Ray Rudolph, Sam Failla, Aaron Green, Marsha Zimmerman, Jeremy Wallace (Chari Bayanker)
“That they spend within their means, attack the deficit, that they create a business environment where people would be hired for getting jobs and that they retain or increase their credibility.”
(Ray Rudolph, 58, of Manlius, liquor store owner, Independence Party)
“As we go on are the budgets gonna get, you know, cut more? Which means sports are then, sports are always the first thing to go. Those extra-curriculars — music, the arts. And we really need to have well- rounded kids.”
(Sam Failla, 35, of Chittenango, owner of Sam’s Barbershop, Republican, two kids, oldest in kindergarten)
“I’d like to see universal health care become successful. With the economy, who knows what’s going to happen? There is no faith in the system. So no matter how much money is pumped in, it’s going to be a slow recovery regardless.”
(Aaron Green, 27, of Syracuse, student at Syracuse University, Democrat)
“My main concerns are education and healthcare, that they don’t cut them or cut them too much. I just believe that’s the wrong way to go. I don’t know what they should cut except I know they should raise taxes for the rich.”
(Marsha Zimmerman, 60, of Syracuse, retired schoolteacher, Democrat)
“I hope spending will go down to help the deficit. But when spending goes down nothing good really happens you lose programs and funds. You don’t get a lot done.”
(Jeremy Wallace, 17, of Fayetteville, volunteer on re-election campaign for recently defeated U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt)
(Chari Bayanker is a graduate student in magazine, newspaper and online journalism.)
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