A candidate forum at the Hanna Community Center kicked off the city election season. The event featured the candidates for Lafayette Mayor (Democrat Tony Roswarski and Republican Dan Auxley) and the candidates for West Lafayette Mayor (Democrat Jan Mills and Republican John Dennis). You'll see the stories tonight at 5pm and 6pm.
Most of the candidates were polite and soft spoken. Roswarski spoke with a lot more enthusiasm, defending his accomplishments in office. His comments came after Auxley spoke. Auxley used to work for the city as head of the traffic improvement department. Auxley said as mayor he would "focus on traffic problems that have been ignored the last four years." Auxley would like to see major improvement to State Road 26.
Dennis spoke in generalizations about leadership and planning. Mills defended her administration, citing job creation at the Purdue Research Park and several road and sidewalk improvements.
I suspect the debate will get more heated as we get closer to the November election. Stay tuned!
