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Councilmen want county contracts published on Web

Published 03/13/08

If you want to know how your county tax dollars are spent, head down to the county's office park on Riva Road, file a public records request, wait a few days, and then wade through reams of paper contracts.

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Or, wait for the County Council to pass a bill to put it all online.

Two councilmen have proposed publishing detailed information on the county's Web site about recipients of all county contracts worth more than $25,000. Some open records advocates have celebrated the idea, while others say the county should do much more to promote transparency.

Each year about $230 million in tax dollars are distributed in...

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