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Candidates Debate Utilities, Budgets, Local Priorities

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Local officials and election candidates are debating utility costs, public spending and infrastructure priorities. In Alabama’s Public Service Commission race, Republican Matt Gentry and Democrat James Gordon offered different approaches to electricity affordability and utility oversight, with Gordon proposing a substantial rate reduction. Los Angeles County supervisors are set to consider extending emergency contracting authority for recovery work after January’s fires, including repairs to public infrastructure in Altadena. Park Ridge Borough Council candidates broadly support restoring Mill Pond but differ on financing and plans for its future use, while Riverside candidates who responded to a questionnaire support reducing reliance on utility revenue but disagree over new taxes and other revenue options.

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