The fight over who runs Taoyuan turned nasty in the city council, with both sides trading accusations over what the mayor has actually delivered in four years.

• DPP candidate Huang Shih-chieh says Mayor Chang San-cheng has neglected the city and should be replaced.
• The city's news chief hit back, asking what Huang has done for Taoyuan in over a decade in politics.
• DPP councilor Huang Chiung-hui says frontline staff keep the city running while the mayor's record is thin — still no city hospital, and a key road project going nowhere.
• The news chief shot back that the hospital sat untouched under the previous administration and is now moving, with land picked and rezoning done.
• A pro-mayor councilor pointed to free lung scans for at-risk residents, free school lunches and milk, and blocking an unpopular waste-fuel plant.

Outlook: Expect the hospital and the previous mayor's unfinished projects to stay the central attack lines as the race builds.