| Poll Question |
Date Posted |
| Are you hoping for a brighter year in 2010 or did 2009 turn out to be a pretty good year for you after all? |
December 29 |
| If you had a chance to visit the Shasta District Fair grounds during the Chrismas Holiday Spectacular this year, were you suitably impressed with the decor and variety of activities or were you disappointed by the lack of vendors and the high prices? |
December 22 |
| With Christmas Day just 10 days away, are you comfortably enjoying the season or are you frantically still trying to get everything done on your holiday 'things to do' list? |
December 15 |
| Do you enjoy eating the traditional rum-soaked, fruit-and-nut-filled fruitcake? |
December 8 |
| Have you been able to protect yourself and your family from the regular flu and/or the H1N1 (swine) flu or are you taking your chances this year? |
December 1 |
| Are you planning to see the Christmas lights, ride the train, visit Santa's Workshop or ice skate at the Christmas Spectacular event held this year at the Shasta District Fair grounds Nov. 27 through Dec. 26? |
November 24 |
| This holiday season, do you intend to make donations to either Toys from the Heart or Anderson Cottonwood Christian Assistance? |
November 17 |
| The annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27 in Anderson Square. Do you plan to attend? |
November 12 |
| Does the apparent lack of H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine in Shasta County worry you or do you believe the chances of a pandemic locally have been blown out of proportion? |
November 3 |
| Because of the economy, are you planning to spend more, about the same or somewhat less on holiday gifts this year as compared to what you spent last year? |
October 27 |
| Will a fantasy land filled with Christmas holiday delights be enough to distract you from your financial situation this year, or will it take much more than that? |
October 20 |
| Do you think Anderson's Planning Commission should include design elements into upcoming projects to reduce crime? |
October 13 |
| Some indicators of the nation's economy are showing fresh growth spurts. Locally, however, are you seeing signs of hope for a turnaround soon or do you believe it will take another year or two to dig out from this recession? |
October 6 |
| The mayor's State of the City address was entitled "Planning for Prosperity." Do you think the city's investments in its infrastructure improvements will pay off within five years, take longer than 10 years to reap benefits or will never pay off |
September 29 |
| Do you think emergency services in Anderson Fire Protection District will improve with its new chief and planned additional firemen? |
September 22 |
| Should the city install such meters as a labor-saving convenience or do you distrust any mechanical object enough to want a city employee physically reading your water meter each month? |
September 15 |
| Should medical marijuana dispensaries be allowed to open in Shasta County's unincorporated areas without restrictions or should the Shasta County Board of Supervisors enact a moratorium and come up with specific restrictions |
September 8 |
| Some schools in Texas require students to bring sanitary wipes and antibacterial hand sanitizers to class each day to prevent spreading flu germs. Is this going too far, or should South County schools do the same? |
September 1 |
| Are you or any of your family members a graduate of Anderson Union High School? If so, will you be attending some or all of the school's Centennial events Sept. 3-5? |
August 25 |
| Are you planning to take advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program to replace your older vehicle or is this program just another half-baked idea to throw taxpayer dollars at U.S. automakers who created the clunkers in the first place? |
August 18 |
| Should student athletes receive a free ride to and from events, or should they be like the fans and find their own way to attend nearby games? |
August 11 |
| In your opinion, has the recession aleady hit bottom and will continue to show improvement for the remainder of this year or is the worst still yet to come as state budget cuts ripple through the local economy? |
August 4 |
| Anderson's core downtown area recently benefitted from a major renovation project. Will that be enough to spur businesses to upgrade buildings nearby and invest once again in the traditional core area or have traditional downtowns lost the battle? |
July 28 |
| Should the City of Anderson place any restrictions on the number and location of medical marijuana cooperatives, collectives and dispensaries or should such businesses be prohibited? |
July 21 |
| Are you and your family adequately protected from catastrophic health care costs or are you going without health care insurance due to its high cost? |
July 14 |
