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Rockingham county commission and clerk races focus on public safety, taxes and experience
Summary
County commission and clerk-of-court candidates emphasized emergency services funding, revenue-neutral budgeting and experience in life-altering clerk functions; most county candidates opposed a casino and called for greater transparency and possible referendum.
Multiple Rockingham County candidates for county commission and for clerk of court outlined priorities during the forum.
Commission candidates Kevin Southern, Greg Ziegler and Paul Wilson stressed public-safety funding, emergency services, and county-employee pay as top responsibilities. Southern and Ziegler urged revenue-neutral budgeting and reinstituting benefits to improve recruitment and retention for public-safety staff.…
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