Flint City Council Candidate Forums kick off with 1st and 2nd ward

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October 18, 2021
Flint southsiders vote at Freeman Elementary on Election Day 2020. For 2 hours in the afternoon, the neighborhood including the school lost power. There was no disturbance in the voting process, but voters had to use the flashlights on their smart phones for illumination at the booths. (KT Kanazawich

Flint, MI—The Flint City Council Candidate Forums for the first and second ward are now live.

Click here to watch our conversations with the candidates and check out what your candidates have to say.

Some candidates chose not to participate, but all who did participate were asked the same six questions regarding what they think are the most pressing issues facing their ward, their plans to ensure transparency, balancing the city’s budget, and more.

You can read more about the issues facing the first ward and the candidates’ ideas here, and about Flint’s second ward here.

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Scott Atkinson

Scott Atkinson has been reporting on Flint for more than fifteen years. He spent several years as a reporter for The Flint Journal and is the editor of “Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology,” a collection of essays about life in Flint. His journalism and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Writer’s Digest, and several other publications. He teaches journalism at Michigan State University, and is the adviser of The Michigan Times, the University of Michigan-Flint’s student newspaper.

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