“Home taxes. School taxes. The things just keep going up and up and up. We need to figure out another way to reduce the budget.”
(Joe Schultz, 40, of Fabius, social worker, Democrat)
“Just better jobs. Better school for the children. And that’s it.”
(Patricia McMullen, 27, of Camillus, teacher, Democrat)
“It doesn’t make any difference who you vote for, they’re never going to do what the public wants. They’re going to do what they want to do.”
(Charles Stevens, 45, of Manlius, mechanic, independent)
“One of my biggest concerns here in Syracuse is economic development. Small businesses here need help. Large businesses can’t just pick up and come here. So they’re better off helping the businesses that are already here.”
(Tom Terry, 32, of Syracuse, event manager, Democrat)
“Everybody has problem with tax. The tax should be taken care of.”
(Ann Baron, 28, of Cicero, cashier at a supermarket, Democrat)
This is Lynette Chen, reporting for Democracywise.
(Lynette Chen is a graduate student in magazine-newspaper-online journalism.)
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