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Do you think Lindsay Clancy should receive a plea deal?
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Do you think Lindsay Clancy should receive a plea deal?
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Have Columbia city leaders been guilty of inaction on downtown crime?
390 4
Have Columbia city leaders been guilty of inaction on downtown crime?
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Do you agree with the judge declaring a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case?
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Do you agree with the judge declaring a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case?
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Was Mun Choi right to warn students away from part of downtown Columbia?
505 5
Was Mun Choi right to warn students away from part of downtown Columbia?
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Do you agree with the plea agreement filed against Dr. Irfan Fazil?
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Do you agree with the plea agreement filed against Dr. Irfan Fazil?
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Do you agree with Genesis Alvarado pleading not guilty to the charges against him?
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Do you agree with Genesis Alvarado pleading not guilty to the charges against him?
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Do you support law enforcement agencies dropping their Flock contracts?
353 3
Do you support law enforcement agencies dropping their Flock contracts?
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Do you think Luigi Mangione should be sentenced to life in prison?
72 2
Do you think Luigi Mangione should be sentenced to life in prison?
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Do you think five years is enough for Ricardo Meza's prison sentence?
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Do you think five years is enough for Ricardo Meza's prison sentence?
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Do you support UM System President Mun Choi's criticism of local officials on downtown crime?
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Do you support UM System President Mun Choi's criticism of local officials on downtown crime?
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Do you agree with the charges against the Somerton teacher accused of having drugs on campus?
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Do you agree with the charges against the Somerton teacher accused of having drugs on campus?
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Do you hope the FBI's reward will help close the Amberly Mendoza case?
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Do you hope the FBI's reward will help close the Amberly Mendoza case?
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Do you agree with Ricardo Meza spending five years in jail for sexual assault?
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Do you agree with Ricardo Meza spending five years in jail for sexual assault?
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Do you agree with Colin Gray being sentenced to 15 years in prison?
43 0
Do you agree with Colin Gray being sentenced to 15 years in prison?
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Do you agree with the judge declaring a mistrial in the Palisades Fire arson case?
39 0
Do you agree with the judge declaring a mistrial in the Palisades Fire arson case?
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lee marshe
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lee marshe

I am a life long black Columbian who has seen the good and also the ugly about Columbia over the years. Decent people no matter the color of your skin are afraid to go downtown or the business loop because of crime,aggressive vagrants and dope addicts. Mr Choi at least seems to care.

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Denzel McVeigh
Denzel McVeigh

Speak for yourself, as a dark brown skin man I have no problem walking around Columbia Missouri whether it's daylight or night time. I mind my own business and I never ever see any trouble except pigs AKA cops trying to find trouble. If I do see trouble it's usually these drunk college kids downtown

Steve Baumann
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Steve Baumann

Liberalism in action.

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Kathleen Swingle
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Kathleen Swingle

Because its out of control downtown.

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Harry D
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Harry D

So called city leaders can pretend there is no problem but the facts speak for themselves. There is a public safety issue downtown and it is being caused by a very small segment of the population who the liberal leaders like to pander to.

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Richard Mendenhall
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Richard Mendenhall

I think city leaders are trying but not hard enough. I think that % of crime may be going down. But regardless crime is unacceptable in is present state. Our city now has the money to do something serious to stop crime. But it cannot be same old same old and it must include the court system.

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Max
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Max

Mr. Choi has greater skills than Columbia's government when it comes to solving problems.

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Michael McElhany
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Michael McElhany

He doesn't do nuisance. Just blusters half truths and demands. His fiefdom isn't a democracy, and he doesn't care about our local democratic system or seem to acknowledge that it is a slower process than we would all like. Democracy is for long term stability. Dictatorships are quick but ugly.

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Ronald Brown
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Ronald Brown

Because people in those positions that are not from the same environments and who don't personally interact to learn to understand the deep rooted trauma and dysfunction, that comes with an oppressed race, has no room in my opinion to judge those he's not willing to personally help with personal inv

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Robert Rasmussen
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Robert Rasmussen

I don't know what Choi's angle is, but he should focus on running the UM system into the ground.

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Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

Because a lot of the people that are complaining about the crime downtown are only watching what the media is putting out there. They're not actually going downtown walking around downtown seeing there's little to no crime. It's all projection. And when there is trouble it's usually the college kids

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Max
Max

Your giant Kool-Aid glass needs refilling

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