Six people are running for three seats on Maricopa City Council – Linette Caroselli, Julia Gusse, Andre LaFond, Amber Liermann, Bob Marsh and Nancy Smith. InMaricopa asked each their take on a short series of questions. Learn more about all the candidates here.
What is the current council doing well:
Smart development and moving the city forward.
What is the current council not doing well:
Movement on a resolution for 347.
What makes you the best candidate for council:
I continue to move the city forward and am not afraid of hard work to make it happen.
What is your biggest concern about Maricopa’s future and why?
A resolution on [State Route] 347.
How has COVID-19 affected your campaign?
Adjusting to the new way of doing things is always difficult, going to continue to work as best I can to get the message out.
6 run for 3 seats on city council
Meet the candidates: Why these 6 are running for city council
Andre LaFond goes live with InMaricopa
Julia Gusse goes live with InMaricopa
Meet the candidate: Linette Caroselli
Meet the candidate: Andre LaFond
This item appears in the May issue of InMaricopa.
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