| Poll Question |
Date Posted |
| More than a dozen medical marijuana collectives are sponsoring a New Year’s Eve Medicine Ball at the Gover Ranch. Should medical marijuana patients be allowed to party in large groups much like others do on New Year’s Eve as long as no one gets hurt? |
December 28 |
| Do you support an all-out ban on marijuana cultivation in city limits or would you rather see some restrictions applied? |
December 21 |
| With the holidays upon us, are you more optimistic than you were at this time last year or are you more pessimistic than ever that we haven't seen the worst of things yet? |
December 14 |
| As the holidays grow nearer, do you spend more of your time in a frantic rush to get everything done or are you able to slow down and enjoy the season with family and friends? |
December 7 |
| Are you planning to spend more or less than you did last year on Christmas gifts for family members or friends? |
November 30 |
| Should Anderson's community Christmas tree remain in the parking lot between Safeway and Perko's or should it relocate to the downtown demonstration block at East Center Street? |
November 24 |
| Do you think Anderson should limit the number of fast food restaurants in the city? |
November 9 |
| Do you think the new toy store in the Shasta Outlets mall will stay busy enough to remain open, or do you think it will be a seasonal business and close after Christmas? |
November 2 |
| Does the indoor or outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana by neighbors have an adverse physical effect on you or anyone in your family? |
October 26 |
| Should the Cottonwood Creek Watershed Group dissolve in the face of its debts or should interested stakeholders reorganize under a different name and new organizational structure to reclaim the watershed? |
October 20 |
| Are your residential fire insurance rates rising due to the class of fire protection services available? |
October 12 |
| Do you find the solution to the workable budget acceptable or should the entire legislature be fined for failure to act in a timely manner? |
October 5 |
| Do you support Pacheco Elementary School District's trustees who appointed two people to the board after five people signed up for two seats on the board after it being vacant for seven years? |
September 28 |
| Are you or your business/employer directly affected by the state Legislature's near-epic failure to come up with a budget? |
September 21 |
| Do you think the terms of the contract that the City of Anderson wanted to impose on the police officers' association were reasonable in light of statewide economic hardship or do you think the city was correct in agreeing to the association's offer? |
September 14 |
| Should city and county employees continue to receive full retirement benefits and insurance plan coverage without any deductions from their own wages, or should they be asked to participate like private industry workers do? |
September 7 |
| Anderson's Police Chief withdrew from the county-wide anti-gang task force, Shasta Anti-Gang Enforcement unit, as a way to save money. Now that the Anderson Teen Center has been vandalized, do you question the wisdom of that decision? |
August 31 |
| Area schools started August 16, yet will run through the first week of June. Do you agree with the changes or do you long for the old days when schools didn't start until after Labor Day? |
August 24 |
| Should Anderson City Council members serve a limited number of terms like their State counterparts or is there some value in unlimited terms? |
August 17 |
| Should all public employees be required to pay a small portion of their income into their own retirement accounts or is the practice of tax-supported entities considered fair compensation for a job well done? |
August 10 |
| Do you consider the $200 fine suggested by the Fair Political Practices Commission too little or too much for long-time Anderson City Councilman Keith Webster's failure to file income reports in a timely fashion as required by all public officials in CA? |
August 3 |
| With the announcement from William ‘Butch' Schaefer that he will not seek re-election to the Anderson City Council, is it now time to think about a whole new council or does Schaefer's withdrawal mean that we need historical perspective now more than ever |
July 27 |
| Have you or anyone in your family experienced harassment or intimidation from what appear to be gang members, either at a place of work or while enjoying a public space in or near Anderson? |
July 20 |
| Do you think a $24.7 million project to add truck climbing lanes to both sides of I-5 at Cottonwood Hill will ease congestion enough or should the entire freeway from Red Bluff to Redding be widened to three lanes each direction? |
July 13 |
| The Shasta County Grand Jury finished its report on the Anderson Fire Protection District. Do you think the fire district should follow each of the Grand Jury's recommendations? |
July 6 |
| A handpicked group of students at Evergreen Middle School earned national recognition for their discovery of a cave on Mars. Does this change your perception of what middle school students can learn and do? |
June 29 |
| Is it fair for the City of Anderson's to ask its employees to pay less than half of each employee's contribution towards state retirement benefits? |
