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How the work runs

One piece at a time, proven before the next. A page, a component, a town. Each one has a proof: a screenshot, a count, a link clicked on the day. Nothing starts until the last piece's proof is in hand.

Public records only. The sites are built from what a council or an agency has already published: agendas, minutes, roll calls, filings. Nothing is collected about residents. Nothing is behind a login.

Every fact linked to its source. Every vote, every item, every document on a site points at the page it came from, so anyone can check it without trusting me.

Say "this is wrong" with the evidence in hand. The record is read against the source, row by row, in rounds, until a round comes back clean. Faults are counted and published, not hidden. The chart on the front page is one of those counts.

A city at a time. Cambridge first, then the State House, then the next town whose portal can be read. A town is surveyed before it is built, and built before it is shown.

What the sites say. What the government did: who moved what, who voted how, what passed. Not what anyone should think about it.

Dan Tottendan@totten.devlast updated 26 October 2026colophon