In an election season off and running with four candidates vying for the job of mayor, and a fifth candidate dropping out of the race, voters will take to the polls on Sept. 16 to decide which of two candidates will move on to the Nov. 4 biennial municipal election.
Incumbent candidate Mayor Paul E. Coogan is seeking a third consecutive term in office. Three other candidates for mayor — Gabriel “Boomer” Amaral, Carlos Cesar and Christopher Silvia— found themselves agreeing on homelessness, public safety funding, the waterfront, and trash collection at a previous forum held by the Flint Neighborhood Association on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Silvia suspended his campaign days later. A fifth candidate, Michael J. Vandal, did not attend the forum.
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