Listen: The Ballot Boxing District 1 Forum

KUT 90.5 | By KUT Staff

Published September 9, 2014 at 6:52 AM CDT

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The District 1 candidates: George Hindman, Sam Osemene, Christopher Hutchins, DeWayne Lofton, Valerie Menard, Michael Cargill, Ora Houston and Andrew Bucknall. Norman A. Jacobson did not attend the forum.

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A view from outside the Wesley United Methodist Church.

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Debates centered around issues of low employment and increasing development in the East Austin area.

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Those in the crowd asked candidates whether they would support the proposed light rail bond proposition on the ballot this November, and whether they thought they Austin Police should be provided vouchers to live in the neighborhoods they police.

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Last night KUT kicked-off the Ballot Boxing series of in-district Austin City Council candidate forums at Wesley United Methodist Church in East Austin.

KUT's Joy Diaz and the Austin Monitor's Mike Kanin hosted and moderated the event, which featured eight of the nine candidates vying for the seat in District 1 this Election Day, with help from our additional partners the Austin Chronicle, KXAN and Univision 62.

You can listen to the entire forum below.