All four mayoral candidates in Lethbridge — Quentin Carlson, Blaine Hyggen, Ryan Mennie and Michael Petrakis — met for a debate and public forum on Tuesday.

Hosted by the Lethbridge Public Library, the forum offered voters a chance to ask questions and listen to candidate platforms.

For Carlson, a first-time candidate, it was a good experience.

“The forum is an excellent place for people to ask those bigger questions in front of a bigger audience and see how everyone is responding to being put on the spot,” Carlson said.

The same optimism was also felt by Petrakis.

“I appreciated the questions that people presented and the talk,” said Petrakis. “The conversations that I feel were important to mention and discuss, a lot of them were discussed. Yeah, I’m really happy with how things we

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