https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/web-mayor-debate-2way.mp3 Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield: This is a critical moment in Detroit’s recovery where we can move forward with progress or we can gamble with our future with inexperienced leadership. Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.: I grew up in the city of Detroit, the westside of Detroit. I know what it means to hear people saying that the city is coming back but it has not reached your block. It has not knocked on your door. Chiara Clayton : I wish everyone would just stick to the topics and their plan. It’s hard to have a debate, I guess, without some type of personal digs or contentiousness. But I just want people to stick to their views or what they want to do. WDET strives to make our journalism accessible to

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