Question on the Street: What Would You Ask?

Our trusty pollster was stumped last week when there was no immediate answer to the question: What should the pollster ask? And that's the answer.

"What do you think the Question on the Street should be?" That was the question asked in some buildings downtown. The street poll question was described as a way to "find out what you want to know."

Most of the replies reflect the respondents' line of work. A security officer asked about crime. A revenue office employee mentioned banks.

And a preacher accepted the opportunity, and set it on a course to further His cause.

"Do you know Jesus?" replied Ryan Skelton, a theologian who visited the Lewis County Herald office while running errands.

The street pollster is grateful for the freedoms of religion, press and speech as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

What do you think the question of the week should be?

"Why are there so many banks here?" Jane Parrott asked. "When I moved here, I was wondering that. I figured it would have growth."

Security officer Linda Reynolds is looking for solutions. "What can we do about the drug problem? A lot of people in this town don't realize how bad the drugs are. A lot of people want help, but they have no where to turn to. They don't know what to do. I don't know what the answer is."

Cranford Durham's question reprises a previous poll topic regarding the coronavirus.

"Have you had covid?" Durham said. "And did you really know it was covid? It's so much like the flu. How would you know? They're so much alike. I was negative for covid and negative for flu. It [sinus sampling] was with one swab."

Travis Hinson asks, "What's the best advice you've received?" His answers include: save for a rainy day; take care of your feet so they'll carry you all your life; don't eat yellow snow; and learn the difference between a 'want' and a 'need.'