In February, The Wausonian reached out to various clerks with a pretty standard request: Campaign finance reports for the pre-primary filing period. They’re standard requests that any journalist would make around election time. I received quick responses from the Wausau School District Clerk and the Marathon County Clerk. My request to the Wausau City Clerk went unanswered. I sent a follow-up email to then-City Clerk Kaitlyn Bernarde. It was met…
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