Elections - SquareOffs

City Considers Change

Do you think mayors should be directly elected or rotate yearly?

Asked by KESQ News Channel 3

78 Votes

Do you think mayors should be directly elected or rotate yearly?

17%

Rotating Rotating

83%

Elected Elected

17%

Rotating

2 Comments

Anthony M

Rotating minimizes the possibility of corruption which our city has experienced, its ashame that mayor walked away with nothing more than probation. lets not let it happen again.

Bill Hubbard

YES. The system has been working just fine for several years now. Avoid any lawsuits and keep it this way.

83%

Elected

5 Comments

Kevin Stern

I have always thought voting a mayor is better than the rotation of a mayor. With the rotation, the mayor becomes only a spokesperson for the council The voters should elect based on the agenda of the mayor And it allows for consistency with staff.

Justin Blansett

Mayors should be elected. The whole rotating mayor debacle has been embarrassing for our city.

Bruce Juenger

One person can be directly responsible for implementing their agenda and keep it on track instead of having to rotate every year.

Edward Matarazzo

Better representation

Kerry Post

It should have never been changed in the first place.

Should Missouri voters be asked to reconsider abortion rights?

Asked by ABC 17 News

539 Votes

Should Missouri voters be asked to reconsider abortion rights?

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

A bill moving through the Senate would place a ballot measure to overturn Amendment 3 before voters.

A bill moving through the Senate would place a ballot measure to overturn Amendment 3 before voters. Show Less

1 Comment

Max DeYoung

Why do people want to destroy their children?

78%

No

Voters just approved Amendment 3, which enshrines abortion rights into the state constitution, in November.

Voters just approved Amendment 3, which enshrines abortion rights into the state constitution, in November. Show Less

3 Comments

Sara Kalinowski

We already voted. So many individuals shared their stories and frustrations with the thought of overturning this decision. It's insulting that Representatives thought we couldn't comprehend what we read. Besides, how they wrote it for the ballot, it not our fault.

Bobbie Stanfield

I am tired of our representatives patting me on the head and saying, "You just didn't mean to vote that way or understand the issue so we will fix it to our choice not yours!" We the people have voted and are saying YES to women's healthcare.

Terry Walker

once again the community guidebook on incest, the bible comes back into play. take that big fiction story and keep it.

Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

Asked by ABC 17 News

219 Votes

Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

1 Comments

Steve Baumann

I expected more of a vote for change, as the city is struggling. Most of us are witnessing this decline and are astonished at how blind to it so many are. Buffered or head in the sand, I do not know. The troubles are real and I see no solutions from any of those elected.

Bill Douglas

The University of Missouri alumni are what’s causing all of this. They take their taxpayer funded state pensions and move to CoMo wanting to become permanent spectators at UM sports events. We need to put a stop to these people. These are the UM engineering school computer nerd graduates FYI

Max DeYoung

The Looney Left college vote bought this election. Look forward to more late evening crime downtown, more crime everywhere, all over town, at all times. The courts will give record probations, and Columbia will become known as Little Chicago.

55%

No

4 Comments

C Zakary

The losers couldn't string two sentences together on the debate. Anyone who actually paid attention knew exactly where this was headed. Everyone else is talking through their feelings.

Al Cox

Because there are folks here that believe in common sense & dont harbor hate in their hearts. And FYI, if u wanna leave so bad, go. Your putridness has no place here. Boop.

Bill Douglas

We need to write our state congressmen and demand a law to ban personalized MU license plates for state employees and retirees

Eric Smith

Columbia is a lost cause. I'm leaving.

Bill Douglas

If I gave you name and number of a MoDOT engineer who has publicly proclaimed that he is going to retire and take his taxpayer funded pension and move to CoMo so he can “watch MU sports in retirement” would you help file a series of complaints against this state bureaucrat?

Mike Lenin

The stupidity of Columbia shows no bounds. Why Re-elect the person destroying the city and not caring for the city or its people.

Bill Douglas

MU engineering school graduates are the real problem. They get state jobs doing technical computer stuff that no one understands. And on top of that they are a bunch of socially awkward nerds.

Elections SquareOffs

Do you think mayors should be directly elected or rotate yearly?

17% Rotating Rotating

83% Elected Elected

17% Rotating

83% Elected

Should Missouri voters be asked to reconsider abortion rights?

22% Yes Yes

78% No No

22% Yes

78% No

Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

45% Yes Yes

55% No No

45% Yes

55% No

About Elections

17%

Rotating Rotating

83%

Elected Elected

17%

Rotating

83%

Elected

22%

Yes Yes

78%

No No

22%

Yes

78%

No

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

55%

No