Word on the Street

Word on the street in Daytona Beach: 'What does Easter mean to you?'

Question: What does Easter Mean to you?

Jim Oddie of Wilbur-by-the-Sea / Headline Surfer®Respondent:
Jim Oddie
Residence:
Wilbur-by-the-Sea
Response:
"To all of you biblical folks, Passover is the only prescribed Holy Day to be observed. The rest (Easter, Christmas, et. al.) are nothing more than man-made holidays."
 
Kathy Kershaw of Daytona Beach, Fla. on meaning of Easter / Headline Surfer®Respondent:
Kathy Kershaw
Residence:
Daytona Beach
Response:
"A time to reflect on what my faith means to me and a time to spend with family/friends in quiet forgiveness mode."

NSBNews.net Word on the Street: Did Casey Anthony get away with murder?

Question: Do you think Casey Anthony got away with murder in the death of her little girl, Caylee Anthony?

Briana Schmidt"Yes, I think she did because how do you go a whole month without reporting that your kid is missing to the cops? And all that Zanny the nanny crap? Why did she have to lie? The whole thing is just crap."

Brianna Schmidt, 18, New Smyrna Beach, student at Daytona State College

Cortlin Smith"Oh yeah. She's had no emotions at all about the kid. She didn't want her; you could tell. All she cared about was going out and partying with her friends."

 Cortlin Smith, 28, Holly Hill, cook



NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, New Smyrna Beach

Word on the Street

Question: Now that Osama bin Laden is history, what is the next big priority (or priorities) for President Obama?

Karen Kershaw"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

Richard Penland"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


NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, New Smyrna Beach

Word on the Street May

Newspaper Section

Question: Now that Gov. Charlie Crist has switched from Republican to independent, can he still win the U.S. Senate race?

"Why not? People have already formed their opinion of him regardless of whether he's a Republican or not."
Heidi Gracia, Edgewater

"Yes. He's just breaking away from the two-party system. He's got a better shot now. He's taking the right approach."
Rich Adamovic, Port Orange

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, NSB

Word on the Street April 2010

Newspaper Section

Question: Now that Gov. Charlie Crist has switched from Republican to independent, can he still win the U.S. Senate race?

"Why not? People have already formed their opinion of him regardless of whether he's a Republican or not."

Heidi Gracia, Edgewater


 

"Yes. He's just breaking away from the two-party system. He's got a better shot now. He's taking the right approach."                                                                                                     
Rich Adamovic, Port Orange

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick

Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, NSB