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Ahead of election, Lansing council veterans Wood, Leeman on the issues

Lansing city hall photo
Melissa Benmark
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WKAR file photo
There will be at least one new Lansing city council member after the November election.

In a few weeks, Lansing voters will decide who will fill four seats on the city council. At large candidates incumbent Carol Wood and former council member Harold Leeman, Jr. talk about the city’s heroin surge, the health of its neighborhoods, development and more.

Election day in Lansing is fast approaching. On November 3rd, voters will choose two at-large city council members and council members in the first and third wards.

On the day after the August primary, we talked with at-large candidates Emily Dievendorf and Pat Spitzley. Today, we talk with the other two at-large candidates about the issues in their campaign.

Carol Wood is an incumbent hoping to stay on the council, and Harold Leeman Jr. is a former council member who is hoping to return.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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