mayoral candidates
Story Matters: Christine Helms-Maletic looks for a mayor that cares about entire city
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 08-01-2015 under NONPROFITS
After Thursday night's mayoral debate on income inequality hosted by MLive and WGVU, Christine Helms-Maletic says she believes that even with a "weak mayor" city system, our local mayor can still be strongly...
Candidates answer citizen questions on gentrification, race, police, LGBTQIA
by (Holly)
Submitted 08-01-2015 under NEWS
For our last set of citizen questions answered by the mayoral candidates, we’re addressing questions of social ills and issues: housing and gentrification, race, police relations and welcoming LGBTQ residents. All questions were collected at...
Story Matters: Paris Lara looks for mayor that's well-rounded, authentic about social justice issues
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-31-2015 under NONPROFITS
Paris Lara attended the mayoral candidate debate on income inequality on Thursday, July 30, hosted by MLive and WGVU. Lara says he likes seeing the diverse group of candidates, from those who don't have much...
Candidates answer citizen questions on economy, talent retention, Airbnb, transportation
by (Holly)
Submitted 07-31-2015 under NEWS
With local citizens headed to the polls on Tuesday, August 4 to select their choice for Grand Rapids’ next mayor, we’re bringing more responses from the candidates to our citizen questions. Many citizens had questions about the local...
Mayoral candidates answer citizen questions on their role as mayor, representing young voices, City finances
by (Holly)
Submitted 07-28-2015 under NEWS
With just one week left until the Primary elections, with four mayoral candidates on the ballot and the possibility of our next mayor being chosen that day, we’re bringing more questions from our local citizens that were sent to us on July 15...
Mayoral debate at Wealthy Theatre brings standing room only crowds
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-14-2015 under NONPROFITS
The Wealthy Theatre was a packed house on Wednesday night, as mayoral candidates Robert Dean, John George, Willard Lee and Rosalynn Bliss answered questions from both co-moderators and local citizens via a Twitter wall. Debate topics included topics...
Community Media Center to host citizen-driven mayoral candidate debate
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 06-09-2015 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Community Media Center (CMC), in an effort to ensure local citizens are informed, engaged and ready to vote in our city’s August 4 mayoral primary, is hosting a debate on July 15. The debate, led with assistance from...