As a crowd of thousands awaited the arrival Saturday of President-elect Barack Obama to Baltimore’s War Memorial Plaza, we asked those braving the cold one question:
What do you think the main priorities should be for the Obama administration?
Monica Recora
17
Student
Baltimore
“Education. We need to focus on making schools better.”
Linda Clark
53
Hotel hostess
Baltimore
“The economy. He needs to get the economy moving again so people have jobs.”
Lisa Breslin
48
College professor
Westminster
“Education. I work at McDaniel College, so I’m always focused on improving education.”
Tosha Fountleroy
42
Pharmacy technician
Baltimore
“The economy, I’m blessed to have a job, but there are too many people out of work.”
Mike Jenson
60
Baltimore firefighter
Baltimore
“He needs to get the economy going. If people don’t have jobs, then you can’t fix issues like health care.”
Ashley Biggs
21
Student
Baltimore
“Affordable housing, education and income stability.”
Beth Zeitler
24
Charity fundraiser
Baltimore
“To secure aid for the states. I work for Catholic Charities and we depend on state aid, so we’re all worried about cutbacks.”
Valencia Richardson
14
Student
Baltimore
“He needs to find a way to get people to work together, so we can fix problems like the economy and health care.”
