BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Brooklyn Park voters heard from six candidates for mayor and City Council on Thursday as they outlined their positions on property taxes, the city budget, economic development, public safety, immigrant communities and transparency at City Hall.
The Aug. 27 forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Brooklyn Park, Osseo and Maple Grove, featured Mayor Hollies Winston and Councilmember Shelle Page, who are running for mayor; East District candidates Christian Eriksen and Allen Miskowiec; and West District candidates Bernice Cooper and Tonja West-Hafner.
The Mshale guide below summarizes positions expressed by the candidates during the forum and is intended to provide voters with an at-a-glance comparison of their answers. It does not represent the candidates’ complete campaign platforms.
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Central District candidates Nichole Klonowski and Ashyante Shantell Gill are not included because neither participated in the forum. Organizers announced that Klonowski was unable to attend. Gill did not appear, and no explanation for the absence was given during the forum. Mshale contacted Gill by email, telephone and text Friday seeking an explanation but had not received a response by publication time.
Brooklyn Park voters will elect a mayor and council members from the East, Central and West districts in the Nov. 3 general election. Absentee voting begins Sept. 18, while early voting, when voters can cast their ballots directly into a ballot counter before Election Day, begins Oct. 16, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office.
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