without knowing whether you live in a tiny community (guessing no, since you mentioned port commissioners), i'd highly recommend you look into local news (including alternative news sources - if you really hate their political slant, you know you can always just vote against whatever they recommend). you'll get way more helpful information than anything an LLM can put together.
I follow local news for a big city in the PNW. No. Port commissioners and school board members never make the news here, city council members barely do either but at least they are more visible.
