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Candidates clash on transparency and county administration practices
Summary
At the League of Women Voters forum, candidates disagreed over whether recent office changes improved transparency. Incumbent Dan John Damel pointed to agenda item reports and published fund balances; Gordon Hintz and John Motts cited budget opacity and called for clearer reporting and program evaluation.
Transparency and administrative oversight were central themes at the Winnebago County Executive forum, where candidates offered contrasting assessments of improvements in county operations and proposed specific steps to increase public access to county work.
Incumbent Dan John Damel defended his administration’s transparency efforts, saying Winnebago County’s materials are easier to follow than in the past and promising more publicly posted fund balances. "Our meetings are recorded, our agendas are accurate, we have agenda item reports,…
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