How this site sources claims, handles corrections, and separates fact from opinion.
These standards express how this Site endeavors to source claims, handle corrections, and separate fact from opinion. These internal guidelines are printed here as a matter of disclosure, not obligation. Therefore, these guidelines do not create enforceable rights as a matter of contract, estoppel, equity, or law or any third-party beneficiaries.
A word on viewpoint. This Site is opinionated by design, and it does not claim the detached neutrality of a wire service. What it is instead is transparent — about where its facts come from and about the reasoning behind its opinions and commentary. Facts are drawn from public records, filings, statements by public officials and community members, developer proposals, and reporting by established news organizations. Opinion and commentary represent the views of the site operator alone. Readers are given the sources and are trusted to reach their own conclusions — the Site does not tell anyone how to vote.
Facts on this site are checked against primary sources such as public records, government filings, official statements, and documents obtained directly from the relevant agency or organization when reasonably possible. Where a claim rests on a secondary source (news coverage, a third party's characterization of a document), that is disclosed rather than presented as if it came from the primary record itself.
If credible evidence demonstrates that a factual statement on this site is materially inaccurate, typically the Site operator will review the cited sources and, where appropriate, correct or clarify the publication. Corrections, once made, are noted on the affected page along with the date of the change.
This site's reporting seeks to rely on named, citable public sources — public records, public filings, and on-the-record public statements — rather than confidential or anonymous sources. If that practice ever changes, this page will be updated to describe the standard applied before an anonymous source is relied upon.
Ratings such as “Verified,” “Needs Context,” and “Misleading,” and any similar editorial assessment, are statements of opinion based on disclosed, cited facts — not assertions of objectively verifiable fact except where a specific claim is expressly identified and sourced as such. Opinion is written to be clearly identifiable as the Site operator's judgment, applied transparently to sources a reader can check independently.
We seek to report quotations from public officials, campaign materials, public records, or other sources accurately and in context. Where a quotation is trimmed, we seek to indicate the omission; where paraphrase is used instead of a direct quotation, we seek to write it to preserve the original meaning.
Content on this site may be revised as new information becomes available, the ballot-measure process develops, or a factual claim requires correction. Material updates to a published page are dated.
This site is self-funded and non-commercial. It does not accept contributions, donations, or consideration of any kind. Publication decisions on this site are made solely by its Site operator. See the About page for who that is, and “Our use of artificial intelligence tools” for how AI assistance fits into that process.