APPLETON, Wis. — An anonymous group releases a public records request relating to the job performance of Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson, with only a week until the spring primary.
The group called “Fact Check the Exec” was looking for records on Nelson’s swipe card access to the county government center, his official business outlook calendar, his remote county network access logs and IT security training logs from Jan. 1, 2022 to Jan. 27, 2023.
According to the records, Nelson worked in his office 156 days last year, including two in January of that year. He says his duties as county executive go beyond the office:
The records also show no documentation of Nelson accessing the county’s network at home during the year. He says his record speaks for itself:
Nelson faces two challengers for Outagamie County executive: Justin Krueger and Kevin Sturn. The top two vote-getters in the Feb. 21 primary will advance to the April 4 election.
