WICHITA, Kan. (The Wichita Eagle) — Wichita City Council candidates Joseph Shepard and LaWanda DeShazer clashed Tuesday over taxes, food deserts and economic development incentives in the District 1 race’s final head-to-head public forum before the election.

The Wichita Journalism Collaborative hosted the question-and-answer session at Wichita State University’s Marcus Welcome Center.

DeShazer is trying to build momentum going into the general election after Shepard received 1,811 votes in the primary to her 776.

Nearly 2,000 primary votes — 1,970 — are up for grabs if the same people who voted in the primary turn out for the general election. Those votes were split among three other candidates: Chris Pumpelly, Aujanae Bennett and Darryl Carrington.

Shepard spent much of the night defe

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