One of the most anticipated races in Montgomery County is for the mayor of Dayton.
With the polls set to close in a day, the race for mayor comes down to a few key issues between Commissioner Shenise Turner-Sloss and current Mayor Jeffrey Mims Jr.
Public Safety
Public safety is one of the top issues between the two candidates, and both have different ways of approaching the issue.Mims says the best way to ensuring the improvement of public safety is through hiring more police officers and investing in youth programs to prevent violence.
“Mine is not just going to have a situation where we’re hiring individuals to interrupt the violence, because I think that’s key,” he said. “But also to look at ways with my second component in terms of the youth development, and there’s working with more and more of the young people in the city of Dayton, which I’ve done virtually all my life.”…