Open Source Local Political Research

Mill U: Creating Community Under Duress:

Few realize how easy and effective open source research can be. I try to emphasize what a visit to the county courthouse can sometimes yield...Once I read the entire county budget in advance of hearings where the council was to explain why social and environmental programs were being cut, and handed out evidence of tax evasion through zoning manipulation and favoritism—with names of big shots who were sitting in the audience. People literally read from our flyer into the public record in front of the media.