The concept of "transparency" has become a buzzword over the last couple of years. As a candidate for County Judge, I promised I would work to make available more of our financial and other records. With the dedicated help of our County Treasurer, County Clerk, Auditor, Tax Assessor, County Attorney, Manager of Information Systems, and others, we have released a sizeable amount of information for your perusal.

This "transparency" will continue to extend to other documents as we have time to format and protect sensitive information (driver’s licenses #’s, social security #’s, etc.). This process is not easy nor quick, but we will steadily work to make local government documents as accessible as possible.

Mike Ford

Somervell County Judge