The RoxVote District 7 City Council Candidates Forum, featuring incumbent Councilor Chuck Turner facing off against challenger Carlos "Tony" Henriquez, was a major success with more than 125 residents coming out to hear the candidates present their positions on a wide variety of issues.The event was held on October 21st at Hibernian Hall in Dudley Square and was co-sponsored by a number of organizations, including Madison Park Development Corporation, Dudley Street Neighborhood Iniatitive, Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation, ACE, and the Ward 9 and Ward 12 Democratic Committees.  Representative from sponsoring organizations asked questions on topics ranging from affordable housing to public safety to transportation to education reform.  The moderator, Sarah-Ann Shaw, was also able to present 14 questions from the audience.After the forum RoxVote leader Lisa Moris urged the audience to help get out the vote on November 3rd and to get involved with RoxVote's efforts to educate the community about the candidates' positions on the issues.  She announced that RoxVote will be displaying the candidates' written answers to the RoxVote questionnaire on the RoxVote website as well as distributing the answers throughout the district.
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