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Goodyear mayoral candidates appear onstage together for the first time

Voters heard from incumbent Joe Pizzillo and write-in candidate Carlita Cotton

Voters caught a glimpse Thursday of the two candidates vying for mayor of the ninth-fastest growing city in the country. 

Joe Pizzllo, who was appointed mayor last December and Carlita Cotton, a write-in candidate for mayor, took the stage together for the first time.  

The forum, organized by the Goodyear Independent and moderated by Independent editor Madeline Ackley Salazar, didn’t start off without a hitch: Cotton arrived late by about a half-hour. 

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