“All of the health issues because I have many. So therefore, that’s my main concern is that I’m covered the rest of my life. I am a little upset about young people that — they need insurance and if they’re not working full time or for someone. I don’t know how expensive that’s going to be, but I do have grandchildren that this would affect.”
(Patricia Blad, 77, of North Syracuse, was a stay-at-home mom, Republican)
“I guess I have concerns that hydrofracking will contaminate water quality, because you can’t rule out that it will do that based on, I think, current technologies with the fracking industry.”
(Pam O’Malley, 49, of Manlius, water resource manager working from home, Democrat)
“One of the bigger issues in Syracuse is probably the 81 issue that’s happening right 
now. And I know there’s a lot of conjecture on whether or not to keep it in the city or to, you know, move it around the city. But I think that the government, the local government should look at maintaining it, because if you take it out of the city it’s not going to work because people – they want to come in from Fayetteville or DeWitt or Manlius or wherever. And they’re not going to be able to get into the city. And it’s just going to increase traffic in the city and make moving impossible.”
(John Spink, 31, of Liverpool, community support specialist at Enable, unaffiliated with a political party)
“The conditions around here are terrible. Like I know that our tax dollars could be used better, especially during the winter time to clean up maybe, or keep people safer or justanything to help like with security and that kind of stuff.”
(Tasha Mickee, 20, of Solvay, sales representative at Forever 21 at Destiny USA, unaffiliated with a political party)
“Get these houses that’s boarded up, you know, get those houses fixed up. How about finding people that don’t take care of their properties and keep those properties looking good?”
(Sandrine Chambers, 42, of Syracuse, nurse assistant at the Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, Democrat)
(John Tummino is a junior with dual majors in broadcast and digital journalism and political science.)
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