Both men running to be Tuscaloosa's mayor for the next four years made their pitch to voters Thursday night during a candidate forum which pit the incumbent's two decades of experience against his challenger's promises of change.
With under two weeks before elections for Tuscaloosa's mayor's office, city council and municipal school board, all candidates have been invited to a forum on Thursday night.
Tony Humphries, the only challenger contesting a seat on the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education next month, said he has spent the last several years inside of classrooms, seeing children's needs firsthand.
A Tuscaloosa real estate agent is once again running for a seat on the city council and said after a disappointing loss four years ago, he is working hard to show voters he's the right man for the job this time around.
Qualifying has officially ended for the March municipal elections in Tuscaloosa, setting up several contested races for city council seats and the mayor's office.
The executive director of an important local nonprofit agency will seek a second term on the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education, she confirmed on Monday.
A longtime funeral director in Tuscaloosa will challenge businessman Cassius Lanier for his seat representing District 7 on the city council when voters go to the polls in March.