Candidates clash on issues at MARC forum

By Mon Valley Independent

By TAYLOR BROWN

tbrown@yourmvi.com

Mon Valley constituents who wanted to hear what candidates hoping for their votes in November had to say filled the Monongahela Fire Department social hall Monday night for the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation 12th annual Town Hall Meeting.

A pair of Republican incumbents, state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, and state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, joined Democrat Steve Toprani, who is hoping to earn the 49th Legislative District seat in the state House currently held by Cook, and Democrat James Craig, a 46th Senatorial District candidate, for the panel discussion.

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