Detroit residents got a taste of who’s running to represent the entire city on Detroit City Council Thursday night during a “speed dating” candidate forum hosted by Citizen Detroit and POGO.

It was a full room of mostly seniors at the IBEW Local 58 Thursday include Janee Ayers, James Harris, Gary Hunter, Valerie Parker. Incumbents Mary Waters and Coleman Young II also participated.

Shakira Lynn Hawkins and Levan Adams, who are also on the ballot as at-large candidates, were not in attendance.

Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey and former councilwoman Shiela Cockrel, who is behind Citizen Detroit, kicked things off stressing the importance of voting and civic engagement.

Candidates were then given seven minutes to make their pitch and answer questions about cost of living, neighborhoods

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