Government Polls - SquareOffs

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

Asked by ABC 17 News

243 Votes

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

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

2 Comments

Max DeYoung

That's how blue cities work, tax, tax, tax, and tax some more.

77%

No

5 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

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

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.

Will Mason

Not until after ALL avenues for budget cuts have been explored Taxes are too high already.

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.

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.

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

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.

Are you concerned with a possible government shutdown?

Asked by 13 On Your Side

73 Votes

Are you concerned with a possible government shutdown?

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

68%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Government SquareOffs

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

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

Did the results of Tuesday's election surprise you?

45% Yes Yes

55% No No

45% Yes

55% No

Are you concerned with a possible government shutdown?

32% Yes Yes

68% No No

32% Yes

68% No

About Government

23%

Yes Yes

77%

No No

23%

Yes

77%

No

45%

Yes Yes

55%

No No

45%

Yes

55%

No

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

68%

No