Candidates clash during Boise State University’s mayoral candidate forum

 

In the final minutes of Boise State University’s mayoral candidate forum, the audience saw political fireworks.

Incumbent Mayor Dave Bieter took the stage for his closing statement to close out the event and took a swipe at three of his major opponents. He said City Council President Lauren McLean had “very little to show” for her nearly a decade tenure on Boise City Council, called Ada County Highway Commission President Rebecca Arnold “one of the most contentious public servants” he knows and attacked former Mayor Brent Coles’ financial scandal that preceded him stepping down.

The Idaho Press reports, all three respond to the attack, and took several minutes defending their positions.

the forum was focused on less contentious topics like how to address issues directly facing BSU students and how to better connect the university to the city as a whole.