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Podcast: Breaking down Atlanta mayoral candidate forum

10/01/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Atlanta mayoral candidates Antonio Brown (from left), Felicia Moore, Kasim Reed, Sharon Gay and Andre Dickens participate in a forum hosted by the Partners for HOME and Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative at the Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Friday, October 1, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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10/01/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Atlanta mayoral candidates Antonio Brown (from left), Felicia Moore, Kasim Reed, Sharon Gay and Andre Dickens participate in a forum hosted by the Partners for HOME and Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative at the Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, Friday, October 1, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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Oct 5, 2021

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The candidates aiming to become Atlanta’s 61st mayor discussed the big issues facing the city at Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s community conversation. Atlanta City Hall reporters Wilborn P. Nobles III and J.D. Capelouto joined host Greg Bluestein to break down the forum and its key moments.

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