Fort Worth mayoral candidates Deborah Peoples, left, and Mattie Parker, right.
Fort Worth has been grappling with issues in its police department for years. The city's new mayor — either Mattie Parker or Deborah Peoples — will inherit those struggles. They indicated how they would handle them at the latest mayoral forum.
Deborah Peoples, the outgoing chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, and Mattie Parker, a nonprofit CEO and former chief of staff to Fort Worth’s mayor and City Council, are the final two candidates out of an initially crowded field.
They met for a forum on Tuesday night, hosted by the civic engagement nonprofit SteerFW, to discuss their thoughts about what's going on at the state legislature.