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Election 2024 - Candidate Question #11: Thoughts on the carbon plan's status in Flagstaff

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DAILY SUN STAFF
Sep 15, 2024
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A sign on the sidewalk outside the Shepard of the Hills Lutheran Church points the way toward the polls during the primary election in 2022.
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With the local city council election in November, those candidates for the Flagstaff City Council who will appear on the ballot have been given the chance to answer a weekly question in no more than 150 words.

This week’s question: What do you think about the status of the Carbon Neutrality Plan and its predecessor, the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan?

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