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Med City Beat to host virtual town halls ahead of city council primaries

Med City Beat to host virtual town halls ahead of city council primaries

Med City Beat is pleased to announce a series of virtual town halls ahead of the Rochester City Council primary elections. The four forums will be broadcast live on Facebook beginning at 7 p.m on the following dates:

Ward 2: Tuesday, June 30

  • Michael Wojcik (incumbent)

  • Denise Welte

  • Mark Bransford

Watch the replay of the town hall.

Ward 4: Wednesday, July 1

  • Abel Brito

  • PJ Calkins

  • Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick

  • Katrina Pulham

Watch the replay of the town hall.

Ward 6: Tuesday, July 7

  • Donavan Bailey

  • Molly Dennis

  • David Diercks*

  • Todd Pisarski

  • Thomas Rigby

  • Craig Ugland

Watch the replay of the town hall.

*Did not participate in the forum

At large: Wednesday, July 8

  • Brooke Carlson

  • Vangie Castro

  • Kathleen Harrington

Watch the replay of the town hall.

For these forums, we will be taking questions from readers. You can either submit questions ahead of time or on the live Facebook feed.

All events are being hosted independently by Med City Beat.

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