend a town hall to find out.

Jon Krutsch

As long as we pay for it out of the Visit Bend room tax haul, I am all in.

Gabe West

We don't need more.of this we need to use money for mental health facilities

Jon Thompson

Your question is misleading. We don't have a center for the arts, so asking about "another" one is curious. We need such a facility to serve as a year-round venue for large audiences and the acts that will bring them; we need the rehearsal, teaching and storage facilities being proposed.

Stefanie Connett de Gruyter

Thank you, Jon. :) I also contacted them and it's been corrected.

64%

No, we don't need it!

3 Comments

Jessi Johnson Horn

Not very many people go to local art events at the current performing art centers that we currently have unless their child is in something or maybe some friends. We could use that money for other important things like mental health facilities for our homeless population.

Stefanie Connett de Gruyter

This center would not be funded with public funds. So there would be no dipping into what we all know we need for mental health support in our region.

k san

Not if it will ever mean raising property taxes!!!!!!!!!!!

Ben Hargis

We don't need the one we have........

Budget SquareOffs

Should the state budget prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion?

60% Yes Yes

40% No No

60% Yes

40% No

Can Republicans and Democrats reach a budget deal?

41% Yes Yes

59% No No

41% Yes

59% No