Wieman: I am in favor of competition and against monopoly, so I think that competition for taxi services would benefit the community. Anecdotally, my wife was stranded at Mercy Medical Center after being involved in a car accident because there were no cabs to pick her up. Fortunately, a kind security guard drove her home. Residents shouldn’t have to rely on security guards to get rides home. We need more taxis and licensing a second company is a good way to achieve that. In addition, it would result in income to the village from licensing fees.

3. What is your vision for the future of the village? If elected trustee, how will you work to make it a reality?

Oppenheimer: I feel that there would be great benefits to having our village become greener. This would benefit the village in many areas both economically and environmentally. If we increased our paper-recycling program in the residential and downtown areas, we could improve the environment and potentially save over one hundred thousand dollars in refuse disposal costs. Additionally, improving and upgrading our accounting system would allow for more use of the Internet for billing fees, permits and licenses saving tens of thousands in mailing costs yearly. These common-sense solutions are easy to implement and I will use all resources at my disposal to see that they are put into place if re-elected trustee.