Three candidates for mayor found themselves almost universally agreeing with each other on every topic at a forum held by the Flint Neighborhood Association on Wednesday night, Aug. 27.

“Too bad the city of Fall River cannot have three mayors,” said Carlos Cesar, flanked by Gabriel “Boomer” Amaral and Christopher Silvia on stage at the Sociedade Cultural Ac?oreana. “I think we’re a good team, all three of us.”

But none of them, he said, likes the direction Fall River has been heading in.

A crowd of several dozen people gathered in the function hall to hear them answer questions on topics including homelessness, public safety funding, trash collection, the city’s rebuilt waterfront and more. On each issue, the candidates shared their platforms, complaints and ideas — which, more often than not, were compatible with the others’, in general if not always the specifics.

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