# Start here

This repository is the evidence behind two published Public Source stories on the Pittsburgh Water
board, built so anyone can re-derive every number without trusting the reporter.

**If you want the finding**, read `README.md`. Two years, 228 resolutions, 223 unanimous, zero no
votes, $871 million authorized, and then, after the first story ran, a board that suddenly asked 40
questions in one meeting.

**If you want to check the numbers**, run `python 03-harness/check.py`. It re-hashes the archived
sources and recomputes every headline figure, then prints one verdict. It needs no network.

**If you want the method**, read `METHODOLOGY.md`: the four-variable codebook and the random-sampled
peer design.

**If you want to see it**, open `04-charts/index.html` and `widget/index.html` in a browser. The
charts show the unbroken record and the post-publication spike; the widget lets you run the peer test
board by board.

**If you want the sourcing**, read `05-sources/`: the interviews, who each source is, and the claims
they support.

**If you want to reuse it**, read `PORTABILITY.md`. The instrument runs on any board that publishes
minutes.

**If you are checking a number against the stories**, read `FACT-CHECK.md` first. It maps every
published figure to its source and reconciles the three places the underlying data disagrees with
itself. The circulating draft figures are wrong: 218 resolutions, 215 unanimous, $1.78 billion.
The published figures are 228, 223, and $871.25 million.