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More of Hopkins' issues include: provide convenient public transit, start a fund to preserve natural areas; upgrade the White Oaks Library, limit traffic speed and volume; make meetings more open to the public; reduce bus fares, establish a clean air action plan; adopt a pesticide bylaw; control costs and eliminate waste. Growth and the changing vision of the Uptown Core top Caster's list of pressing issues in this campaign, with the future of lands north of Dundas a close second. She would also like to see a more co-operative effort between levels of government to address traffic issues, such as volume and speeding. The latter requires behavioral changes in local drivers, she noted, since the community itself must be part of the solution. Another matter of concern is the lack of any "fully functioning" residents' group in Ward 5, which Caster maintains is essential for council to properly understand the people's concerns. Councillors making important decisions in isolation is simply not acceptable, she added. Grant's four top issues are taxes promoting a more balanced and fair distribution of taxes both within the Town and the GTA; development - continue demanding community-friendly and sustainable development to avoid urban sprawl; environment - protect Oakville's natural green areas and encourage the wide spread adoption of planning to reduce greenhouse emissions; traffic/transit - continue to create new transit opportunities throughout the Town, ensure the creation of more HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes to reduce gridlock and encourage more safe opportunities for cyclists to move about the Town. Ransom maintains that the fiscal decisions the present council has made, in his opinion, have been "irresponsible at best." "These decisions are doing nothing but raise our already high taxes," he continued. "There has to be more thought put into other decisions that affect the people of Oakville such as tree bylaws, pesticide use and, our major issue in Ward 5, development. (There are) other simpler issues such as the timing of street lights. Have you ever driven up Trafalgar during rush hour?" Hopkins is currently on the executive of Fair Vote Canada (Halton) and the steering committee for the Halton Environmental Network. He is Coordinator of the Halton Peace Network and is a member of Amnesty International (Oakville). During the past six years, Hopkins has served as a volunteer for the Cancer Society, the CNIB, the Salvation Army food drive and the March of Dimes. He has been a member of the River Oaks School Council, Chair of GreenTrans, Co-Chair of Gardens Off Drugs and an organizer for Halton EcoFestival. He is also a volunteer for the Ontario Clean Air Alliance and a member of the steering committee for the Ontario Environment Network. Caster's community involvement includes, but is not limited to, being a 10-plus year member of River Oaks Association of Residents as Vice-President and Committee Chair, a three-year member of the Nelson Youth Centre, an organization that focuses on the delivery of services to Halton families with children, and a four-year member of the Advisory Council of White Oaks Secondary School. Grant has been Past Vice Chair of Oakville Neighbourhood Watch, a member of the Executive Board for the Oakville Youth Development Centre, a member of the ONE campaign to end poverty and a contributor to Amnesty International. He also aided MADD Christmas campaigns with the Halton Regional Police and has actively fundraised for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, the Rick Hansen Man in Motion 5k Run, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Halton Women's Shelter. Ransom has lived in Oakville for five years, a "stone's throw from where I grew up in Mississauga," he said. "You might say the fields being developed now were my playground as a youngster." He attended college in Oakville, where he majored in business. His work experience includes both unionized and non-unionized employment and he has managed both union and non-union workplaces. Ransom presently leads a shift for a large international logistics company that employs people here in Oakville. Just relax and boost a good cause Local residents can relax for a good cause this weekend, at Restore Therapy's fundraiser for the Oavkille Hospital Foundation (OHF) on October 28. Appointments for Registered Massage Therapy and Seated Chair Massages will be booked from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The OHF's Diagnostic Unit provides services a range of services, including MRI technology , Bone Densitometry and Mammography. The hospital currently services a population of 158,700 and will accommodate an additional 10,200 people by 2008. 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