“I’m concerned about the escalating costs of different city services.
(Morgan McDole of Syracuse, 31, firefighter, Democrat)
“Well, I think for this area I think taxes are important. I think the spending in general, about how they’re spending and using our taxpayer money is important to me. I think they’re going a little overboard in some of the areas as far a school spending. I think it’s not distributed the way it should be. I think some areas have everything as far as the schools are concerned and some are in desperate need.”
(Janet Di Rienzo of Cazenovia, 52, housewife, Republican)
“I really don’t have any major issues — certainly to balance the budget”
(Francis Regli of Fayetteville, 75, retired, Republican)
The city is kind of built around manufacturing and those are going away. So how that mayor would recreate those jobs is a big, big issue. “
(Anthony Kunjbehari of Syracuse, 31, account manager for a software company, Democrat, Syracuse)
“For me its always reducing crime, relieving poverty, and rebuilding growth of the downtown area.”
(Pat Zalewski of Solvay, 61, retired teacher, Democrat)
(Steve Doane is a senior majoring in newspaper journalism.)
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