ON THE STREET

This week the Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think is the most important issue facing the Cape Girardeau City Council in 1996?"

Larry Hamilton, Cape Girardeau

"I live on Rampart and Magnolia, and Rampart is still a gravel street. For about five years we have been trying to get it paved. So that's priority for me. I'm worried about gambling that we voted on...I'm worrying about Boyd backing out."

Gary Wyms, Cape Girardeau

"I'd have to say it's the deal with the riverboat still. If they're going to let it in or not, when? I think they're (the state) still jacking them around about that."

Nancy Henson, Cape Girardeau

"I'd say the roads and the riverboat. I just think Cape doesn't need gambling. I think it causes a lot of problems with families. The roads...a lot of places are too torn up."

Jonathan Reeser, Cape Girardeau

"I think that the safety of the schools here in Cape Girardeau should be a high priority to everyone in the community...I mean with the influx of gang activity and drug activity...I'm a mentor through the university and I work with a lot of students in different school systems. I hear what goes on here at Cape Central and it's violent there...it's bad to hide those kind of things because they're just being swept under the rug and they're not being dealt with. I think that the crime control is the issue.

Carl O. Gross, Cape Girardeau

"Flood control buyouts. They buy a few and they don't buy the others. The reason I'm hot on this is because they bought out two places and my daughter's down in Niswonger's subdivision and they don't even talk to those people down there. They're in the city limits and they don't have sewers, they don't have water.