{"id":12570,"date":"2025-10-22T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=12570"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:56:21","slug":"mayoral-forum-our-city-our-voice-our-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/mayoral-forum-our-city-our-voice-our-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral Forum, \u201cOur City, Our Voice, Our Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/forum-copy-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12575 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/forum-copy-crop-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/forum-copy-crop-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/forum-copy-crop.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayoral Forum, \u201cOur City, Our Voice, Our Vote,\u201d hosted by the <\/strong><strong>Toledo\u2019s Community Solidarity Response Network (CSRN), went on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>regardless of the current Democratic Mayor\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NOT being in attendance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Dr. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With roughly 50 people in attendance at the NEW Wayman Palmer, the Mayoral Forum \u201cOur City, Our Voice, Our Vote,\u201d went on without the current Democratic Mayor being in attendance on October 16, 2025. This was truly unfortunate for those in the audience and for those that had submitted questions prior to the event. Why? Because the voters do not get to hear from all those on the ballot about issues that are important to them and that impact our very community, such as their stance on immigration, ICE, the divestment and investment in Isreal, and the sad reality of the possible deployment of the national guard in cities and states like Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Torres<\/strong>, who is running as an Independent and <strong>Harold Harris,<\/strong> also running as an Independent, were present and comfortable taking the questions from the audience and questions submitted by area organizations and the community papers, La Prensa and The Sojourner\u2019s Truth; however, they are not the only two on the ballot. The Moderator Toi Creel, founder of Toi Mon\u00e9t Agency, with Brother Washington did a wonderful job filling this gap, yet it was still unfortunate that someone running for the highest elected position in the City of Toledo could not make or speak at the event and to the people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> El Foro de la Alcald\u00eda, \u201cNuestra Ciudad, Nuestra Voz, Nuestro Voto,\u201d organizado por la Red de Respuesta Solidaria Comunitaria de Toledo (CSRN), se llev\u00f3 a cabo a pesar de la ausencia del actual alcalde dem\u00f3crata.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Por la Dra. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aproximadamente 50 personas estaban en el NUEVO Wayman Palmer, para el Foro de la Alcald\u00eda \u201cNuestra Ciudad, Nuestra Voz, Nuestro Voto.\u201d Este evento se llev\u00f3 a cabo sin la presencia del actual alcalde dem\u00f3crata el 16 de octubre de 2025. Esto fue realmente lamentable para los asistentes y para quienes hab\u00edan enviado preguntas antes del evento. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque los votantes no tienen la oportunidad de escuchar a todos los votantes sobre temas que les importan y que impactan a nuestra comunidad, como su postura sobre inmigraci\u00f3n, ICE, la desinversi\u00f3n e inversi\u00f3n en Israel, y la triste realidad del posible despliegue de la Guardia Nacional en ciudades y estados como Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Torres,<\/strong> quien se postula como independiente, y <strong>Harold Harris,<\/strong> tambi\u00e9n como independiente, estuvieron presentes y se sintieron c\u00f3modos respondiendo las preguntas del p\u00fablico, as\u00ed como las de organizaciones locales y los peri\u00f3dicos comunitarios La Prensa y The Sojourner&#8217;s Truth. Sin embargo, no son los \u00fanicos en la boleta. La moderadora Toi Creel, fundadora de la Agencia Toi Mon\u00e9t, junto con Brother Washington, realiz\u00f3 una excelente labor al llenar este vac\u00edo. Sin embargo, fue lamentable que alguien que se postula para el cargo electo m\u00e1s alto de la ciudad de Toledo no pudiera asistir ni hablar en el evento ni ante la gente.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayoral Forum, \u201cOur City, Our Voice, Our Vote,\u201d hosted by the Toledo\u2019s Community Solidarity Response Network (CSRN), went on\u00a0regardless of the current Democratic Mayor\u00a0NOT being in attendance. 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