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Village of Oswego voters have a choice between an incumbent and former village trustee in the Tuesday, April 4 election for village president.

Troy Parlier, a 58-year-old Oswego SD308 teacher and Republican, is seeking election to a second term as village president. Parlier is challenged by Ryan Kauffman, a 42-year-old tech consultant and Democrat who previously served on the Village Board from 2015 to 2019.

Shaw Local News Media recently sent questionnaires to both candidates in an effort to gauge where they stand on issues affecting the village.

Here is how the candidates responded:

(The candidates’ complete questionnaires can be viewed on our website at https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/election/)

Troy Parlier

Why are you running for office?

I ran for office four years ago because I felt Oswego was headed in the wrong direction. Projects were taking priority over our residents as tens of millions of dollars were added to our long-term debt, the local tax burden was becoming exhaustive, new taxes were being created and our tax dollars were being given away in incentives without much received in return, damaging our community and those government partners that depend on sound decisions from our village. Over these past four years, we have righted the ship with our village in the best financial shape in its history. We have lowered the village tax rate four years in a row, collected and assessed over $18 million dollars in impact fees from developers that have been…