DETROIT – We asked what residents wanted to hear Mayor Mike Duggan and challenger Sen. Coleman Young II discuss when they meet for a debate on Wednesday, and here's what we received:
Top issues
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These are the top issues survey respondents want the candidates to address:
- Crime -- specifically violent crime
- Revitalizing Detroit's neighborhoods
- Taxes
- Auto insurance
- Abandoned housing
- New houses
- Education
- Jobs
You can still submit your questions here.
WATCH LIVE HERE: Detroit Mayoral Debate 2017
Reader questions for candidates
Below are some of the suggested questions ClickOnDetroit.com received from readers. The actual questions for Wednesday night's debate will be selected and presented by debate moderator and panelists.
"Downtown is looking nice but how are you going to make it affordable for the current residents of Detroit?"
"Detroit has become a city that seems to be pushing people of color out or making them subject to living in neighborhoods that are below standard. What will you do to make sure that neighborhoods such as Downtown and Midtown represent not just white people but all people of Detroit? Because as of now people from Detroit cannot afford to live in either of these place."
"Do you have plans to increase the revitalization of Detroit in ways that benefit ALL of its residents. And if so, please share several."
"What are (or would be) your top 3 biggest issues you would address as Mayor?"
"What are your plans to entice Amazon to build their 2HQ here in Detroit?"
"Has there been any success with the 20 Minute Neighborhoods program?"
For Sen. Young: "With the city on the rise and major tech companies coming to Downtown Detroit, what will you do differently to attract other companies to bring their business to the city of Detroit? Also, how do you think your relationship would be with Dan Gilbert if elected mayor, with Mr. Gilbert trying to build a soccer stadium in the heart of Downtown?"
For Sen. Young: "How do you plan to keep the city of Detroit moving positivity forward and making it affordable for all people to enjoy our improvements that exist now?"
For Sen. Young: "Name some ways your Senate office has directly served individual Detroit residents."
For Sen. Young: "What grade would you give Mayor Duggan for the term he has completed as mayor and why? What do you think you would do differently as mayor?"
For Sen. Young: "What is your specific plan to extend the growth of the Downtown area to the neighborhoods?"
For Mayor Duggan: "What can be done to improve education and activities for early childhood?"
For Mayor Duggan: "What grade would you give yourself for the term you have completed as mayor and why? What do you think you need to personally work on as the mayor based on your previous term?"
For Mayor Duggan: "What is the plan for bringing more jobs to Detroit, and what is the plan for getting rid of more of the vacant housing?"
For Mayor Duggan: "How can the neighborhood streets be cleared faster after heavy snow storms?
For Mayor Duggan: "What do you view as your administrations achievements during your first term, and what do you plan to achieve during your second term, if re-elected?"
Debate details
Duggan and Young will debate two weeks before voters elect the next mayor of Detroit to a four-year term. WDIV-Local 4, The Detroit News and Detroit Public Television will host Decision 2017: Detroit Mayoral Debate with candidates for mayor of Detroit at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
WDIV-Local 4 anchor Devin Scillian will moderate the debate, originating from the WDIV studios in downtown Detroit. Incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan and challenger State Senator Coleman Young II will participate. Panelists will be WDIV-Local 4 anchor Kimberly Gill, Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Bridge Magazine urban affairs reporter, Christine Ferretti, city hall reporter at The Detroit News.
The debate will be one hour with no commercial breaks.
The live event will air on WDIV-Local 4 and Detroit Public Television and stream live on ClickOnDetroit.com, detnews.com and dptv.org.
About WDIV-Local 4
WDIV-TV is the authentic local voice that informs and celebrates Detroit and is honored to be recognized as Station of the Year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Local 4 News is currently the No. 1 newscast at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. in Nielsen ratings for the Detroit television market. WDIV is the No. 1 NBC affiliate in the top 14 LPM markets. In addition, Local 4's ClickOnDetroit.com is a leading breaking news and weather website in Michigan and the No.1 TV news website in Metro Detroit.
About Detroit Public Television
Detroit Public Television (DPTV) is the non-commercial, viewer-supported PBS-member station watched by more than 1.5 million people in Detroit and Southeast Michigan and another 1.2 million people throughout Canada. DPTV also manages WRCJ 90.9 FM, Detroit's classical and jazz radio station, in partnership with the Detroit Public Schools at the Detroit School of Arts. DPTV is licensed to the Detroit Educational Television Foundation and governed by a volunteer board of trustees from the local business, civic, and cultural communities.
For more information, visit www.dptv.org.