| Based on your own personal experiences, are most state and federal elected officials doing enough to cut government spending or are they more concerned with getting re-elected so they can continue collecting a paycheck? |
July 7 |
| Do the Valley Post's narrower pages and larger type size make the newspaper easier to hold and read or do you find the changes too distracting? |
June 29 |
| Are you more inclined to celebrate the Fourth of July with friends and neighbors at a large, community fireworks show or do you prefer to avoid the crowds and celebrate Independence Day just with family members? |
June 23 |
| Did you attend and enjoy the 2009 edition of the Shasta District Fair held June 17-21 in Anderson? |
June 16 |
| Should the Shasta County Grand Jury be asked to look into the affairs and management practices of the Anderson Fire Protection District including the board of directors and public allegations of their misuse of power? |
June 9 |
| Should the Anderson Fire Protection District board members have taken their concerns to the Shasta County Grand Jury rather than hire their own private investigator? |
June 2 |
| Schools are facing tough economic times. Are administrators and school board members thinking creatively enough about sharing limited resources or are they stuck in a rut and unable to change old habits? |
May 26 |
| Another set of power transmission lines will soon cross private land in large portions of Shasta County including Cottonwood. Do you believe energy companies are doing everything they can to minimize the impacts on local property owners? |
May 19 |
| Are you planning to vote for or against Propositions 1A through 1F in the statewide special election on Tuesday, May 19? |
May 12 |
| Does Win-River Casino's high level of security and surveillance make you more or less comfortable about spending your entertainment dollars in their facility? |
May 5 |
| Should funding for law enforcement, security patrols and operating the jail take top priority as Shasta County supervisors look for ways to cut their annual operating budget for 2009 by $3.8 million — roughly 10 percent? |
April 28 |
| Should funding for law enforcement, security patrols and operating the jail take top priority as Shasta County supervisors look for ways to cut their annual operating budget for 2009 by $3.8 million — roughly 10 percent? |
April 28 |
| With local drivers contributing up to 60 percent of the traffic on I-5 between Corning and the City of Shasta Lake, do you agree that local property owners should pay a supplemental impact fee to widen the interstate to three lanes in each direction? |
April 21 |
| With crime on the rise and tax revenues projected to decline, do you think the city council should allocate more or less of its general fund to Anderson's police department? |
April 14 |
| Should the Cascade Elementary School District consider consolidation with another elementary district, unification with Anderson Union High School District or remain its own entity? |
April 7 |
| Will the 1 percent increase in California's state sales tax that took effect April 1 cause you to purchase more things on-line or out of the state? |
March 31 |
| Should the City of Anderson submit a potential site for consideration on which the state might build a proposed $211 million, 14-courtroom Shasta County Courts building? |
March 24 |
| Do you think the economy will improve before the end of the year? |
March 17 |
| Should state legislators work without pay to reach a budget compromise if they fail to pass a budget before the June 15 deadline each year? |
March 10 |
| Are you more interested in energy and water conservation since both recession and drought are plaguing California? |
February 24 |
| Shasta College officials are contemplating dropping their agriculture and farm programs as a way to cut $2 million from the budget. Do you agree with this plan? |
February 16 |
| State employees are being furloughed two days per month without pay to help balance the state's deficit. Do you think entire offices should close or just stay open with fewer employees doing the work? |
February 10 |
| For fire safety, should all new buildings and remodeled old buildings, including residential, be required to have automatic fire suppression sprinkler systems installed? |
February 3 |
| Are you willing to have the U.S. go farther into debt so that Congress can stimulate the economy? |
January 27 |
| Which of Anderson's upcoming restaurants are you looking forward to most? |
January 20 |
| Would you be willing to pay more than the current $20 per year for emergency services from the underfunded Anderson Fire Protection District? |
January 13 |
| Do you believe that the legislators currently in office have the intelligence and political fortitude to solve the state's budget problems? |
January 6 |
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