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Is $40,000 enough for a minimum teacher salary?

Asked by ABC 17 News

502 Votes

Is $40,000 enough for a minimum teacher salary?

33%

Yes Yes

67%

No No

33%

Yes

Gov. Mike Parson has proposed one-year grant funding to increase base salaries.

Gov. Mike Parson has proposed one-year grant funding to increase base salaries. Show Less

2 Comments

67%

No

The fix is temporary and some argue the raise isn't enough to stay competitive.

The fix is temporary and some argue the raise isn't enough to stay competitive. Show Less

5 Comments

Al Cox

Teachers have to go through so much just to get certifications and are now vilified more than ever. Its a thankless job that's never gotten enough credit (and pay) it deserves.

Robin

The teachers work way too hard and deal with way too much much for the pay they get. They teach the children of what is going to be our future leaders and I want them to have the best possible education.

Miranda Bell

I'm a teacher. And Missouri's retirement system takes 14.5% off the top without permission. We work hard but we are hardly left with a living wage.

Catherine Collins

In 1989 the min teacher's salary for the state of MO was 18,000. Using an inflation calculator it would be approximately 43,500 today. Many teachers work 2nd or Summer jobs to supplement their salaries.

marks411war

Is this question really needing to be asked? Really ? This is what society is reduced to? Paying football and baseball and a host of other sports players HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PER GAME OF 3 OR 4 HOURS duration all the while paying first responders and K thru 12 educators pennies... Really?

Should businesses and homeowners be fined for not clearing sidewalks?

Asked by KTVZ

563 Votes

Should businesses and homeowners be fined for not clearing sidewalks?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

3 Comments

Jeff Sanders

It's a hazard.

Joe Q

Yes, especially businesses. Pathetic to see all the parking lots plowed and spotless while pedestrians have to walk right in the street on 27th. (But not surprised to see all the "No" votes from the worthless local homeowners.)

Melissa Howiler

Sometimes you have to CLIMB OVER MOUNTAINS OF SNOW HARD SNOW TOO

Joe Q

If you can afford to own a home in Bend, you can afford to have someone clear your sidewalk a couple of times a year! Or else shut up and pay the fine.

Melissa Howiler

I have epilepsy and do not drive I walk a lot please make businesses clean their sidewalks!! Omg it's ridiculous how bad it's become 😔

65%

No

5 Comments

Louis Vaday

That sounds par for the course. The city doesn't have to plow the roads as needed, but people have to shovel sidewalks that don't belong to them!

k san

Absolutely NOT!! It may be risky for ppl to shovel their residential sidewalks. Businesses, yes, but not for residential sidewalks.

k san

Not concerned about pedestrians as much as I am about my back and my safety trying to clear it. If people choose to get out and walk in that much snow, the onus is on them to be careful where they walk.

Jeff Sanders

Risky to shovel? What about the risk to pedestrians?

Jim Hipp

Really, people have to work for a living!!!!!!

Joe Q

Then pay a kid to do it if you're old or just lazy. It's the law. It's not optional!!!

Latterdaysaint

Another way to get more money

Rick Allen

Businesses yes, they need the business and they have the resources, of course they should do snow removal! Home owners absolutely not, you dont know their physical health or available resources, that is government over reach, typical of the controlling left!

sandra zollman

Expecting people to shovel 50 feet or more of snow from a sidewalk in addition to their own driveway is to much. Health and finance doesn't allow for it.

Joe Q

It has nothing to do with right or left. It's common human decency so pedestrians can move around safely -- children going to school, the elderly or disabled who depend on public transit. It's not about your worthless, lazy, ignorant Fox-watching a$$ as usual.

sandra zollman

I agree.

Jeff Sanders

Right or Left? Nonsense. Being able to safely walk to the mailbox is something that all should be entitled to.

Do you feel retail technology will be taking away jobs?

Asked by 13 On Your Side

111 Votes

Do you feel retail technology will be taking away jobs?

79%

Yes Yes

21%

No No

79%

Yes

1 Comment

Larry Dixon

You can see it already has.

21%

No

0 Comment

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Featured SquareOffs

Is $40,000 enough for a minimum teacher salary?

33% Yes Yes

67% No No

33% Yes

67% No

Should businesses and homeowners be fined for not clearing sidewalks?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

Do you feel retail technology will be taking away jobs?

79% Yes Yes

21% No No

79% Yes

21% No

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