Issues of economic, educational and housing equity took center stage as Kim White and Tim Kelly met in their second debate ahead of the April 13 Chattanooga mayoral election runoff.
The tone of Friday evening’s face-off, presented by WTCI-PBS and WUTC-FM, was collegial in comparison to the March 18 debate sponsored by news partners WRCB-TV and the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
On Friday, Kelly and White were given two minutes each to respond to each of 16 questions about issues such as spending of federal COVID-19 relief dollars, addressing the recent surge in the city’s homeless population and assessing the region’s public transportation system.
RELIEF FUNDING
Kelly told viewers that Chattanooga was very fortunate as it is slated to receive $39.8 million from the federal relief fund, and he plans to use that money to “supercharge the plans we already had to pull the city out of the pandemic.”