Number one issue for the mayor

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"" "Health insurance, because people should be eligible for it whether they work or not. Everyone should be eligible."

Cynthia Delvillano,
2700 block Alder Street

"" "The public school system needs to offer a better education."

Vincent Bragg,
2600 block S. Broad Street

"" "Fix up the streets and finish the construction being done on them faster. The road shouldn’t be left undone for so long."

Dan Somsanith,
22nd Street and Snyder Avenue

"" "Drugs and getting kids off the corners who are dealing. Enforce curfew because kids stay out all night long."

Dan Ricci,
1900 block Dudley Street

"" "The medical and disability situation with Medicare needs to be looked into more. Doctors also need to be kept from leaving the state."

Kathy Lueder,
1900 block Dudley Street

"" "Wage tax should be eliminated and not just reduced because until they do, no one is going to move into the city. Also, the transfer tax on real estate is the highest in the country. If you can’t move real estate, then who’s going to move in?"

Craig Owens,
2300 block Penrose Avenue

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