Jessica Wurtz

WORD ON THE STREET

WHAT’S THE FIRST THING THAT SHOULD BE DONE IN LEHIGH WITH MONEY FROM THE OBAMA STIMULULS PACKAGE?

Jessica Wurtz

Lehigh Acres

Stay-at-home mom

Ralph DeLuca

“Anything would help, but getting people jobs in Lehigh would the first thing, like hiring people to finish houses that are unbuilt here. So many constructions works are unemployed.”

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Ralph DeLuca

Dog groomer

“First off, they need to hire people to clean up the place and hire even more code enforcement officers and hire people to fix up the abandoned homes.”

Marylou Demanski

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Marylou Dumanski

Retired

“I’d love to see the stimulus money spent on fixing up homes and get our roads repaired and give people jobs and bring Lehigh back to what it used to be like.”

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Ted Lash

Ted Lash

Lehigh and Ohio

“The money should be used to crate jobs in Lehigh; roads could be among the first thing that should be given attention to here.”

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Jennifer Long

Jennifer Long

Self-employed

“I’d like to see the stimulus money first go to hiring more law enforcement officers out here due to the crime rate and to build more schools and sidewalks here, providing jobs to people.”