Word on the Street

"We have an educational crisis. It has to start with supporting families and getting the childen early. We've lost so many of the head start programs."

karen kershaw, 49, Edgewater resident

"Bringing home our troops from Afghanistan. And our economy. We need to create jobs at home instead of on foreign soil. We can't have jobs if they are being created overseas in China, Korea, Mexico or Pakistan."

Richard Penland, 72, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and a seasonal New Smyrna Beach resident