By Bob Lindsey

One impression was quite evident at the recent Mayor’s Forum held at the JFK Center.

All six candidates share much of the same views about the City of Florissant. It’s a great place to raise a family, the police department is among the best, the programs the city offers is a major plus especially for senior citizens and the mayor and city council has to live with an austere city budget.

It was the no-nonsense approach the League of Women Voters utilized for the candidates forum, which was co-sponsored by the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce and the City of Florissant,  that prevented direct rebuttals between the candidates.

Each was given the opportunity to have an opening and closing statement. The hour and half time in between was used to ask each candidate the same question, selected from 3×5” white cards from the audience.

For many it was an opportunity to hear first-hand all the candidates’ views; for others they’re wasn’t a lot of new information presented.

The six candidates for Mayor of Florissant in the April 5^th election are: Councilmen Tom Schneider and Andrew Podleski, Hazelwood School Board director Mark Behlmann, former council members Bob Garrett and Sue Geerling, and former state representative Michael Spreng.

More information on each of the candidates and their view will appear in next two issues of  The Independent News on  March 24 and March 3l

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