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A question for the mayoral candidates: What will be your top three priorities during your first 100 days in office? How will you accomplish your three goals?

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A question for the mayoral candidates: Describe the character traits needed to be a great leader. How do you embody these traits?

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Commentary on this clip:

• T&G: Candidates’ debate gets lively
• Wormtown Taxi: Huh?

Question 3: What, in your view, is Worcester's biggest budget buster, and what will you do to reign it in?

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Question 4: Worcester was great when its many factories were humming - when it was an industrial powerhouse. How can we expand the job base here so that more good-paying jobs come to Worcester?

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Question 5: What's the biggest challenge to inner city neighborhoods today, and what would you do to make inner city neighborhoods great again?

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Question 6: CitySquare—supposedly the centerpiece of our downtown revitalization efforts—seems to be "stuck." What can Worcester do to expedite its development?

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Question 7: Will you or will you not raise taxes? If your answer is "No," how will we close the budget gap this year and make sure we can pay our bills next fiscal year?

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Question 8: Are you still for the PILOT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) program? If so, how would you enact it? (The City Council voted for it over two years ago.)

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Question 9: How can our public school staffs and City Hall departments become more diverse so that Worcester's many races, socio-economic groups, and cultures are represented in all levels of city government?

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Question 10: Will you work to keep our neighborhood pools open, or are they destined to go the way of Worcester's branch libraries?

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