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Public commenter demands answers on county insurance used in campaign lawsuit
Summary
A Rockingham County public speaker asked commissioners to disclose whether county insurance has been used to defend elected officials in defamation suits arising from campaign speech, calling for records about the claim, who authorized it, and amounts paid or reserved.
Jim Fink, a county resident, used the public-comment period on Feb. 3 to demand that Rockingham County officials explain apparent use of county insurance to defend some commissioners in litigation tied to the 2024 primary. Fink said he obtained a Travelers Insurance letter that references a claim and file number connected to a defamation lawsuit and asked why a county policy would be invoked for conduct he described…
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