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Two incumbents and two challengers are fighting for two seats
With school district elections fading away, Rockville Centre residents are starting to gear up for Village Trustee elections, which are slated for June 18.
Four people are running for two seats in the at-large election: incumbent trustees Edward Oppenheimer, of the Concerned Citizens Party, and Kevin Glynn, of the Common Sense party, are both running to keep their seats. They are being challenged by Marc Wieman, running on the newly created Rockville Centre Forward Party, and Emilio Grillo, who is running with Glynn on the Common Sense Party.
Residents will have the chance to vote for the candidates of their choice on June 18 at their local polling place.
Edward Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer has been a resident of Rockville Centre for nearly his entire life. Before becoming a trustee four years ago, Oppenheimer served as a member of the finance and traffic committees, as a library trustee and as a Nassau County Legislator.
“I’m running because there’s a lot of unfinished work to do,” Oppenheimer said. “Over the last four years I started something, and I’d like to see it through to the finish. I’m running to make our village of Rockville Centre better.”
One of the chief things Oppenheimer would like to see done, he said, is to improve the parking situation in the village. He believes that by reorganizing lots, the village will be able to add dozens, if not hundreds, of new spots.
Additionally, Oppenheimer said he would like to update the village’s accounting software, expand the police department and maybe add a dog run to the village.
“We have a great community, and I’d like to keep maintaining it,” Oppenheimer said. “I’d also like to see improvements in the downtown.”
Oppenheimer, 60, lives in the village with his wife and their two children. He is seeking is second term as a Village Trustee.
During his first term, Oppenheimer said, he was proud that the village managed to tighten up its zoning laws to make it harder for people to build “McMansions” in the community. He also said he was glad he voted against the ban on pit-bulls and Rottweilers that was passed, and then quickly revoked, in 2010.
