QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the homeless be allowed to use the Wabash Bus Station as a shelter due to the weather?
![The Wabash Bus Station, which the City of Columbia operates as a warming shelter on cold nights.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-04-at-11.48.07-AM.png)
The Columbia City Council heard concerns about a shelter in the downtown area at its meeting Monday night.
Members of The Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) shared a letter about proposed recommendations to the shelter at the Wabash Bus Station.
In the letter to council members, Downtown CID Executive Director Nickie Davis wrote the emergency shelter has created a "hostile environment for our businesses, their customers and residents."
Should the homeless be allowed to use the Wabash Bus Station as a shelter due to the weather? Vote in the poll below.