Patch to Host Village Trustee Candidates Forum Next Week

Are you curious where the candidates for Village Board stand on sewer solutions, budget cuts and other issues facing the village in the coming years?

You can get those answers and more at a March 30 candidates forum hosted by Whitefish Bay Patch.

All four write-in candidates – William Demet, Andrew Martin, Lauri Rollings and Brenda Szumski – have agreed to participate. The four candidates are seeking two open seats on the board in the April 5 election.

"Three months ago, there were no candidates running for Village Board and now we have four of them," said Mark Maley, Milwaukee regional editor for Patch. "Now that voters have some choices in this race, we think it's important to give them a chance to hear firsthand what those candidates have to say about the key issues facing the village."

The forum will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the , 600 E. Henry Clay St. The forum will also be videostreamed live on Whitefish Bay Patch that night, and a video of the event will remain on Patch until the April 5 election.

Audience members will be given index cards to write down questions they would like to have the candidates respond to. Candidates will also be asked to respond to some questions generated by Patch editors.

If you can't make the forum in person, but have some questions that you'd like posed to the candidates, e-mail them to Whitefish Bay Patch Editor Jeff Rumage.