Reviewer documents

The working papers behind doesitpencil.dementhon.com, published as-is so anyone can check the work.

The assumptions, every value cited

Every number the tool uses, with its status (verified, reported, derived, or still open), its source, and how to check it by hand.

Checking every number against the outside world

What independent sources confirm, what they merely support, the one place the public record contradicts itself, and what has no outside source at all.

What we could not pin down, honestly

The limits of the replication: what was recovered versus derived, and the study's own internal inconsistencies.

The 2019 county fiscal study (PDF)

The county-commissioned report this tool replicates, hosted here because the county's own link went dead. Independent archived copy for comparison.