From left to right: Debbie Davis, Jacob Willis, Kayah Sleight, Gwendolyn Fagan and Nancy Page (Michael Contino)
“All my family are self-employed blue-collar workers and pretty much my family is out of jobs. So — we need the self-employed small business people to be able to get back on track, make some money, get the economy going again.”
(Debbie Davis, 58, of Newburgh, dental hygienist, unaffiliated with a party)
“I register because I stand on the shoulders of those that come before me — but I don’t consider myself politically active because and I don’t, I’m not, I haven’t been convinced, I haven’t been convinced although I always vote, that people that are in politics have my best interests at heart.”
(Jacob Willis, 46, of Syracuse, soap products salesman, Democrat)
“Our main issues that we need to work on right now would have to be keeping our parks open — not closing them all for no reason except that we seem to pretend we don’t have any money, and getting our, owning our own energy sources, not buying from other countries.”
(Kayah Sleight, 25, of Syracuse, painter, Libertarian)
“I think everybody needs health care. It’s a shame that so many people are not going to the doctor because they don’t have medical, can’t get medical attention or they just don’t get enough, can’t pay for their medication.”
(Gwendolyn Fagan, 59, of Liverpool, board member, NAACP, unaffiliated with a party)
“Yeah, healthcare reform — I think they need to rework what they’ve done. They haven’t addressed malpractice at all. They haven’t addressed the use of services, they’ve addressed access, but I don’t think it’s going to fix our health care problems.
(Nancy Page, 51 of Syracuse, registered nurse, Democrat)
(Michael Contino is a senior broadcast journalism and international relations major.)
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