June 22 |
| Should the Anderson's Police Department, in light of recent allegations of improper sexual conduct by an officer and further allegations of a cover-up by at least one other officer, be investigated? |
June 15 |
| Sacramento legislators appear intent on blaming each other rather than getting serious about budget issues. Should they be forced to meet without pay after the deadline until a budget is completed? |
June 8 |
| With just seven days left before the June 8 primary election, have you already completed your ballot and mailed it in or are you still undecided on at least one major contest? |
June 1 |
| Did it surprise you to learn this week from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that the Redding area has more veterans per 1,000 residents than anywhere else in California? |
May 25 |
| From what you know, are South County schools doing an adequate job preparing students for graduation or should they be doing more along those lines? |
May 18 |
| Some business and economic indicators nationally are pointing to a slight recovery. Are you more hopeful that recovery will take place in Northern California this year or do you think our region will still be caught in a recession for another year or two? |
May 11 |
| Did the recent British Petroleum drilling platform disaster and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico change your opinion on whether additional oil exploration should be allowed off of California's coast? |
May 4 |
| According to California Center for Public Health Advocacy, children are becoming obese due to high amounts of processed sodium and sugar. Should the government play a more active role in childhood obesity? |
April 27 |
| The United States has participated in Earth Day celebrations each year on April 22 for the past 40 years. Is enough attention being paid locally to a sustainable lifestyle making use of conservation and alternative energy or should more be done? |
April 20 |
| The public rest rooms at Volonte Park are often trashy, dark and in disrepair. Would locking the rest rooms unless there is an organized activity at the park help solve the problem or does it require additional police patrols? |
April 13 |
| Based on what you know right now about the three candidates for governor of California - Republican Steve Poizner, Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown - who would you most likely vote for if the election was held today? |
April 6 |
| Proponents of legalizing marijuana recently qualified that issue for a statewide election in November. Do you believe that possession and use of marijuana by persons 21 or older should be legal in California? |
March 30 |
| From what you have heard or read about the President's national health care plan - with a projected first 10 year's cost of nearly $1 trillion -- do you believe the plan will benefit patients, medical professionals or insurance companies most? |
March 23 |
| Would you welcome the 50 or more employees of CAL-Fire's Shasta-Trinity Unit's headquarters if they were to set up shop in the new but still-vacant truck service building along Interstate 5 just north of North Street in Anderson? |
March 16 |
| Second-hand smoke has been shown to dramatically increase incidences of cancer in pets. Should pet owners be warned not to smoke around their pets or is this taking government control too far? |
March 9 |
| Is it the responsibility of parents or the schools to talk with teenagers about sensitive topics such as underage drinking, preventing pregnancy and stopping the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? |
March 2 |
| Are Anderson Planning Commission's rules for medical marijuana too lenient, too restrictive or just right? |
February 23 |
| Were you impressed with the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics? |
February 16 |
| The June primary is still four months away, but are you inclined to favor Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, or Rick Keene, R-Chico, for the District 4 State Senate seat being vacated by Sam Aanestad, R-Grass Valley? |
February 9 |
| Are you more inclined to watch the Winter Olympic games when they are taking place on the West Coast with little or no time delay in broadcasting live from Vancouver, British Columbia? |
February 2 |
| Which team are you rooting for in the 44th Super Bowl to be played Sunday, Feb. 7, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Fla.: NFC Champions, the New Orleans Saints, or AFC Champions, the Indianapolis Colts? |
January 26 |
| With a 30-second TV ad selling for $3 million during the 43rd Super Bowl, Feb. 7, Chrysler reportedly will be the only U.S. auto manufacturer pushing one of its products - Dodge - in a 60-second spot. Is this a wise investment or a terrific waste? |
January 19 |
| Homes are starting to sell in The Vineyards at Anderson. Does this mark the beginning of a new housing boom or is it simply pent-up demand left over from the last wave of home-buyers? |
January 12 |
| Are you more afraid of America's faltering economic power, or is the fear of international terrorism this nation's greatest threat to stability? |
January 5 |
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