At debate, candidates’ arguments overlap
For candidates in a contentious three-way race, the Ward 1 hopefuls did a lot of agreeing.
Aldermanic candidates Katie Harrison ’11, Mike Jones ’11 and Minh Tran ’09 met Thursday night to engage in the first Ward 1 debate of the campaign season. The 90-minute town hall discussion, sponsored by the Yale College Democrats and moderated by Dems President Sarah Turbow ’10, centered on the bread-and-butter issues facing the New Haven community: public school education, homelessness and the current economic crisis. Though the questions asked by the audience — which had to be approved by...
