Auditor, supervisor candidates offer insights about their platforms at forum

Two candidates for Calhoun County Auditor and three candidates vying to be the next Calhoun County Supervisor answered audience questions at a forum in Rockwell City Thursday evening.
Sponsored by the American Association of University Women group, the forum attracted about 50 attendees.
Dick Finley, an independent, David Hiler, a Democrat, and Carl Legore, a Republican, are running to replacing retiring District 3 Supervisor Gary Nicholson.
“I feel I have a moral obligation and duty to give back to this county,” Legore said, explaining his decision to seek elected office.
Legore returned to Rockwell City, where he grew up, in 2015. A graduate of Iowa State University, Legore retired from the military after 29 years of service, much of which was spent as a broadcast journalist. That experience, combined with 10 years as a senior enlisted advisor hearing concerns of military service members and finding ways to address those problems, uniquely qualifies him to work as a supervisor, he said. 
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