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The Numbers Don’t Lie, But They Don’t Always Tell the Whole Truth Every quarter, I download the same stack of campaign finance reports from the city clerk’s website. Coffee in hand, scanner crackling with afternoon dispatch calls, I dig into the numbers that reveal who really wants what in our local elections. These documents are …
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The Numbers Behind the Headlines When City Council approved $2.8 million for expanded lead testing last Tuesday, most residents probably skimmed past the budget line item. But here’s what those numbers actually mean: testing capacity that will jump from 200 homes per month to nearly 1,500. That’s the difference between checking 3% of at-risk properties …
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The Paper Trail That Isn’t Complete Last Tuesday’s school board meeting ran three hours. The official minutes clocked in at two pages. That math should make every parent and taxpayer pause. When School Board Minutes Don’t Tell the Whole Story: A Guide to Reading Between the Lines I’ve covered municipal meetings for fifteen years, and …
The Numbers Tell a Story Council Won’t Three festivals canceled. Two moved to smaller venues. One merged with another event to survive. That’s the tally from my calls to event organizers across our region this week, and it paints a picture city officials don’t want to discuss publicly. Why Our Summer Festival Season Matters More …
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The Numbers Game Behind the Headlines When Mayor Richardson announced the new tech hub would create 2,500 jobs, three different sources gave me three different numbers within an hour. The economic development authority said 2,200. The state commerce department estimated 2,800. The company’s own press release mentioned “up to 3,000 positions over five years.” Following …
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